Business Planning Manager

Description -

Job Summary
This role is responsible for developing and implementing effective business plans to maximize identified opportunities and achieve performance goals within the organization. The role develops recommendations from complex data and business analysis and formulates them into business plans. The role analyzes financial data, including budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling, to support strategic decision-making and monitors performance against strategic objectives.

Responsibilities

• Manages complex data and business analysis to develop business plans and make recommendations.
• Works independently to construct complex statistical and financial models to forecast business performance.
• Defines the metrics required to measure business performance, compares actual data to forecasted values, and develops the process for identifying and addressing performance gaps.
• Manages complex, time-sensitive market research projects and synthesizes data and information to identify relevant trends and next steps.
• Identifies, cultivates, and fosters new business opportunities and relationships to increase revenue and enhance profitability.
• Contributes to priority projects with complex analysis and assists in developing recommendations.
• Works closely with business leaders to develop business plans based on historical and forecasted data and reports.
• Develops go-forward business plan recommendations based on potential risks and returns.
• Identifies cutting-edge analytical tools, models, and methods for making key business decisions.

Education & Experience Recommended

• Four-year or Graduate Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
• 4-7 years of work experience, preferably in strategy, planning, operations, market research, or a related field or an advanced degree with 3-5 years of work experience.

Preferred Certifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

Knowledge & Skills

• Analytics
• Business Intelligence
• Business Strategies
• Competitive Intelligence
• Customer Insights
• Dashboard
• Data Analysis
• Data Visualization
• Economics
• Market Intelligence
• Market Research
• Marketing
• New Product Development
• Power BI
• Python (Programming Language)
• R (Programming Language)
• SQL (Programming Language)
• Statistics
• Tableau (Business Intelligence Software)
• Thought Leadership

Cross-Org Skills

• Effective Communication
• Results Orientation
• Learning Agility
• Digital Fluency
• Customer Centricity

Disclaimer

• This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.

Please note that this is a temporary contract role, contract duration will be discussed during interview stage.

Job -

Business Planning

Schedule -

Full time

Shift -

No shift premium (United Arab Emirates)

Travel -

Relocation -

Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) - 

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