Job Description

The Performance Management Officer holds a pivotal position, entrusted with supervising the efficient execution of the growth plan to reach 1,6Mt production level & development of the business unit.

Central to the role is the establishment of a structured performance monitoring framework. The Performance Management Officer serves as the control tower, ensuring proper progress control to the CEO and Management Committee of the Business unit (BU) regarding the evolution of the growth plan.

Your role:

• Provide strategic leadership and direction to the Sestao cluster’s CEO, ensuring the effective delivery of the Business unit's growth plan.
• Responsible for leading or facilitating the identification, prioritization, implementation, and review of key improvement opportunities/projects to enhance operational performance for the BU.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement (provide guidance and support to team leaders, ensuring adherence to performance management best practices).
• Define and implement performance management reporting and best practices to ensure consistent action tracking and follow-up.
• Establish performance governance frameworks, including prioritization and resource management strategies, identify areas for improvement, and implement corrective measures as necessary (proactively flag obstacles).
• Collaborate with stakeholders at all levels in the BU to establish clear project objectives, monitor progress.
• Create excitement instead of resistance.
• The role reports to the CEO, with a dotted line to the Head of Finance.

What we’re looking for:

• Proven experience as a leader in transformation and in successful project delivery.
• Proven track record of working across organizations and making strategic recommendations to evolve high-profile, high-impact programs.
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities, with a track record of navigating challenges, managing risks, and delivering results.
• Good and effective communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to effectively engage and influence individuals from various backgrounds at all levels of the organization.
• High potential, strong influencer.
• Good business acumen and understanding of financial management and resource allocation.

PMO responsibilities

• Based on input from CEO and MC, define list of initiatives to be managed via action plans meaning (1) detailed description of the issues / opportunities to be addressed, (2) categorized list of metrics, (3) impact of initiative both financial and non-financial consequences, (4) assumptions with hypotheses, (5)resources with implementation requirements, (6) target dates, (7)risks with identification, assessment and potential mitigation plans.
• Structure & develop in the BU a Value Plan based on the best practices from other clusters. Put in place key KPI’s, define the governance and animate teams. Define & develop the IT tool to track and manage all initiatives (such as Promato).
• Develop best practice sharing with other units in ArcelorMittal.
• Provide to CEO and MC feedback and follow up of all agreed initiatives, alert on deviations.
• Support CEO managing and updating all key operational dashboards which are not provided by Finance to be able to report to ArcelorMittal Europe.
• Have all the Capex files correctly managed with clear definition, business plans challenged, financials, pilots and deadlines.

ArcelorMittal is the world's leading steel and mining company, with a presence in 60 countries and primary steelmaking facilities in 15 countries. Our material is part of the fabric of life. What we produce makes a difference – to individuals, communities, businesses and society. At ArcelorMittal, the safety, health, and wellbeing of our employees are our top priorities. We believe that every accident is avoidable, and it is essential for every employee, from the shop floor to the management committee, to hold this belief.

Our purpose is to produce ever smarter steels that have a positive benefit for people and planet. Steels made using innovative processes which use less energy, emit significantly less carbon and reduce costs. Steels that are cleaner, stronger and reusable. Steels for electric vehicles and renewable energy infrastructure that will support societies as they transform through this century. With steel at our core, our inventive people and an entrepreneurial culture at heart, we will support the world in making that change. This is what we believe it takes to be the steel company of the future.