Manager - Business Advisory

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Landmark Group seeks a Manager for Business Advisory in Dubai to act as a trusted adviser to the CXO and leadership team, guiding strategic initiatives, annual planning, and KPI dashboards into clear action. The role combines high level calendar and information flow management with cross-functional project oversight, budgeting for campaigns, and executive meeting preparation to keep leadership focused. A strong ability to build relationships across the organization and with external partners is essential to influence outcomes and drive long term partnerships. To apply, tailor your CV to showcase strategic planning, dashboard creation, data analysis, and budget oversight; quantify impact with metrics; demonstrate knowledge of GCC retail and Landmark’s omnichannel brands like Max, Splash, Homecentre, and Emax, and include collaboration with external agencies.

Strategic Planning and Partner:

•Work as trusted advisers to the leader to identify the initiatives of strategic importance & operational improvement that need to be pursued 

•Be part of annual strategic planning for the Group

•Review key performance indicators by creating and maintaining dashboards. This work also includes internal and external communications, operational support and interacting with Landmark Leadership Team.

Direct Support of the CXO/Business Head/Board Member:

•Set leader's strategic priorities and help the leader identify areas where they must direct their focus

•Strategically manage leader's time to evaluate opportunities and maintain priorities

•Prepare agendas for all meetings; and review upcoming meetings for the week to ensure the leader has the information needed to be as productive as possible

•Monitor information flow in order to ensure Leader's involvement in project or decision-making process at the right moment

Relationship Builder:

•Must be well connected with those reporting to the leader and others across the organization to influence outcomes. This cross-functional perspective not only helps garner support for the leadership team, but also fosters long-term partnerships that are critical to this role’s success.

Project Management:

•Oversee cross-functional/concept-wide projects or initiatives

•Bring together multiple stakeholders and help drive decisions

•Research, benchmark, analyze data, and make recommendations

•            Budget and performance: Manage trade marketing budgets and monitor all investments to ensure cost-effectiveness and track the performance of campaigns.

Budget and performance: Manage trade marketing budgets and monitor all investments to ensure cost-effectiveness and track the performance of campaigns

Market analysis: Analyze market trends, gather insights on consumer behavior, and monitor competitor activity to inform strategies.

Conduct and manage research: Design, execute, and analyze primary and secondary market research, potentially managing relationships with external research agencies.

Our journey started in 1973 with a single store in Bahrain. Since then, we have grown into a global retail and hospitality group. The proud creator of 25 plus value led, own-built brands across retail, hospitality, food, and leisure.

Over the years, our UAE - based group has evolved into a comprehensive retail and hospitality entity, with over 2200 retail stores, leisure, and hospitality outlets, panning the GCC, Middle East, India, Southeast Asia, and Africa. Today, Landmark Group is one of GCC's largest omnichannel retailers and India's top home and fashion retailer.

We take immense pride in the organic growth of our retail brands, which have blossomed into household names. From Max, Splash, Babyshop, Centrepoint, Shoemart, Homecentre, Emax, Fitness First, to Funcity, to name a few, our brands span across a multitude of categories, enriching the lives of countless families over the past decade.