Strategy Transformation Director - Utilities

The Role
Strategy Transformation Director required for a Leading Management Consultancy in Dubai, UAE.

As part of the Strategy Team, you will be responsible for business development & delivery activities across the Middle East, including strategic transformation, operational improvement, cost reduction & regulatory reform projects. You will get involved in writing proposals and lead end to end consulting engagements in the Utilities Sector with a focus on Strategic Improvements that encourage PPP and enhance the overall decision making.

Requirements
- You will ideally have experience working with an Utility Company and a Management Consulting firm.
- 10-15 years experience, with a Masters Degree/ MBA/ or PhD/ in areas such as Economics, Business Management, ICT, Engineering, etc
- Expertise in conducting strategic analysis, supporting policy development and a good understanding of current market trends and technology awareness of region-relevant technologies as well as sector policies to enable transformation, including use of digital, analytic and information management in the utility industry.
- Experience in strategies across supply chain and procurement optimization, process improvement, operational excellence, business process re-engineering, operational due diligence and post-merger integration.
- You will have experience with the development and implementation of strategies and operating models in utilities, including experience in partnering with the business at all levels and building the necessary internal and external relationships to secure change across the value chain from generation, through transmission and distribution to the retail / customer experience front end
- Ideally, you will also have had exposure to the wider energy / water value chains (including oil and gas, power generation, desalination etc.), to enable you to add context to your relationships
- You will have excellent written and oral communication skills, be fluent in English and (preferably) proficient in Arabic
- You will have strong quantitative, strategic and financial analytical skills with the ability to understand complex information and communicate it in a non-specialist format to our clients’ operational business units
- You will have experience of managing, guiding and developing junior team members, and be able to rapidly understand project finances within a consulting environment
- You will have excellent organisational skills, including the ability to prioritise work whilst being resilient, able to cope well under pressure and meet tight deadlines
- You must be willing and able to travel within the Middle East and worldwide as our projects dictate, and be comfortable working in the cultural environment specific to the UAE, KSA and other GCC markets

About the Company
New Sourcing International (NSI) / Bluefin Talent have partnered so to offer a specialized recruitment solution within the Consulting and Financial services domains.

Working together as a specialist search and selection agency, we concentrate on blue chip financial services and strategy / technology consulting organizations across Europe and the Middle East; focusing exclusively on Financial Services, IT and Risk. Being niche allows us to offer a premium search service, tailored to overcome the technically challenging nature of recruitment for the specialist functions that we work.

We are dedicated to representing best of breed candidates in the region in our dedicated fields of employment. As such we are a leading outfit for placing ex-pats and internationally educated students in the region.

Our biggest unique selling point, is that we are steered by a dedicated team of ex-financial services and industry professionals. This allows us to offer a level of candidate pre-screening for roles, which is largely anomalous to the recruitment profession. Our ability to bridge the technical knowledge gap typical recruiters encounter, coupled with a thorough delivery process allows us to drive consistently superior results for our clients sourcing requirements. Designed to provide a fast and efficient turnaround, we minimize the use of internal resources our clients spend vetting inadequate profiles, allowing them to quickly get back to focusing on their strategic goals.

Our strength lies not only in the specialist nature of our firm, but also in the commitment we show towards our clients and candidates. We endeavour to build long-term relationships and recognise the crucial nature of communication throughout the recruitment process. Excellence, integrity, respect and transparency are cornerstone to the culture we promote.

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