Head of Strategy & Business Excellence (UAE National)

Job description / Role

Exciting opportunity to lead the ongoing development and implementation of policies and processes to align with the aspired models and standards. You will play a critical, strategic role in shaping the plans for the entire organisation, which encourage ongoing evolution and optimisation.

Client Details

This is a government organisation with an important remit, which positively impacts the lives of Abu Dhabi citizens.

Description

* Build an assessment and evaluation plan for every division within the organisation to understand the current level of quality against highest calibre excellence standards.
* Build recommendation strategies that focus on ongoing improvement at every corner of the organisation and work with executive leaders to support the implementation of the plans and standards.
* Support various divisions of the organisation to develop synchronised business process architectures and seek out opportunities for improved cohesion and optimisation.
* Lead the innovation strategy development and implementation.

Job Offer

* Exciting leadership role within an extremely high-calibre leadership team
* Attractive compensation
* Benefits package including housing allowance, bonus and schooling

Requirements

* Educated to BSc degree level as a minimum requirement
* Proven track record of building strategic plans and overseeing implementation through executive leadership
* Strong knowledge of best practice business excellence methodologies including EFQM and ISO 9001.
* At least 10 years of professional experience in implementing business excellence and quality management standards within complex UAE organisations.
* People management experience
* Quality auditing and EFQM assessing experience is highly preferred.

About the Company

Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.

The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:

Finance & Accounting Banking & Financial Services Procurement Property & Construction Engineering & Supply Chain Oil & Gas Technical and Engineering Human Resources Sales Marketing Technology Secretarial Executive Search Legal

The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide.