RE&M – Director

Why PwC

Established in the region for over 40 years, PwC Middle East employs over 6,000 people across 12 countries: Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates. Complementing our depth of industry expertise and breadth of skills is our sound knowledge of local business environments across the Middle East region. Our tailored solutions help our clients meet the challenges and opportunities of doing business in the Middle East market, and beyond.

BU Description

Our growing Consumer Industrial Products & Services (CIPS) practice provides management consulting services in the areas of strategy and operations, aiming to help a diverse set of clients anticipate and address their most complex business challenges.
CIPS is comprised of five priority industry sectors: Retail & Consumer Products, Industrial Products – Industrial Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Construction and Real Estate, and Transportation and Logistics.

Within CIPS Consulting services, you will have the opportunity to help clients seize essential advantages by working alongside business leaders to solve their toughest problems and capture their greatest opportunities. We work with some of the world’s largest and most complex companies to understand their unique business issues and opportunities in an ever-changing environment. We help create sustainable change by stimulating innovation, unlocking data possibilities, navigating risk and regulatory complexity, optimizing deals, and aligning costs with business strategy to create a competitive advantage.

PricewaterhouseCoopers Real Estate/Construction Consulting practice is focused on evaluating current state, identifying opportunities and creating holistic transformation business cases within the industry. Our team comprises experienced professionals with a comprehensive understanding of industry-specific regulations and issues distinctive to both local and global environments. At PwC, we have a multi-disciplinary consulting real estate practice servicing clients in the local real estate industry, which forms part of our Global Real Estate Industry practice.

Within RE&M, you will get the chance to lead cross-functional internal and client teams across real estate, affordable housing, and construction businesses, to develop and deliver operations strategies, business transformation, and digital customer and developer journeys in real estate and housing sectors, with a particular emphasis on the implementation of business transformation, operating models, process improvements and optimization, supply-demand analysis, etc.

As a Director, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Developing yourself personally, taking a keen interest in trends in different sectors and the impact on our clients so you can help shape their thinking and our success in the market.
• Writing and presenting winning proposals to support our clients in ME.
• Supporting the development of new propositions to help our clients.
• Leveraging your experience in different industries to bring best practices to support our clients in achieving set engagement goals.
• Working with colleagues in all Middle Eastern offices on client work and internal initiatives as well as with international teams where appropriate.
• Keeping up to date with current trends from the region and from across the world.
• Leading teams and mentoring/training other members in your team/business unit to foster a high-performance team environment.
• Developing your understanding of the key themes in the market and in the region while working collaboratively with other CIPS experts to shape the future of our clients and bring about positive change. You will have access to all of the latest training and development tools and the support of the wider PwC network.

• Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize workload while being resilient and able to cope well under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Proven IT skills in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• The ability and willingness to travel within the Middle East and worldwide where project requirements dictate.
• Exposure to data gathering techniques and analysis, and reporting insights in a clear and effective way is desirable.
• Ability to evaluate and manage our clients' unique challenges to ensure we can maximize their return on the overall investment in human capital.

Education: Bachelor’s degree and ideally one of the following: MBA, Six Sigma, Lean, or Certification in Supply Chain.
Years of Experience: Minimum 15 years of experience in management consulting focusing on the Construction/Real Estate Industry.
Extensive experience in managing organizational transformation/restructuring projects.
In-depth understanding and experience of strategy management, organization design, process management and implementation, and PMO setup.
Language Skills: Excellent communication skills (verbal and written). Fluent in English, but multilingual Arabic speaker preferable.