Landmark Group

General Manager - Strategic Projects

Landmark Group  •  Dubai, AE (Onsite)  •  2 hours ago
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Job Description

  • Project ownership: Lead and manage key strategic projects and initiatives, acting as a trusted internal advisor to C-level executives, across Landmark Retail
  • Complex Problem Solving: Leverage structured problem solving and analytical skills to deconstruct ambiguous business problems, translating vast amounts of internal data and external market intelligence into actionable strategic insights and recommendations for business
  • Market & Growth Intelligence: Drive comprehensive market research, competitive benchmarking, and industry trend analysis to identify "white space" opportunities, new business models, and areas for operational efficiencies
  • Executive Communication: Synthesize complex findings into compelling, executive-ready narratives, building and delivering high-impact presentations to influence business decisions and secure buy-in from leadership
  • Strategy to Execution: Bridge the gap between strategy formulation and execution. Partner with key business leaders to design implementation roadmaps, establish KPIs, and govern the delivery of strategic projects to ensure sustenance, and value realization for business
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Cultivate deep, trust-based relationships across diverse Brands, Countries, and group functions to effectively drive business value as part of project delivery

Team Development: Act as a mentor and guide to junior members of the team, fostering a culture of high performance, continuous learning, and structured thinking

  • Education: MBA from a top-tier/prestigious business school.
  • Experience: 10 to 12 years of experience, with a strong foundation in top-tier management consulting OR a central corporate strategy/internal consulting role within a large, complex multinational
  • Industry Knowledge: Experience in Retail, D2C, E-commerce or Consumer Goods is highly preferred
  • Analytical Rigor: Advanced proficiency in data analysis, and hypothesis-driven problem solving. (Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills are mandatory)
  • Executive Presence: Exceptional verbal, written, and presentation skills; Proven ability to confidently present recommendations to senior stakeholders
  • Agility & Ambiguity: High learning agility with the capacity to wear different "thinking hats." Comfortable navigating ambiguity and seamlessly pivoting across various strategy domains
  • Execution Mindset: A track record of not just designing strategy but successfully driving change management and overseeing the implementation of large-scale initiatives

Work Ethic: Deadline-driven, highly organized, and capable of multi-tasking across parallel strategic initiatives while maintaining a collaborative, team-first attitude

Landmark Group

About Landmark Group

Founded in 1973 in Bahrain, Landmark Group has grown to become one of the largest and most successful omnichannel retail and hospitality conglomerates, with presence across 17 countries in the Middle East, Africa, India and Southeast Asia. Based in the UAE since 1990, the Group owns and operates 21 established homegrown and 4 franchise brands across an extensive network of more than 2,200 outlets, encompassing a gross leasable area of 30 million square feet.

Landmark Group's success is driven by its diverse portfolio of established brands, across multiple retail categories, offering a comprehensive range of products across fashion, home, groceries and electronics. These include Centrepoint, Max Fashion, Home Centre, Babyshop, Splash, Shoemart, Lifestyle, Viva, Emax, Home Box, Styli, Shoexpress, Spar and Easybuy.

Beyond retail, Landmark Group has diversified into the leisure, fitness and hospitality sectors with brands like Fitness First, Citymax, Fun City, Fun Ville, Zafran and Carluccio’s. The Group boasts unparalleled logistics capabilities, owning the MENA region's largest privately-owned distribution hub - Omega Logistics and Logistiq, which offers state-of-the-art third-party logistics services.

Landmark Group places a strong emphasis on delivering exceptional value and achieving customer satisfaction throughout its comprehensive product range. Across its loyalty programmes, the Group enjoys a loyal customer base with more than 35 million active users.

The company has a dedicated workforce of more than 53,000 employees and continues to be certified as a Great Place to Work (GPTW) since 2017.

Industry
Retail & Ecommerce
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Dubai, AE
Year Founded
Unknown
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