Organizational Design Specialist

About the Role

The Organizational Design Specialist is responsible for the creation and implementation of effective organizational structures aimed at optimizing efficiency, productivity, and overall performance within the company. This role emphasizes aligning the organization's structure, processes, and people with its strategic goals and objectives.

Job Responsibilities

• Analyze the current organizational structure to identify strengths and weaknesses.
• Design and recommend changes to the organizational structure to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Ensure that the structure aligns with the organization's goals and supports its overall strategy.
• Evaluate and redesign business processes to streamline operations and improve workflow.
• Identify bottlenecks or inefficiencies in current processes and propose solutions.
• Implement best practices to enhance overall organizational effectiveness.
• Facilitate and manage organizational change initiatives.
• Provide support and guidance to employees and leaders during periods of change.
• Develop communication plans to ensure stakeholders are informed and engaged throughout the change process.
• Align organizational design efforts with the overall strategic goals of the company.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to understand business objectives and translate them into organizational design strategies.
• Continuously assess and adjust the organizational design in response to changes in the business environment.
• Utilize data and metrics to inform organizational design decisions.
• Conduct organizational assessments and use data-driven insights to identify areas for improvement.
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of organizational design changes over time.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including HR, to implement organizational design changes.
• Communicate changes effectively to all levels of the organization.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders to gain buy-in and support for organizational design initiatives.

Additional Responsibilities

• Process and validate employee status changes, including promotions, salary adjustments, transfers, and benefit amendments, ensuring compliance with approved policies, salary structures, and the Delegation of Authority (DoA) Matrix.
• Calculate and administer annual bonus, incentive, and variable pay payments in accordance with approved policies, eligibility criteria, and applicable DoA approval requirements.
• Administer compensation and benefits transactions, including allowance activations/deactivations, salary gross-up calculations, international assignment compensation updates, and other employee entitlement changes.
• Conduct regular audits of compensation and benefits data to ensure accuracy, prevent duplicate benefit allocations, identify discrepancies, and ensure compliance with company policies and governance requirements.
• Maintain compensation and position data integrity by ensuring the correct job codes, grades, salary components, allowances, and benefit entitlements are applied within HR systems and organizational records.
• Prepare and analyze monthly reports on allowances, cost-to-company (CTC), manpower costs, compensation changes, bonuses, and benefit expenditures, supporting reconciliations, audits, and management reporting requirements.
• Review and monitor compensation-related transactions to ensure promotions, employee status changes, salary adjustments, bonuses, incentives, and benefits are processed accurately and in compliance with approved policies and the Delegation of Authority (DoA) Matrix.

Job Knowledge & Skills

• Extensive knowledge of organizational theory, design principles, and best practices to effectively analyze and optimize organizational structures.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills for assessing complex organizational challenges, identifying opportunities for improvement, and developing innovative design solutions.
• Proficiency in data analysis and visualization tools enhances the ability to interpret organizational data and present insights to stakeholders.
• Experience in project management and change management methodologies improves the ability to plan and implement organizational design initiatives effectively.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are vital for collaborating with stakeholders, facilitating workshops, and gaining buy-in for organizational design changes.
• ERP knowledge, preferably SAP functional skills, are a requirement to be successful in this role.

Job Experience

• Minimum 8 years working experience, with at least 5 years of relevant experience; 2 years in the GCC is a plus.

Competencies

• Agility
• AI Fluency
• BPM Best Practices L3
• Continuous Process Improvement L3
• Corporate Governance L3
• Leadership
• Organizational Development L3
• Quality
• Quantitative Analysis L3
• Resilience

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Human Resource or any related field.