Strategist

<p><b>Aramco energizes the world economy. </b><br />
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Aramco occupies a unique position in the global energy industry. We are the world&
39;s largest producer of hydrocarbons (oil and gas), with the lowest upstream carbon intensity of any major producer.<br />
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With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco&
39;s value to society.<br />
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Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations&
39; spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom&
39;s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.<br />
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We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.<br />
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<b>Overview</b><br />
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We are seeking a Strategist that will be responsible, under the general direction of the head of the Human Resources and Corporate Services P&amp;PM organization or his/her designee, for overseeing just about every aspect of the business to ensure strategic plans are working effectively and that the Business Line will remain competitive. The incumbent is expected to support the Business Line Organizations to develop business improvement plans and strategies and monitor their execution. Participates in analysis and strategy development that<br />
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addresses short-term and long-term highly complex issues and problems as required by senior management.<br />
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Mentors, trains, and develops others.<br />
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<b>Key Responsibilities</b><br />
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Support the Business Line Organizations&
39; to:<br />
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Monitor, evaluate and analyze market landscape, trends, competition, benchmarks, opportunities and threats.<br />
Identify the needs of the business organization and develop plans to determine the overall direction it should take to actualize its goals.<br />
Develop &amp; communicate strategies (planning, prioritization, and decision making) to address competition, changes in customer preference, and improvements in technology and marketing tools.<br />
Execute strategic plan including development of new businesses, investment strategies and put plans into action.<br />
Work independently on day-to-day management of large- and medium-scale projects related to key business line initiatives.<br />
Facilitate workshops, translate conclusions into recommendations, or help design and implement large-scale organizational change programs.<br />
Support the annual planning process, tying budgets to projects and outcomes.<br />
Address business problems, take a long-term perspective, but can also execute on near term monthly goals. Identify operational inefficiencies, and develop solutions including resource requirements, timing, and risks.<br />
Build appropriate external and internal presentation materials on the Business Line Strategies, Vision, Missions, etc...<br />
Support ad-hoc management requests, analyses and reports.<br />
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Desired Competencies<br />
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Communication skills: Applicants must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills to clearly articulate the insights from findings to management and relevant stakeholders. Demonstrated ability to influence for impact and ability to produce top quality written and oral reports in English.<br />
Problem-solving skills: They must be intellectually curious individuals with strong creative and imaginative prowess to generate ideas to solve business problems.<br />
Independent Critical thinking: They require strong critical thinking abilities to draw sound conclusions from information and various data sources at their disposal. It is crucial that they can separate relevant information from less vital ones with respect to solving a particular business problem. They must also have the capacity to analyze data objectively, applying logical thought and proffering solutions, taking a long-term perspective.<br />
Strong quantitative and financial modeling skills: It is important that they can work with large data sets to provide analytical support to all aspects of the business.<br />
Comfort with ambiguity: Decision making involves some level of uncertainty, so it is important that applicants are comfortable with ambiguity.<br />
Computer skills: Applicants should possess advanced excel skills and be proficient in PowerPoint for presentation purposes.<br />
Collaborative skills: They must be able to work with cross-functional teams and have the maturity to interact directly with senior executives across departments, as well as provide leadership to teams on the implementation of strategic initiatives.<br />
Risk Management knowledge (processes and tools).<br />
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<b>Minimum Requirements</b></p>

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<li>A bachelor&
39;s degree from a leading college or university in Business. Administration, Computer Science, Economics, or Statistics, or in a related field.</li>
<li>It is preferred to have an advanced business degree (e.g., MBA) and/or relevant professional certification (e.g., CFA, PMP).</li>
<li>A minimum of 10 years of experience in top-tier strategy consulting, investment banking, private equity firm or similar organization.</li>
<li>You must have significant demonstrable work experience in the practice of strategy development, review and implementation. Also, a strong knowledge of business case development is required.</li>
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<p><b>Working environment </b><br />
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Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.<br />
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At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world&
39;s biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.<br />
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We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs - one of the largest in the world.</p>

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