Head of Corporate Planning

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities :

• Drive the formulation, governance, and continuous refinement of Abraj’s corporate strategy, considering internal capabilities and external market, economic, regulatory, and socio-economic environments.
• Lead the annual and multi-year corporate planning cycle, ensuring full integration between strategic priorities, financial planning, capital allocation, and operational plans.
• Oversee the development, cascading, execution, and periodic review of corporate and business unit strategies to ensure vertical and horizontal alignment across the organization.
• Establish and implement a robust strategy and corporate planning management framework to enable effective planning, execution, monitoring, and performance review.
• Translate corporate strategy into clearly defined strategic initiatives, roadmaps, and investment priorities with clear ownership, sequencing, and valued drivers.
• Ensure alignment between corporate strategy, budget development, and resource allocation decisions across all business units and functions.
• Oversee enterprise-wide strategy execution using appropriate tools, methodologies, and governance mechanisms.
• Design and oversee a comprehensive corporate performance management and review process, including organization-wide KPIs, scorecards, and performance dashboards to enable timely course correction.
• Provide analytical insights on strategic initiatives, performance trends, and plan execution to support informed executive, management, and Board-level decision-making.
• Lead ongoing research and analysis of industry, market, competitive, and socio-economic trends to identify opportunities, risks, and emerging threats, translating insights into actionable strategic recommendations.
• Drive scenario planning, stress testing, and strategic option analysis to support executive and Board decision-making under uncertainty.
• Facilitate and steer strategy and corporate planning review forums, portfolio reviews, and executive discussions to assess progress, dependencies, and value realization.
• Establish governance mechanisms for prioritization, approval, and tracking of strategic initiatives, transformation programs, and major investments.
• Design, maintain, and monitor corporate performance dashboards and management reports to track progress against strategic goals and KPIs, enabling data-driven decision-making
• Monitor strategic benefits realization and ensure planned outcomes are achieved, escalated, or recalibrated as required.
• Collaborate with senior leaders across the organization to develop and deliver long-term strategic plans aligned with Abraj’s corporate priorities and growth ambitions.
• Safeguard the active participation and alignment of shareholders, executive leadership, and key internal and external stakeholders throughout the strategy and planning lifecycle, in coordination with the CEO.
• Develop, implement, and oversee Abraj’s corporate sustainability and ESG strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives, regulatory requirements, and stakeholder expectations.
• Lead sustainability assessments, reporting, and performance monitoring, and manage sustainability policy due diligence across all business units.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence, embedding sustainable performance practices and adherence to quality and excellence standards.
• Constructively challenge organizational leaders to drive action-oriented improvement initiatives and enhance organizational effectiveness.
• Oversee the design, implementation, and continuous maturity of Enterprise Risk Management and Business Continuity frameworks to support strategic objectives.
• Act as a key advocate for a strong risk-aware culture that enhances organizational resilience and supports the achievement of short- and long-term goals.
• Ensure organizational preparedness for disruption and long-term sustainability through proactive risk, resilience, and continuity planning.
• Support inorganic growth, strategic partnerships, and major investment decisions through strategic fit assessment, business case development, and value creation analysis.
• Provide strategic oversight and alignment input to corporate communications, marketing, and brand initiatives to ensure consistency with Abraj’s strategic positioning and objectives.

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