Senior Specialist, Strategy & Business Analysis

The Role
The Company: : Ooredoo is an organisation on the move. Thanks to our
dedicated employees, we continue to move closer towards our vision to be among
the top ‎20 telecommunications companies in the world by ‎2020. We are a dynamic
global telecommunications player operating in ‎17 countries across the Middle
East, North Africa (MENA) and Asia. We cover a population of more than half a
billion people and serve more than ‎68 million customers. In Kuwait, we employ
approximately ‎1,000 talented people, all of whom are driving Ooredoo to be the
number one choice for world-class communications services in Kuwait. In the
face of intensifying competition, increasingly sophisticated technology and
rising customer expectations, nothing is more important to our success than
our team - and it's a team that you can be part of. Ooredoo's future is
bright, and you can be part of our ongoing success. The Role: The position
entails undertaking project management, analysis, coordination, and is
responsible for defining and updating strategies that drive growth for the
company along with associated initiatives. This position will work closely
with the Strategy & Business Development unit team and with other divisions in
portfolio strategy, financial planning, future trends, new growth
opportunities, and competitor analysis. This position provides a complete
range of information and insights support to business managers, including
decision support indicators based on targets, actual, assessment etc. to
facilitate decision making. This position will also monitor activities to
ensure that they are in line with the agreed Strategy, KPIs, and Business Plan
targets and perform various business analysis activities to ensure that
Ooredoo Kuwait meets its strategic objectives Key Activities: - Support the
development and monitoring of the company's growth strategy and operational
excellence based on analysis of industry trends, competitive threats,
expansion opportunities and internal performance - Support the definition of
specific, measurable strategic goals for the company. - Support the design of
business scaling & revenue growth strategy for Telecom. - Support Strategy &
Business Development Director and team members to help set the overall
strategic direction of the company, and to design key initiatives including
growth strategy and operational excellence - Perform Trends analysis and new
growth opportunity / competitor analysis including peers' performance -
Support with business integration & design strategy for revenue increase. -
Provide information / trend analysis on emerging global markets. - Analyse
commercial trends and performance and interpret them - Assist in the efficient
designing / implementation of strategic initiatives. - Assist in building,
verifying and monitoring Ooredoo Kuwait Business Plan - Assist in building and
updating the internal and external environment assessment as part of the
strategic cycle - Support alternative scenarios planning and modelling -
Support the Build-up of the strategic framework and market model and forecasts
- Work closely with the different teams across the organisation in the support
of developing the business strategy and its sets of strategic initiatives. -
Support the Business Planning and Strategy Development and cascading business
strategy into the operational plans. - Provide reports and presentations for
reviews - Deliver analytically rigorous and data-driven insights that assist
the company executives in making strategic decisions and drive business
prioritisation. - Deliver data-based insights to support actionable strategic
direction, corporate prioritisation, and strategy communication (build link
with Business intelligence team and finance to get the relevant feed of data
and analysis) - Create and manage reporting systems. - Deliver periodic
reports on key performance metrics for business parameters. - Set up measures
and monitoring mechanisms to regulate and control the Costs initiatives -
Conduct regular business and sensitivity analysis and report findings to
Department head and leadership - Monitoring, tracking and reporting on the
plan KPIs metrics on quarterly basis (and upon significant changes). Updating
the plan periodically and report on results. - Analyse market share in value
and volume - Analyse competitor activities and their performances - Prepare
presentations with inputs and relevant insights to assist the management team
in decision making - Proactively take responsibility for self-improvement by
staying well-informed of developments, knowledge and innovations in relevant
field of expertise. - Other duties as directed by supervisor or other
superiors.

Requirements
Qualifications: - ‎3 years' experience in a related role is mandatory -
Track record in business analysis - Good knowledge of telecom industry -
Possess financial acumen with the ability to link and correlated between
business strategy/initiatives, operational plans and financial performance -
Good execution skills - Strong analytical skills and financial modelling
capabilities - Good interpersonal & communication, presentation and
facilitation skills. - Ability to communicate with various levels of
management - Attention to detail - Ambitious and result driven. Ability to
cope with deadlines - Ability to drill-down and perform root-cause analysis -
Ability to operate in a diverse multicultural, multinational work environment,
exhibiting appropriate sensitivities - Highly developed communication and
reporting skills (verbal and written) in both Arabic (preferable) & English. -
Good background about Mobile technology and industry - Excellent research
capabilities and statistical analysis knowledge - Problem Solving & Analytical
thinking skills - Concern for Standards/Efficiency - Being Collaborative and
Cooperative - Tenacity, Resilience and Self-Management. work under pressure
Work under pressure - Bachelor Degree in Business Administration / Management
, Economics, Statistics, IT , or any relevant business field - Excellent
computer skills and proven knowledge of data analysis using popular MS
products specially Excel and Power Point - Deep insight in Forecasting:
Accurate assessment of growth and profit potential Note: you will be required
to attach the following: - Resume / cv

About the company
We are a leading international communications company delivering mobile,
fixed, broadband internet, and corporate managed services tailored to the
needs of consumers and businesses across markets in the Middle East, North
Africa and Southeast Asia. As a community-focused company, we are guided by
our vision of enriching peoples lives and our belief that we can stimulate
human growth by leveraging communications to help people achieve their full
potential. Formerly known as Qtel Group, we have a customer base of ‎92.9
million and reported revenues of USD ‎9.3 billion in ‎2012.