Specialist, Transformation

Job description / Role

Job Purpose

Liaise closely with senior management and ADNOC Offshore leaders to define the transformation strategies and suitable models for each function that leverage proven practices, enable globally consistent execution, and are built to scale. Study, analyze, coordinate, and provide recommendations on transformation initiatives aimed at achieving the business excellence needed to sustain the directorate's as well as ADNOC's current and future strategic objectives. Support change and adoption of new programs through inspiring, coaching, influencing, and leading teams through pilot phases.

Key Accountabilities

Job Specific Accountabilities

• Study, analyze, coordinate, and recommend on transformation initiatives aimed at achieving the business excellence needed to sustain the directorate's as well as ADNOC's current and future strategic objectives.
• Develop and organize information in and out of the team in a timely and efficient way by highlighting priorities.
• Ensure effective correspondence with key external stakeholders of ADNOC Group to safeguard effective and productive relationships.
• Define systems and applications requirements for the division required for providing analysis of performance for other teams in the directorate and assess and improve their processes and workflows.
• Execute specific business improvement projects and activities to support the activities, initiatives, strategies, and business plan.
• Identify and evaluate business problems in all areas and liaise among business area stakeholders to elicit, analyze, communicate, and validate requirements for changes to business processes, policies, and information systems.
• Analyze research findings, prepare briefing notes, summarize papers and publications, and make recommendations in order to contribute to the agreed initiatives and goals.
• Liaise with leadership to understand business information priorities in order to design and develop customer-focused solutions - processes, systems, and analytics that enable the achievement of directorate's strategic objectives.
• Develop operational measurement capabilities and determine the means for quantifying performance and compliance of the newly adopted business processes.
• Coordinate and arrange communication campaigns, awareness building and publicity tasks, training in creative and innovative problem-solving skills to support the implementation of transformation programs.
• Identify issues, assess impact, and communicate areas for improvement with identified plans.
• Develop solutions which add value to the business and increase performance.
• Maintain collaborative relationships across and within the organization, effectively manage cross-functional teams, and develop open, effective communications practices.

Generic Accountabilities

• Supervision
  • Plan, supervise, and coordinate all activities in the assigned area to meet functional objectives.
  • Train and develop the assigned staff on relevant skills to enable them to become proficient on the job and deliver the respective section objectives.
• Budgets
  • Provide input for preparation of the section or department budgets and assist in the implementation of the approved budget and work plans to deliver section objectives.
  • Investigate and highlight any significant variances to support effective performance and cost control.
• Policies, Systems, Processes & Procedures
  • Implement approved section or department policies, processes, systems, standards, and procedures in order to support execution of the section's or department work programs in line with company and international standards.
• Performance Management
  • Contribute to the achievement of the approved performance objectives for the section or department in line with the company performance framework.
• Innovation and Continuous Improvement
  • Design and implement new tools and techniques to improve the quality and efficiency of operational processes.
  • Identify improvements in internal processes against best practices in pursuit of greater efficiency in line with ISO standards in order to define intelligent solutions for issues confronting the function.
• Health, Safety, Environment (HSE) and Sustainability
  • Comply with relevant HSE policies, procedures, and controls and applicable legislation and sustainability guidelines in line with international standards, best practices, and ADNOC Code of Practices.
• Reports
  • Provide inputs to prepare section MIS and progress reports for company management.

Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge & Skills

Minimum Qualification

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, engineering, or equivalent discipline.

Minimum Experience & Knowledge & Skills

• 8 - 9 years of experience, including at least experience in process transformation, strategy development, process excellence in large organizations preferably in the oil and gas sector.
• Strong stakeholder management and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Proficient in English.

About the Company

We are one of the world's leading energy producers, and a primary catalyst for Abu Dhabi’s growth and diversification.

We operate across the entire hydrocarbon value chain, through a network of fully-integrated businesses, with interests that range from exploration, production, storage, refining and distribution, to the development of a wide-range of petrochemical products.

Since 1971, we have created thousands of jobs, driven the growth of a diverse knowledge-based economy, and played a key role in Abu Dhabi’s global emergence.

Today, we continue to look for new and innovative ways to maximize the value of our resources, pioneering those approaches and technologies that will ensure we are able to meet the demands of an ever-changing energy market, and continue to have a positive impact on the Abu Dhabi economy for generations to come.