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    8 Top Recruiting Benchmark Goals for Enterprises in 2022

    What You’ll Learn: Benchmarking metrics for efficiency, equity and transparency How top employers are winning tech talent and how you can emulate them Overall trends in what employees want from an employer brand In this ebook: While the US continues to see record highs in “quits” among what’s known as “The Great Resignation,” companies are […] More

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    Policies and Compliance Lead – Senior Manager | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Line of ServiceInternal Firm ServicesSpecialismIFS – Human Capital (HC)Management LevelSenior ManagerJob Description & SummaryA career in our Human Resources, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to make a difference at PwC by helping to fully leverage the skills and talents of all our people. You’ll focus on helping the local offices in driving the Firm’s people strategy, creating a unique people experience for each individual, and supporting our Firm wide values by working with the core competencies that measure and drive individual and Firm wide success in the marketplace.Our Human Resources teams support initiatives and programmes including, customer support, business operations, data and analytics, technology systems, recruitment services and on-boarding, workforce mobility, contingent workforce, and people and programmes support.To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

    As a Senior Manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:- Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.- Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.- Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.- Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.- Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.- Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.- Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.- Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.- Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.- Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.

    At PwC Middle East, we’ve set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

    We’re a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

    PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

    We’re striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we’re proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone’s uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

    If you’re looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you’re a future PwCer. More

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    IT Analyst – DC & Cloud, Business Solutions | Quest Search & Selection

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Quest is working in partnership with a major retailer who are looking for a IT Analyst-DC & Cloud. Business Solutions to be based in Riyadh.Responsibilities* Design and implement Oracle/AWS Cloud Infrastructures architectures and environments* Managing the VMware Infrastructure* Managing the On -premises Datacenter (Windows Servers, Linux)

    Requirement* Hands-on OCI experience with designing and implementing Cloud Infrastructure Architectures* Hands-on Linux/Unix administration and scripting experience* Experience with Oracle DBaaS and generic DBA knowledge* Experience with Oracle PaaS services and Oracle / AWS interconnect* Identity & Access Management & networking* DevOps, GIT/Gitlab, CI/C Docker, KubernetesWe request that candidates send their CV as a Microsoft Word document where possible.Quest Search and Selection is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

    Quest Search & Selection is a specialist recruitment consultancy with over 20 years’ experience in sourcing the world’s best candidates for the global Retail, FMCG and Hospitality sectors.

    With offices in the UK & Dubai, we have an international presence and a global reach. Our recruiters place candidates locally and internationally for a wide variety of roles focusing on the following areas:

    Retail Buying & Merchandising, E-commerce & Digital, Food & Beverage, Hotels, Hospitality & Operations, Retail Stores & Operations, HR & Recruitment, Procurement, Supply Chain & Logistics, Sales & Marketing, Technical and New Product Development.

    We work in partnership with our clients who range from famous international brands within the Retail, Restaurant, Hotel and Consumer products space. Our reputation is built on our in-depth understanding of the industry and our consultants’ skill, knowledge and passion for their sectors. More

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    IT Manager – Oracle Support – Application Development & Support | Quest Search & Selection

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Quest is working in partnership with a major retailer who are looking for a IT Manager – Oracle – Application Development & Support to be based in Riyadh.Responsibilities* Manage the Integration and Integrity of the Data between Modules with ERP system* Assist the team in developing and ensuring adherence to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and implementing best practices for achieving support objectives* Proactively manage all integration support issues, and maintaining the stability of Compliance’s Software Products* L3 Support (incident management) for Custom business applications* L2 support (incident management) for business applications

    Requirement* Expert in PL SQL – MS SQL and Oracle DB, Oracle Retail V12 & V16 8. Oracle EBS, CFIN & HCM (Fusion)* Knowledge of .Net Frameworks (ASP, C# VB .NET)* Experience into Retail domainWe request that candidates send their CV as a Microsoft Word document where possible.Quest Search and Selection is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

    Quest Search & Selection is a specialist recruitment consultancy with over 20 years’ experience in sourcing the world’s best candidates for the global Retail, FMCG and Hospitality sectors.

    With offices in the UK & Dubai, we have an international presence and a global reach. Our recruiters place candidates locally and internationally for a wide variety of roles focusing on the following areas:

    Retail Buying & Merchandising, E-commerce & Digital, Food & Beverage, Hotels, Hospitality & Operations, Retail Stores & Operations, HR & Recruitment, Procurement, Supply Chain & Logistics, Sales & Marketing, Technical and New Product Development.

    We work in partnership with our clients who range from famous international brands within the Retail, Restaurant, Hotel and Consumer products space. Our reputation is built on our in-depth understanding of the industry and our consultants’ skill, knowledge and passion for their sectors. More

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    User Experience/Digital Experience Consultant | Stanley James

    Employment:

    Full Time

    We are currently looking for a User Experience Consultant to join a leading Digital Transformation and Digital Experience consultancy in Dubai on a permanent basis. This is an excellent opportunity to utilise your background in User Experience to apply best digital practice with a portfolio of clients. The role involves developing user personas, user journeys for website portals/mobile applications for an end to end process at enterprise level.

