Performance Management Specialist (NAWAH)

Job Purpose

Development, implementation and continuous improvement of Nawah’s Enterprise Performance Management (Strategy, Business Planning and Business Performance Framework) including Business Planning and Business Performance Management. Execute the implementation and ongoing management of Nawah Business Planning and Business Performance Management in order to embed a performance based culture in Nawah.

Key Activities, Responsibility & Accountability

1. Development, implementation and continuous improvement of Nawah’s Enterprise Performance Management (Strategy, Business Planning and Business Performance Framework), including People, Process, Procedure, Programs and Tools.
2. Assess and analyse the performance of Nawah’s EPM framework (efficiency and effectiveness of the framework) and develop recommendations/proposals for the improvement of Nawah’s EPM framework.
3. Conduct execution of initiatives to improve Nawah’s EPM framework. This includes but is not limited to:

• Strategic planning and strategic performance management frameworks, processes, mechanisms and/or tools, to ensure focus, clarity and alignment within the organization consistent with Nawah’s strategy.
• Business planning frameworks, processes, mechanisms and/or tools to ensure Nawah’s organization efficiently and effectively develops, resources, communicates and assigns accountability for its 5 year business plan.
• Change control and change management processes, mechanisms and/or tools to ensure the Nawah’s Strategy and Business Plan remains current and subject to appropriate governance.
• Performance monitoring, reporting and analysis frameworks, processes, mechanisms and/or tools to ensure Nawah accurately, efficiently and effectively monitors, measures, reports, and controls its progress toward its near and long-term business objectives.
• Initiatives to streamline, facilitate, and/or automate the management, measurement and reporting of business performance data, including potential business intelligence solutions.
• Controlled documents that set out and institutionalize an effective, uniform Nawah approach to performance measurement, including the development of effective KPIs, target setting, documentation of KPI definitions, calculation methods and measures to ensure data integrity in reporting.

Nawah’s Business Planning and Business Performance Management

1. Collaborate with stakeholders and review and analyse the performance against Objectives, Initiatives, KPIs and targets on an ongoing basis, including implementation and management of appropriate change controls, to ensure the plans remain current and subject to appropriate governance.
2. Collaborate with Human Resources and/or other relevant stakeholders to ensure that 5 year functional objectives and results cascades and interfaces seamlessly with individual employee performance management.
3. Collaborate with Finance to ensure that 5 year functional plans are tightly linked to the budgeting and financial forecasting process.
4. Analyse functions’ performance and develop proposals for initiatives to drive performance improvement. Collaborate with the Process Improvement and Project sections to systematically identify areas of the organization with performance gaps to be targeted for improvement initiatives.
5. Manage formal periodic reviews of functions’ performance and lead or track (as appropriate) implementation of indicated actions arising therefrom.
6. Other business plan related activities as may be required from time to time.

Health and Safety and Security

1. Follow all relevant company’s Health and Safety policies, processes, procedures and instructions to ensure compliance in all aspects of work as per sound management practices. Apply these policies and procedures to self and others to ensure reasonable care of the health and safety of the employee; the environment; and various individuals who may be affected by the employee’s acts or omissions at work.
2. Follow all relevant Security policies, processes, procedures and instructions to ensure security compliance in all aspects of work, by applying them on self, others and Corporate assets.
3. Ensure compliance with corporate requirements for adherence to policies, procedures and instructions related to Crisis Management and Business Continuity in order to continue mission critical activities.

People Management

1. Contribute to the development of UAE employees in a manner which supports the objectives of the corporation and its Emiratization strategy.
2. Contribute to knowledge dissemination/sharing in a way that assists with building internal capabilities of UAE Nationals where applicable and maximize their effective performance.

Excellence and Quality Management

1. Ensure commitment to a culture of continuous improvement by eliminating waste, following operations procedures, practicing innovation, problem solving, and teamwork; complying with Quality Management System policies and procedures; providing and receiving constructive feedback, and striving to meet quality standards and stakeholder expectations.

Professional Certifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• 6 Sigma Black Belt

Qualifications

Academic Qualification and Experience:

Minimum:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Engineering Management, Operations Management, or similar.
• 3 years of relevant experience.

Preferred:

• M.B.A., M.S.M or other relevant advanced degree.
• Greater than 6 years general/line management, planning & performance management, and/or management consulting experience.
• Experience in the commercial nuclear power sector.
• Prior working experience in the Gulf, preferably the UAE.