Change Management and Strategy Consultant

Our Client operates in the Oil and Energy industry, with its headquarters rooted strongly in Saudi Arabia. It has its branches spread to more than 50 countries, providing employment to more than 68,500 people all over the world. They fall under the Fortune 500 Companies. They are one of the world’s largest oil producers. They are constantly growing by creating new technologies through its Research and Development efforts and branch into new business lines through Investments and Acquisitions.

Responsibilities:

• Lead transformative initiatives by driving organizational change and providing strategic guidance. Develop and implement change management plans, ensuring seamless adoption of new technologies and strategies aligned.
• Develop and implement change management plans, facilitate stakeholder engagement and communication. Measure and track the success of change management efforts and provide strategic guidance for technology adoption.
• Conduct impact assessments and readiness evaluations.
• Provide Change Management consulting services, leadership, and training in situations where a high level of professional competence and business & operations experience are pre-requisites.
• Utilize excellent interpersonal and communications skills with the ability to clearly communicate with individual contributors as well as executives.
• Build sound professional relationships with all levels of management as required to satisfactorily complete projects.
• Partner with key roles such as project managers, business analysts, and process improvement specialists to deliver business value for the customer.
• Coach managers and supervisors through process improvement and change initiatives and act as a liaison to connect relevant parties and stakeholders.
• Plan, coordinate, and participate in meetings with a broad range of stakeholders that often includes Project Managers, Business Analysts, and senior leadership to coordinate process improvement efforts.
• Develop and deliver process improvement methodology training for Lean and/or Six Sigma projects.
• Document definitions and attributes of current processes using visual diagrams, process models, process maps, or other tools as appropriate.
• Design, lead, and/or contribute to process improvement projects/initiatives through planning, assessment, diagnosis, design, and implementation at various levels.
• Support the development of actionable and targeted Change Management plans to address the people impacts of change due to process improvement and/or technology implementation.
• Provide significant input in the development of communication plans, sponsor roadmaps, stakeholder assessments, training plans, and resistance management plans.
• Willing to travel throughout the Kingdom to various job sites as required.

Requirements:

• You must hold a Bachelor Degree from an accredited college or university. A Master’s degree is preferable but not essential. 
• You should have at least 10 years of actual experience planning and leading process improvement and/or transformation projects as either a practitioner or as an internal or external management consultant. 
• Certification as a Black Belt or Master Black Belt with recent demonstrated experience is required. Experience with or certification in Change Management is advantageous but not mandatory.
• Relevant Certifications include Six Sigma Black Belt / Master Black Belt / Lean Master.