Title: Emerging Industrial Strategist
Aramco energizes the world economy.
Aramco occupies a unique position in the global energy industry. We are the world's largest producer of hydrocarbons (oil and gas), with the lowest upstream carbon intensity of any major producer.
With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco’s value to society.
Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations’ spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.
We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.
Overview
We are seeking an Emerging Industrial Strategist to join the Corporate Strategy department, within the Strategy and Market Analysis organization.
The Corporate Strategy department is responsible to support the development of the Company’s Long-Term Industrial, Digital and Mining strategy and business.
The Emerging Industrial Strategist will act in the capacity of a corporate advisor for a wide range of Industrial business-related topics, and provide insights to the Corporate Strategy Department, the Strategy and Market Analysis organization, Executive and Corporate Management, and the CEO.
Key Responsibilities
As a successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:
- Advise Corporate Management on the development of the Company’s strategic goals and plans for its Industrial, mining and digital businesses.
- Contribute to the Company’s corporate strategy development and update process, especially as it pertains to articulating and crafting its multi industrial strategy, including coordination with other business strategists and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) within the organization and the various business and support lines.
- Play a pivotal role in shaping the company's approach to its multi industrial Business, exploring opportunities for growth, assessing market trends, and offering strategic recommendations. The responsibilities will involve conducting thorough research, analyzing data, evaluating potential partnerships or acquisitions, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive the implementation of industrial initiatives.
- Review the Company’s business and investment plans in the Mining, Digital and Industrial space, as well as strategic fit assessment of key investments, to ensure alignment with the Company’s strategic plan.
- Generate and propose to corporate and executive management strategic options backed up with the appropriate analysis.
- Facilitate periodic strategy execution reviews to measure progress of the Multi industrial long-term strategy, and identify early warning signs and possible areas of adjustment.
- Independently initiates and prepares research on wide-ranging topics that look into long-term scenarios and strategic considerations that could impact the Company’s strategy and competitive advantage in its Mining, Digital and Industrial businesses.
Minimum Requirements
As a successful candidate you will have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management or Engineering. An advanced degree in Material Science, Finance or Supply Chain Management are preferred.
- Minimum 15 years of experience in developing and advising on Industrial and Manufacturing projects with a major integrated energy company, a manufacturing company, or a top-tier consulting firm, with at least 5 years in a strategy or corporate planning function.
- Investment banking, conglomerate strategy or similar experience is preferred.
- Must possess an overview of market and investment trends, policy and regulatory environment, commercialization, and market entry strategies in one or more of the following sectors:
- Low-Carbon material manufacturing: Including but not limited to: steel manufacturing such as Green Direct Reduced Iron (DRI), cement and plastics manufacturing and production.
- Digital and telecommunications technology verticals, particularly: Telecommunication, Additive Manufacturing, Industrial Robotics, IR 4.0, and Digital Technology and Transformation.
- Mining: Of energy transition related minerals (Lithium, Nickel, Copper, Silicon and/or Rare Earth Elements)
- Maritime industries: including shipbuilding, vessels, structures, engine manufacturing and MRO.
- Procurement and Supply Chain industries including but not limited to: demand planning, procurement, production scheduling, logistics, and distribution; and an understanding of lean principles and continuous improvement methodologies to optimize supply chain operations.
- Have a good grasp of the Oil and Gas industry and the latest global trends impacting it, including decarbonization and Hydrogen.
- Strong quantitative skills to develop financial or operational models
- Proficient with MS Office tools particularly Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
Working environment
Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.
At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world’s biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.
We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs – one of the largest in the world.