    Applications are sought from those with a core UX background with 5 years plus of experience in design first class digital user experiences across mobile apps/web applications for an end-to-end process at enterprise level. You will be a professional looking to take the next stage of your career and apply this knowledge in a Digital Experience Consultant capacity. It is essential that you have a technical foundation to your career whether through a technical role or a Bachelors Degree in Computer/Information Sciences.

    Stanley James is a privately owned recruitment business with offices in both Dubai and Cape Town allowing us to have global reach and a strong presence across EMEA and APAC. We have an expert team of recruitment specialists that are people centric, knowledgeable and driven to connect talent across all corporate functions. We are the partner of choice for SMEs, niche industry specialists and enterprises across the Technology, Financial Services, Management Consultancy, Legal, Construction & Engineering and Energy & Oil Gas sectors.

    We typically recruit a wide range of skillsets across all corporate services, front/back office functions and commercial leadership teams. This includes Finance, Information Technology, Legal, Sales & Marketing, Engineering, C-Level/Leadership, Business Change, Operations, Special Projects and Business Support Services. More

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    IT Analyst – Cyber Security | Quest Search & Selection

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Quest is working in partnership with a major retailer who is looking for an IT Analyst. Cyber Security to be based in Riyadh.As an E-Commerce IT Executive, you will:* Developing technical capabilities and methods to deliver the best cyber defense capability to protect IT assets from cyber threats, attacks, and exploitation.* Assisting in developing and enhancing the security roles, policies, and controls implemented on the security devices.* Troubleshooting and solving the problems/issues on security devices* Providing critical input into the selection, configuration, and implementation of new and existing security technology solutions.* A demonstrable breadth of experience and knowledge across multiple security disciplines including security architecture, network security, cloud security, endpoint security, email security, privilege access, security operations center, vulnerability management, and incident response.

    Desirable skills and background:* 5+ years of experience in managing Enterprise Network* Bachelor’s degree in, computer engineering or equivalent* Certification in cyber security (e.g., CISSP, CISM, SANS) is required * Strong understanding of emerging cyber security technologies and standards.* experience in identity and access management, GRC, NAC, NDR, email and Web security, SIEM/SOC and DLP* Excellent problem solving skills with a structured thinking process.* Ability and willingness to travel within the Middle East is a MUST

    Quest Search & Selection is a specialist recruitment consultancy with over 20 years’ experience in sourcing the world’s best candidates for the global Retail, FMCG and Hospitality sectors.

    With offices in the UK & Dubai, we have an international presence and a global reach. Our recruiters place candidates locally and internationally for a wide variety of roles focusing on the following areas:

    Retail Buying & Merchandising, E-commerce & Digital, Food & Beverage, Hotels, Hospitality & Operations, Retail Stores & Operations, HR & Recruitment, Procurement, Supply Chain & Logistics, Sales & Marketing, Technical and New Product Development.

    We work in partnership with our clients who range from famous international brands within the Retail, Restaurant, Hotel and Consumer products space. Our reputation is built on our in-depth understanding of the industry and our consultants’ skill, knowledge and passion for their sectors. More

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    Principal Advanced Customer Services, Cloud Platform | Oracle

    Employment:

    Full Time

    ACS is expanding business in Gulf area. There are high expectations from the candidate profile to be very skills in business communications not only with sales, pre-sales and technical account managers but also with customers. Presentation skills are key too. The candidate nominated for this job should be having a passion to participate in business growth with a very talented technical skills covering the areas below: Database Administration – 11g/12c/19c General RDBMS Issues and DBA activities. – Installing, Designing, Configuring, Administering and troubleshooting of oracle 11g/12c Databases. – Administer the complete Oracle environment including databases, Applications and services. – Monitor database conditions throughout the network including server Side and client side. – Oracle Enterprise Manager Installation, configuration and upgrades. Backup and Recovery – Database Backup (RMAN and User-Managed Backup etc) – Backup strategies according to workload. – Database Restore using different methods. – Database Recovery by using User-Managed recovery Method or RMAN method. – Complete recovery (to the most current point in time). – Incomplete recovery by using one of the following methods: – Time-Based Recovery – Cancel-Based Recovery. – Tablespace Point in Time Recovery. – Oracle Secure Backup. – Fixing corruptions and using DULL tool. Oracle Utilities – Have knowledge to export and import any of database objects (tablespaces, users…full database). – Export/Import using Oracle Data Pump utility. – SQL Loader – Database Character set conversion

