Manager, Planning & Value Chain Optimization

About the Job
Lead integrated planning and value chain optimization across the company – current assets, ongoing projects and emerging opportunities – to maximize value, flexibility and capital efficiency and optimize capital deployment.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead integrated asset portfolio management across current assets, ongoing projects and emerging opportunities.
• Conduct comprehensive value chain assessments and ensure alignment with the company Upstream, DM&T and other Group entities to capture synergies and unlock value across the gas value chain.
• Identify, conduct initial high-level evaluation of, and prioritise new growth projects including debottlenecking, capacity expansions and capital investments that enhance portfolio competitiveness.
• Optimize long-term molecule allocation and supply–demand balancing for maximum portfolio efficiency and sustainable profitability.
• Support investment governance through robust portfolio analytics, scenario testing and strategic recommendations to executive management.
• Screen opportunities to avoid, defer or optimize CAPEX before new builds, and quantify and minimise curtailment using portfolio optimization logic.
• Build, lead and develop the planning and optimization team, with emphasis on UAE National development in line with Emiratisation targets.
• Make recommendations that survive Investment Committee and value assurance scrutiny.
• Ensure continuity of delivery through the transition, with no loss of the CAPEX avoidance and capacity unlock track record.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering or Business
• At least 10 years experience in integrated planning and value chain optimization.