Strategic Planning Manager

Identify the strategic choices, issues and challenges for AFM as a whole and each business unit individually, and provide high level strategic planning support
• Initiate significant interactions with leaders and employees at all levels of the organization to produce findings and recommendations for process improvement
• Engages the sales, operation and technology teams in setting and achieving specific goals around change initiatives. This includes working with leadership both functionally and strategically to drive overall improvements in specific areas.
• Facilitate, consult, and engage business partners in project execution
• Assess products and process for their ability to meet customer requirement including capability, reliability, and robustness.
• Ensure business and market landscape knowledge is readily available to support business leaders in strategic decisions

Network
• Support in the design and delivery of the network development plan for each site
• Evaluate capacity and financial feasibility for new network development and refresh for current sites
• Manage the capex budget and monitor the health of the sites through KPIs and advise as well as develop plans if the health indicator is not as planned

Required Skills to be successful:
• Strong analytical thinking, problem solving, resourcefulness and time management capabilities
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to establish contact and trust with multiple stakeholders across various divisions
• Ability to anticipate conflict and resolving pending issues
• Strong oral and written communication – excellent ability to crystalize messages for executives
• Strong understanding of business and policy issues faced by organizations
• Ability to operate well under ambiguity and to drive people towards an endpoint without conflict
• A solid team player who’s also an independent thinker
• Deadline-driven, organized and able to multitask
• A robust analytical skill set
• Strong verbal, written and presentation skills

What equips you for the role:
• 5+ years of professional project management experience, typically management consultant or retail back ground
• Deep understanding of transformation and initiative management
• Full proficiency with Microsoft Office PowerPoint, Excel, and Word – Ability to create high quality PowerPoint presentations and Excel analysis
• Previously managed high-performing teams