Consulting - CIPS - ERS - Senior Manager - Riyadh

Business Unit Description

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, will provide you with 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, optimising deals, and aligning costs with business strategy to create a competitive advantage.

Job Summary

Globalization and the need for a secure, affordable energy & resources’ availability go hand-in-hand. Economic development is dependent on sufficient sources of energy—oil, gas, electricity, coal, alternative fuels and others. World is the middle of a changing energy landscape, both in terms of demand and supply, which has posed a challenge to our clients in the region. The team in Middle East work with governments and private clients to solve such important business problems and create value in challenging business environment and marketing conditions. We focus primarily on industries like Oil & Gas, Mining, Oil Field Services and Petrochemical.
This is an outstanding opportunity to join a passionate industry team, to continue developing yourself as an industry expert and to build further key contacts within the industry in the region.

Roles & Responsibilities

As a Senior Manager, 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:

• You will lead end-to-end strategy and operations engagements focused on evaluating current state, identifying future state opportunities and creating holistic transformation business cases.
• Lead cross functional internal and client teams, across strategy and transformation initiatives, to develop and deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Developing yourself personally, taking a keen interest in trends in the Power and Water Sector and the impact on our clients so you can help shape their thinking and our success in the market.
• Write and present winning proposals to support our clients, operating in the wider area of Power, Water and Environment in the region, on strategy, operational/quality improvement and cost reduction.
• Supporting the development of new propositions to help our client standardise how processes, policies and procedures and implemented in the most efficient and effective manner.
• Communicating solutions and new strategies to clients through technical reports and presentations.
• Working with colleagues in all Middle Eastern offices on client work and internal initiatives as well as with international teams where appropriate; and,
• Keeping up to date with current trends from the region and from across the world.
• Working to mentor and train other members of the business unit and the project team in order to foster a high performance team environment.
• Whilst working as part of the team you will develop your understanding of the key themes in the market and in the region. You will work collaboratively with other sector experts to shape the future of our clients and to 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.

Additional Roles & Responsibilities

Skills and Competencies

• Excellent organizational skills, having the ability to prioritize workload whilst being resilient and being able to cope well under pressure and meeting tight deadlines.
• Proven IT skills in the following programs excel, word, and PowerPoint
• The ability and willingness to travel within the Middle East and worldwide where the project requirements dictate.
• Exposure to data gathering techniques and analysis, and reporting insights in a clear and effective way is desirable.
• Ability to evaluat and manage our clients unique challenges in order to ensure we can maximise their return on the overall investment in human capital.

Educational Qualifications & Certifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
Years of Experience: 10+ years of relevant industry experience within a leading utility or 6-8 years within a management consultancy, offering strategy and transformation services to the Power and Water sectors.
The candidate will have gained the following skills / knowledge:

• In-depth understanding of the Utility business, value chain and drivers.
• Understanding of energy policies in the Middle East and globally.
• Knowledge of the Demand and Supply dynamics of the Power and Water sector in the region.