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Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Responsible for defining, executing, monitoring, and delivering all localization related initiatives and commitments to our customers, with specific focus on LCGPA (Local Content & Government Procurement Authority) and IKTVA (In-Kingdom Total Value Add) or other localization programs as they may arise.
• Assess all necessary Localization initiatives, evaluate effectiveness of current strategy, and form a baseline across all product lines and operating entities with specific focus on KPIs that impact local content scores.
• Create and implement company level and project level KPIs around localization to monitor and ensure competitiveness.
• Develop the necessary strategy and work with leadership to define a realistic, yet ambitious, future state for localization, while constantly identifying cross-synergies.
• Establish trusted relationships with all segments and horizontal functions’ leadership to obtain buy-in and alignment on the overall localization strategy and KPIs.
• Partner with function leaders to develop new local growth opportunities.
• Develop clear action plan with action owners, periodic targets, measurable KPIs and establish a rigorous operational rhythm.
• Lead internal and external communication program that highlights the local content and localization story for GEV with key customers the Kingdom.
• Develop an awareness program to achieve a region-wide engagement and exposure.
• Manage the relationship with the immediate and extended customer localization teams.
• Manage relationships with Key stakeholders and leadership at the LCGPA, IKTVA or other local content initiative entities.
• Manage and ensure the timely reporting and submission of audited local content score for relevant GEV entities and contracts to avoid business disruption.
• Track and report on localization performance, providing insights to senior management. Use data to drive decision-making, improve processes, and demonstrate the ROI of localization efforts.
•   Track and report on localization performance, providing insights to senior management. 
• Use data to drive decision-making, improve processes, and demonstrate the ROI of localization efforts.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Finance or Engineering or relevant experience
• Fluency in English & Arabic, (written & spoken).
• Proven experience in localization management, preferably in a leadership role.
• Proven experience in leading and managing strategy for local content and localization programs.
• The legal right to work in KSA without company sponsorship or time restriction.
• Solid Understanding of the Energy market in the sub-region.
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong senior stakeholder management experience.
• Strong analytical skills and experience with data-driven decision-making.

Desired Characteristics

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
• Established project management skills.

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