Specialist, Strategic Planning

About the Job

• Coordinate and develop a comprehensive and detailed business plan for company L&S based on the mid-term and the long-term strategy.
• Assess and report the impact on company L&S’s current and future strategic direction and business operations including the integration of reservoir planning with facilities development and facilities optimization strategies.
• Assess, define boundaries of initiatives and execute process improvement and engagements that enable the achievement of the organization’s vision and goals.
• Support the functional managers in implementation of change management and process improvement initiatives and work collaboratively across all departments to help improve the management and delivery of the business.

Key Accountabilities

Strategic Contribution

• Participate in the formulation and implement overall business strategies and plans which enable the achievement of company L&S mission and objectives. Support the smooth integration of the different strategies and policies for company taking into consideration the applicable laws and regulations and company L&S’s concession agreements.
• Provide value-added innovative strategic and operational solutions by acting as business enabler to achieve the Company’s planned objectives and long term strategies.
• Coordinate and support the development of company L&S’s the five-year business plan including aspects such as technology planning, organizational issues analysis and investment optimization, ensure consistency and compatibility with objectives at each level of activity and function.

Business Planning

• Execute the business planning process, providing guidelines, liaising with other departments in company L&S to coordinate the overall process and ensure that the requirements are met in a timely manner according to the management expectations, so that all inputs from the business units are collated to develop the final consolidated plans.
• Plan and execute the Company’s master planning process and resultant long term strategy development, including integration of reservoir planning with facilities development and facilities optimization strategies.

New Business Development

• Monitor and report on local, national, regional and international business development opportunities, which are consistent with the organization’s stated mission and competitive activity so that company L&S can identify potential routes for business expansion.

Business Performance & Reporting

• Support in the development of accurate reports to provide timely feedback to company L&S’s senior management, company HQ and Shareholders ensuring continuous update and sufficient of information is provided on Company’s business performance and corrective action can be taken in timely manner.

Corporate Excellence

• Plan and execute improvement activities; support and coordinate excellence/transformational activities through process improvement initiatives and workshops.
• Translate company business strategy into excellence goals and visible metrics. Evaluate and develop improvement opportunities and facilities best practices.
• Evaluate and identify business processes that may qualify for process re-engineering and propose appropriate management action for evaluation and study.
• Plan and implement business process improvement initiatives approved by management. Support the functional areas in the re-engineering, development and maintenance of process and measure and implement controls to monitor current processes.

Corporate Risk

• Support the development, implementation and monitoring of the policy and processes related to Corporate Risk and Change Management.
• Conduct risk evaluations and develop mitigation plans while monitoring and reporting risk status.

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 Function’s budgets and assist in the implementation of the approved Budget and work plans to deliver objectives.
• Investigate and highlight any significant variances to support effective performance and cost control.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering/Business Administration/Finance or equivalent.
• At least 8 years of experience in corporate planning in an Oil & Gas or in an industrial environment