Require Business Operations Specialist, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

Title Business Operations Specialist

Business Operations Specialist Location: Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia (with travel across KSA, Qatar, and Iraq)

Reports to: Senior Director, Operations

Business Unit: Technology Solutions, SMS

Job Link:

https://careers.kbr.com/us/en/job/KIVKBRUSR2111195EXTERNALENUS/Business-Operations-Specialist?utm_source=linkedinjobboard&utm_medium=phenom-feeds

Responsibilities

• Executive Support: Support the Senior Director in the coordination and follow-up of key operational and strategic initiatives across the business.
• Progress Chasing: Track and chase actions with project and functional managers to ensure timely delivery of priorities.
• Financial Analysis: Understand, interrogate, and interpret financial data and management reports. Support cost reviews, forecasts, and planning cycles.
• Business Metrics: Create, analyze and report meaningful business dashboards
• Presentation Development: Prepare high-quality, executive-level presentations and reports for internal and external audiences, including board members and clients.
• Business Development: Assist in bid preparation, client engagement activities, and internal reviews of commercial proposals.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Work independently to progress issues and initiatives, often engaging with individuals more senior than yourself.
• Travel & Site Engagement: Undertake regular travel to project sites in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Iraq to support project operations and gather on-the-ground insights.

Preferred Qualifications Education, Experience, & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, MIS, or related discipline (Engineering preferred).
• Minimum of 3 – 5 years of relevant experience in a business-facing function such as finance, procurement, operations, or bidding.
• Strong commercial acumen and the ability to interpret and challenge financial information.
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills, with confidence to engage and challenge senior stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including report and presentation development.
• Highly organized and proactive, with a “can do” attitude, strong attention to detail and a completer / finisher.
• Comfortable working independently and managing multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Willingness and ability to travel regularly within the Middle East.