Manager - Strategic Projects

Landmark Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Landmark Group is seeking a strategic thinker with an MBA or advanced degree and 1–4 years of experience in management consulting, e-commerce, merchandising, planning or corporate strategy within retail. The role requires advanced Excel proficiency and exceptional communication, problem-solving and analytical abilities.

You will own a project facet, gather data from various sources, build hypotheses, and deliver actionable recommendations to drive business impact.

Qualifications

• MBA or advanced degree from a prestigious institute.
• 1–4 years of progressive work experience in management consulting, e-commerce, merchandising, planning or corporate strategy (retail preferred).
• Advanced Excel skills required.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Own a distinct aspect of the project, managing respective stakeholders.
• Use analytical and problem-solving skills to provide analysis, insights and solutions for strategy development and critical decisions.
• Gather and structure data from internal sources or extensive secondary research (interviews, stakeholders, reports).
• Develop structured solutions by building hypotheses and testing them with data, delivering actionable recommendations.
• Present insights and conclusions clearly to project leads and stakeholders.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Stakeholder management

Education

MBA or advanced degree

Job description

Job Description:

Responsibilities

• Work on business problems, owning a distinct aspect of the project including managing the respective stakeholders
• Use analytical and problem-solving skills to provide analysis, insights and solutions that inform strategy development and critical business decisions
• Gather and structure relevant data - either from internal sources or through extensive secondary research (through interviews, discussions with relevant stakeholders or industry experts, reports etc.)
• Develop framework and build hypothesis to approach a problem in a structured manner, test hypothesis by analyzing and drawing clear conclusions from the data gathered and develop actionable and fact-based recommendations
• Present insights and conclusions confidently and meaningfully to project lead / team, and concept/function stakeholders
• Build and deliver high impact presentations or own specific sections within a larger presentation to communicate your findings to the stakeholders
• Validate and drive acceptance of the recommendations, facilitate the implementation of the recommendations and support regular progress reviews, tracking and reporting of business benefits / impact delivered
• Collaborate with stakeholders across Landmark concepts and functions (e.g. HR, Finance, IT, Supply chain etc.) and establish trust-based relationships with them to drive business improvements

Qualifications

• MBA (or advanced degree) from a prestigious institute
• 1- 4 years of progressive work experience either in management consulting, E-commerce, merchandising, planning or corporate strategy (in the retail industry preferred but not mandatory)
• Advanced excel skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills