Strategy Officer at Alan & Grant

Location: Jos, Plateau
Job Type: Full time

Job Description

• This role provides functional and strategic business support to the entire business. Responsible for business strategy development and planning, executing cross-cutting strategic initiatives, and driving business performance and management processes.

Corporate Strategy & Development:

• Works closely with the executive team to aid efforts geared at ensuring the proper articulation of business processes, business strategies and attainment of periodic goal and objectives.
• Provides necessary assistance to the MD in the execution of the company’s vision, short- and long-term objectives, plan and policies.
• Supports the MD in the development of proper operating plans, budgets and broad policies governing all aspects of business operations and administration.
• Drive the overall vision, strategy, direction and goals for the business development function.
• Maintain a structured business intelligence database to support the identification and evaluation of opportunities for the various commercial arm of the business.
• Execute cross-cutting strategic initiatives; Identify, frame and implement specific cross-cutting strategic initiatives that are critical to the success of the business
• Oversee all necessary economic assessment, financial valuation and other supporting analyses for specific opportunities.
• Manage the overall priorities and objectives of the various commercial unit so that work is in alignment with organizational objectives or strategies.
• Foresee key business issues, and implement comprehensive recommendations to achieve desired outcome.
• Facilitate communication and understanding of initiatives and the prioritization of such based-on business logic and resource availability.
• Lead the department in providing expert system and project management knowledge.
• Interface with management team on project status and execution.
• Facilitates the implementation of broad policies governing all aspects of business operations and administrations, and help with analysis required for monitoring corporate performance to ascertain progress towards the attainment of stated business objectives.

Business Analysis:

• Charged with researching, assembling and analyzing highly complex data and other background material required for taking key day-to-day business decisions, commercialization of various arms of business and provide market analysis report on investment plan.
• Performs various forms of business, financial and technical analysis; compiles reports providing critical information to inform executive and board business decision making.
• Reviews business, projects plans and activity status reports to determine progress towards attaining objectives; suggests revisions, and required alignments to current business realities and conditions.
• Provide key information to various internal and other stakeholders as regards regulatory issues, marketplace needs, the competitive environment, business performance and other pertinent issues.
• Provides input to the identification of business, regulatory, operational, performance risks and the resolution of attendant issues.
• Direct the development and preparation of various dashboards and other communication tools and lead cross-functional forums that provide regular updates/reviews on overall business and organisational performance.
• Leads strategic planning, design, and execution of business development and project implementations.
• Develop deployment timeline, phasing plans and project plans, determine project structure, form committees and project teams as needed.

Business & Corporate Performance Management:

• Design the corporate performance framework for the entire business inline with the Balanced Score Card Model.
• Implement and drive management processes to monitor business performance versus targets and course correct, as required.
• Develop and monitor cascading metrics and goals for business areas aligned with strategic plan.
• Oversee decision framework to allocate and re-prioritize resources as required to achieve business strategy.
• Monitor the execution of marketing and sales strategies for market share increment and revenue optimization.

Operational:

• Detects and manages conflicting issues and situations taking place in the business and provide updates to the executive team.
• Prioritizes conflicting needs, handles issues expeditiously, proactively and follows-through on projects to successful completion.
• Provides leadership to build relationships crucial to the success of the organisation, and manages a variety of special projects for the MD.
• Any other duties that may be assigned

Requirements

• Minimum of first degree in any Science, Social Science/Business discipline.
• MBA preferred or Master’s in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Marketing or any other related business field.
• Multi-functional experience working within a fast-paced and dynamic business environment is desirable.
• Minimum of 5 years post qualification cognate experience
• Strong administrative skills and ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to interface with and influence colleagues at various levels in the organisation.
• Ability to multi-task whilst still being able to pay attention to details.
• Good business acumen, business planning, financial knowledge, change management and people development skills.
• Excellent communication skill-verbal and written.
• Good negotiation and relationship management, planning and forecasting skills are imperative with a penchant for influencing other positively.
• Good data management and analysis expertise is required.
• Good stakeholder management skill.
• Strong poise and etiquette are highly required
• Must be willing to travel on a short notice.

Knowledge, Skills & Ability (KSA)

• Strategic planning & execution
• Strong negotiating skills
• Business monitoring and reporting
• Emotional Intelligence
• Customer Service
• Stakeholder management
• Data analysis (strong proficiency in the use of Microsoft office package with high proficiency in excel)
• Strong analytical and critical thinking
• Strong decision-making skills
• Project management
• Excellent presentation skills
• Business process management
• Networking.