Performance Management Manager

Purpose

Lead, direct and manage the Performance Management department by ensuring the formulation and implementation of strategic objectives and KPIs to enable the Al Gihaz Company to successfully achieve its objectives in relation to Performance Management activities.

Responsibility

• Ensure the appropriate strategies, Departmental Objectives, and Individual KPIs are developed, approved, communicated to the relevant stakeholders, and implemented.
• Design, implement and monitor Performance Management to enable employees to understand the goals of Al Gihaz and to identify how individual inputs contribute to the achievement of Al Gihaz’s objectives, specifically through managing the performance cycle.
• Work in liaison with key stakeholders to establish and support the link between strategic business objectives and people’s day-to-day actions and tasks by implementing a process for tracking progression from goal setting, mid-year reviews, and end of year evaluations to support individual, team, and company performance.
• Prepare and present reports detailing the status of Performance Management to the Unit Head so that informed decisions may be taken 
• Develop and communicate the strategic vision, scope, priorities, processes, systems, and tools of the performance management.
• Provide leadership and coordination for Performance Management and improvement initiatives, ensuring their alignment to improving Al Gihaz operational and program efficiencies and effectiveness.
• In liaison with Training and Development Department, contribute to the design, implementation, and management of effective leadership and employee development and talent management initiatives to address performance gaps related to knowledge among staff.
• Drive Al Gihaz processes for sharing best practices, tools, and ongoing communication activities for performance improvement. In line with this, establish and disseminate guidelines and manuals which will serve as reference documents on staff performance management for appraises as well as appraisers.
• Keep Management of Al Gihaz informed on critical issues concerning the implementation of the performance management process, make recommendations to CHRO on key decisions points.
• Lead initiatives for introducing/maintaining best practices including benchmarking relevant policies and practices with similar organizations or market leaders, as may be approved from time to time.
• Familiarity with the Balance scorecard method.