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**1. JOB DETAILS**:
**Position Title**:Specialist: Strategy, Planning & Governance
**Broad Band**:E1: M09: Professional
**Reports to
**Department & Function**:Ma’aden Share Services
**Job Code**:
**Date Prepared/Revised**:08/16/2020 00:00:00
**Talent Pipeline Layer**:Managing Self Expert Consultant (MS)
**2. OVERALL JOB PURPOSE**:
**Strategy, Planning & Governance Specialist is executing and/or supporting the activities related to strategy, planning and governance matters within the SSS Strategy, Planning & Governance function under the guidance of the SSS Strategy, Planning & Governance Manager. This includes supporting the management of the shared services strategy, budget and business plan processes as well as supporting the proper execution of the required shared services governance entities.**

**3. QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS**:
**Qualification**:

- **Master level degree in Business Administration, Finance, IT or equivalent from an internationally recognized institution or comparable experience of at least 5 years**:

- **Professional Certification: Project management, process management is preferred
**Experience**:

- **At least 4 years of relevant experience in the field of shared services or support functions**:

- **Relevant experience in strategy development / management**:

- **Relevant experience in successfully running governance bodies, ideally in a shared services context
**Skills: -**

**Strong interpersonal skills for interacting with magnitude of stakeholders -**
**Excellent communication skills for communicating with representatives of affiliates and shared services leadership -**
**Strong analytical and problem-solving skills -**
**Strong computer and business solutions software skills (e.g. MS Office, MS Excel, MS Word)**
**2. Dynamic, mature, agile and highly collaborative working style**
**3. Well-networked in the SS community including vendors**
**4. Social competence**
**6. Cultural Adaptability**
**7. Resiliente**
**8. English is a key requirement for the role
**4. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES**:
**Focus Area**

**Operational / Functional**

**Legal**:
**1. Consistently deliver solutions which contribute to business results and improved competitiveness (consulting advice, business options)**
**2. Deliver quality solutions/ service cost effectively on time and within risk parameters**
**3. Provide advice that are generally accepted and implemented on programmes and systems, creating a competitive advantage for organization, leading to quality results**
**5. Deliver cost effective results**
**6. Risk results**
**7. HSE targets**
**8. Conduct research & development that leads to new solutions being implemented in the organization -**

**Support the Strategy, Planning & Governance function within the Shared Services Support organization in close alignment with the SSS Strategy, Planning & Governance Manager -**
**Support facilitation of the shared services strategy development under guidance of the SSS Strategy, Planning & Governance Manager -**
**Support facilitation of the shared services budgeting and business planning processes, by providing guidelines, coordinating the effort and consolidating results on the shared services level in close alignment with the SSS Strategy, Planning & Governance Manager -**
**Support maintenance of process management governance to ensure up-to-date and consistent processes and associated Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) -**
**Support identification of (cross-functional) process improvement initiatives to increase efficiency and effectiveness of shared services -**
**Support preparation and facilitation of the defined shared services governance (i.e. Customers-Providers Panel) -**
**Support maintenance of the shared services authority matrix, ensuring timely updates and consistency over time in alignment with the SSS Strategy, Planning & Governance Manager**

**Leadership**
- **During emergency situations, evaluate the abnormalities and take corrective action as to avoid downtime, equipment damage and/or HSERQ incidents**:

- **Ensure sensitization to diversity in the workplace**:

- **Drive Ma'aden Safety Culture Transformation Program**:

- **Ensure adherence to HSERQ legal standards and implement HSERQ processes for own area of responsibility**:

- **Writing and reporting**:

- **Understand customer requirement and ensures product/service meets customer requirements**:

- **Identify and support inter-dependencies (synergies) with own and other departments within the value chain**

**1. Understand, support and live the Ma'aden vision, values and goals**
**2. Expert utilization & direction through selling and obtaining support for value adding ideas leading to business improvement**
**3. Takes accountability for personal improvement, personal development, skills development and effectiveness**
**4. Expertise transfer, sharing and development**
**5. Plan and project management**
**7. Deliver expert solutions as a thought leader, to meet changin