Optimization Project Leader - Holdal Abou Adal Group - Lebanon

This is an exciting and challenging new role within a successful Lebanese Group that is in the process of implementing an extensive Business Transformation Project (BTP) following a sustained period of healthy growth.

Based in Beirut, the Optimization Project Leader (OPL) will coordinate all the activities related to the BTP and will report directly to the Project Owner, the Senior Management Team and the Family Council.

The OPL will be expected to help the Chief Operating Officers (COOs) and remaining Senior Managers in conducting a deep review of the current support, distribution and retail operations to align them with HOLDAL’s 2020 vision.

The successful candidate will be a charismatic and energetic leader with an appetite for delivering ambitious business results (KPIs) and operational excellence while ensuring that the program does not affect the day-to-day operations. He/she should be an excellent strategist while being ready to roll-up his/her sleeves to get things done.

Responsibilities
- Holds overall responsibility for the successful planning, design, execution, monitoring controlling outcome and closure of the BTP.
- In coordination with Project Owner and Business Project Managers, defines for each Business Project, scope, optimization strategy, activities, timelines, planning (resources & tasks), budget, deliverables and outcome.
- Validates all project phases, optimization strategy measures and other key milestones with Global Project Management.
- Confirms project direction and act as Project Advocate. Provides assurance, feedback & guidance.
- Identifies, controls and monitors risks. For each risk, identifies appropriate contingency plans. Raise alerts to Project Owner.
- Controls, monitors and reports to Global Project Management scope, progress vs. planning, and spending vs. budget.
- Upon needs, requests technical support from Global Functional Teams.
- Recognizes the team for progress and successes and participates in project post-evaluation key learning.
- Communicates to the Change Management team success stories to be shared with the business.
- Serves as an escalation path for issues that are beyond Business Project Manager.
- Signs off on charter and deliverables.
- In the absence of Project Owner, administers project discussions and meetings and is a default moderator during Project meetings.
- Meets weekly with Project Sponsor and Project Owner to review progress, project timelines, key milestones and outstanding issues. Provides guidance feedback and support when needed.

Skills
- Solid experience in a Multinational as a project manager
- Proven success record in restructuring a business
- Bachelor’s degree in Business or industrial Engineering
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills with an ability to manage diverse work groups of people
- Comprehensive professional writing proficiency in Arabic, English and possibly French
- Motivator of Change. Experience in Change Management would be ideal
- Team player with ability to credibly operate and influence at all levels within the organization
- Strong organizational & time management skills – the candidate should be excellent at juggling priorities effectively and working under stress
- PRINCE2 Practitioner qualified for Project Management skills
- MSP Practitioner qualified for Program Management skills
- Resilient personality with a good sense of humor

info@abouadal.com