Chief Strategy Officer

Job Description : CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER KSA to work with a market leading food manufacturer in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This is a company going through a significant growth journey, with amazing brands, who are already a leader in a number of categories today, in addition to constantly penetrating new segments. When we visited the Head Office recently the calibre of talent, culture and vision gives us the confidence to say this is an opportunity where somebody could add significant value and be part of a legacy project. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES · Articulates the company’s mission, vision, values and strategy in a clear and concise way that can speak to customers and employees at all levels · Develop and lead corporate-wide initiatives and strategy, to design and implement new world class processes and systems, for both today and the future · By incorporating market insights and corporate culture, be the key leader in deploying the company's strategy in the change management and transformation strategy · Collaborates with senior management in the development of short and long term plans · Responsible for financial evaluation and modeling of potential opportunities/risks of new markets, licenses, or product offerings as well as exiting categories (comparable analysis, financial impact analysis, etc.) · Creates actionable goals that make it possible to turn that mission into tangible results · Assesses the company’s many different projects from the products, down to the daily administrative activities, to make sure they align with the company’s goals · Analyzes the success of products, projects, and activities · Manages economic and financial viability of the company by using management strategies, financial accounting, human resource planning, customer relations, and implementation of new technologies · Communicates the company’s official stance on its mission to external sources and internally to all personnel · Develops new business opportunities by leveraging contacts, pursuing new product development, and improving project efficiency · Ensures compliance with all relevant laws, policies, and regulations · Establish and drive organizational alignment with corporate goals through operational KPIs and governance · Identify and deconstruct business issues and develop strategic, analytical, and financial frameworks to evaluate · Manage a team; responsible for hiring, coaching and developing with positive engagement and provide direction and feedback to ensure development of team members. KEY INGREDIENTS · Minimum of 15 years of relevant experience within the FMCG, ideally Food and Beverage industry · Mature markets experience, Western markets experience with an understanding of emerging markets, like the Middle East · Experienced in delivering long-term strategies to a Board of Directors · Taking a business from good to great in line with best in class systems, processes and people · Corporate Performance experience · Effective leadership style with the ability to influence across all levels · Ambitious, dynamic and passionate mindset with high energy to complement the current.

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