SUMMARY:

The VP Strategic Planning & Transformation is responsible for Pontoon’s strategic planning process, the transformation office, and manages project and initiatives that support Pontoon’s vision with regards to the realization of short-and long-term strategic objectives:
* Owns and manages Pontoon’s strategic planning process.
* Drives, manages, and oversees the implementation of strategic and transformation initiatives on a worldwide basis.
* Acts as Chief of Staff to the President of Pontoon.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategic Planning
* Defines, implements, and continuously improves the strategic planning process for Pontoon, ensuring strategic objectives and priorities are translated into measurable operational and financial goals.
* Owns, drives and manages the strategic planning process on a global basis.
* Defines and manages required processes in collaboration with relevant stakeholders across the organization.
* Defines and implements structures and processes ensuring a streamlined approach for strategic planning and the delivery of all strategic initiatives in scope.

Project Steering & Management

· Drives, manages, and oversees on a worldwide basis the implementation of strategic initiatives.
* Supports, oversees, controls, monitors, and drives the operational execution of all strategic initiatives that are selected for implementation by the President and Head of Finance of Pontoon.
* Leads and/or manages projects and initiatives as part of Pontoon’s transformation process, including but not limited to:

- Steering and management of individual projects and initiatives;

- Monitoring of progress and budget; ensuring realization of anticipated benefits as their materialization and translation into top-line and/or bottom-line improvements;

- Managing of decision and escalation process;

- Alignment with other ongoing initiatives.

· Manages direct reports, matrixed, and/or virtual teams.

· Leads/supports day-to-day operations of assigned programs, projects, and initiatives ensuring the application of best practices, standard operating procedures and PMO tools.

· Initiates and supports the development of roadmaps to ensure optimization within programs under management.

· Provides regular review of project status including Executive status reports and escalates issues to leadership as soon as identified.

· Acts as an expert on related subjects, provides advice and guidance and knowledge to relevant stakeholders.

Transformation Office
* Acts as Pontoon’s primary liaison for the Group’s transformation program, lead and/or support projects and strategic initiatives as part of the overall Adecco Group transformation.
* Ensures alignment between transformation initiatives and overall strategy of Pontoon.
* Acts as Program Lead or Head of Program Office, while guaranteeing a leading and quality assurance role throughout the course of each initiative, depending on the type of assignments.
* Establishes and manages strategic relationships among and between the business and functions of Pontoon and the Adecco Group.
* Facilitates and drives change management decisions and related processes, manages program dependencies, and aligns relevant stakeholders.

Chief of Staff to Pontoon President
* Performs analyses and prepares high quality documents for the Executive Committee of the Group and for presentations given by the President of Pontoon.
* Supports needs for ad-hoc analyses and presentations, project reviews, steering committees, business reviews and management presentations.
* Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

Master’s Degree, or equivalent, preferably in Business, Finance, or Engineering.

At least five (5) years of experience in a top tier consulting firm or more than ten (10) years’ experience working with large international corporation(s) either in a corporate development, strategic planning, strategy, or project / program management role.

Experience working in a multicultural, global organization.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

· Skilled in communicating effectively verbally and in writing.

· Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.

· Strong executive presence with excellent oral and written presentation skills.

· Able to evaluate information, identify key issues, and formulate conclusions based on sound, practical judgment, experience, and common sense.

· Ability to build pro-active, co-operative working relationships with customers, peers, and key stakeholders based on respect and cooperation.

· Ability to work independently and with multi-disciplinary teams (e.g. business areas, broad spectrum of functional teams, customers, third parties, and corporate management).

· Ability to meet aggressive deadlines, under pressure and while working in a fast paced, demanding environment.

· Ability to deal with complex scenarios and escalations while delivering consistent, quality customer service.

· Ability to take on high levels of responsibility and pressure with willingness to make and be accountable for decisions.

· Strong project / program management skills (experience in managing projects and/or discrete work streams of large programs).

· Demonstrated people leadership skills including managing direct reports, remote and/or matrixed teams.

· Financial business acumen, strong analytical skills and critical thinking.

· Ability to analyze and solve complex problems.

· Action-focused and results-driven attitude with sense of urgency.

· Ability to deal with an elevated level of ambiguity and strategic change.

· Self-starter, able to work independently.

· Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills in English.