    Migration /Upgrades and loading data – Migrating database any release into 11gR2/12c/19c databases. – Performing different database upgrades from/to different releases using all types of upgrades. – Migrating (Moving) databases from server to another with minimal down time. – Loading data into any Oracle database release. – Database migrations using all methods including Golden Gate, Transportable Tablespaces, Transportable Database. Oracle Data Guard – Configuring, administering and troubleshooting standby (logical/physical) databases environment in single DB instance and RAC/ASM environments. Oracle Real Application Cluster/ASM – Installing, Patching, Upgrading administrating and Troubleshooting RAC environments / ASM. – RAC High Availability Test. Database Security – Database Vault – Audit Vault and Database Firewall – Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) – Virtual Private Database (VPD) – Oracle Data Masking & Redaction – Oracle Label Security Systems – Exadata – Exadata configuration, Administration, Patching, Baremetal restore, Performance Tuning, Migrations, Upgrades, DBFS, VLAN tagging and HCC compression. – Exadata IORM implementations. – Exadata High Availability Test. – ZFS storage configuration and administration for backup and recovery. Oracle Golden Gate – Golden Gate Installation Configuration. – Golden Gate replications Classic , Integrated and Coordinated. – Oracle database migration using Golden Gate – Golden Gate performance. – Golden Gate Veridata installation and configuration for creating comparisons. – Golden Gate Plugin for OEM Oracle Performance Tuning – Troubleshooting different performance issues – Hang analysis & Cluster eviction issues – SQL Tuning with different methodologies , SQL Profiles , SPM and SQL restructure – Gather Statistics with different strategies based on workload and business – Oracle Real Application Testing (RAT). – Oracle SQL Performance Analyzer (SPA) – Database Tuning , Memory Tuning , Backup Tuning & Data Pump Tuning – Works with different performance utilities AWR, ADDM , ASH and others. – Database Resource Manager (DBRM) Enterprise Manager & Cloud – Installation of Enterprise Manager Systems – Patching and Upgrade of OEM to different versions – Engineered System Machine Discovery ( Exadata , Super Cluster and ZFS) – Install Different Plugins , Siebel , Golden Gate – Email Notification for different metrics and thresholds – Good Knowledge of Cloud Management including Paas , DBaas , Service catalogue and Snap Clone – Migrating Oracle Databases to Database as a Service. System Skills – Oracle Cloud IaaS: VCN, ADs, Instance, Storage, IAM, LB, Database, and DNS – Oracle Engineered Systems, Exadata, PCA, ZFS Storage and Backup Appliances, InfiniBand Switches, Ops center, OVM, Enterprise Manager, ZDLRA – Oracle Sun Solaris OS, Network and Cluster Administration, Solaris 8, 9, 10, 11 – Oracle Sun Hardware V/T/M-Series SPARC and x86 design, implementation, support – OVM, Xen, PDoms, LDoms, zones, SVM, UFS, ZFS, NFS, Flash Archive, Jump start, AI Installer On top of this, Candidate MUST be Self Motivated, Teamwork Player, Leadership sensor and Supports Sales cycle by driving discussions for needed clarifications and estimating level of effort for delivery.

    Oracle offers an integrated array of applications, databases, servers, storage, and cloud technologies to empower modern business. For most companies, flexibility is critical. Oracle provides a wide choice of software, systems, and cloud deployment models – including public, on-premises, and hybrid clouds – to ensure that technology flexes to the unique needs of a business.

    Oracle Cloud is a complete, integrated stack of platform, infrastructure, and application services. With advanced scalability and security, Oracle Cloud enables technical agility across the enterprise, connects people to information for clearer insights, and fosters efficiency through simplified workflows.

    More than 420,000 customers across 145 countries have harnessed Oracle technology to accelerate their digital transformation. More

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    Consulting Director – People & Organisation | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Line of ServiceAdvisoryIndustry/SectorRegional, State, Local and City GovernmentSpecialismAdvisory – People and OrganisationManagement LevelDirectorJob Description & SummaryA career within People and Organisation services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients reset their talent strategies and deliver extraordinary business results through their people. We focus on evaluating and managing their unique challenges so our clients can maximise their return on the overall investment in human capital. You’ll gain a tremendous depth of expertise in all aspects of human capital, including creating sustainable value through people culture and change, designing compensation and retirement strategies, and improving human capital operations.To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.As a Director, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:- Support team to disrupt, improve and evolve ways of working when necessary.- Arrange and sponsor appropriate assignments and experiences to help people realise their potential and support their long-term aspirations.- Identify gaps in the market and spot opportunities to create value propositions.- Look for opportunities to scale efficiencies and new ways of working across multiple projects and environments.- Create an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.- Promote and encourage others to value difference when working in diverse teams.- Drive and take ownership for developing connections that help deliver what is best for our people and stakeholders.- Influence and facilitate the creation of long-term relationships which add value to the firm.- Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.

    Preferred skills- Bilingual in English and Arabic essential. – Previous experience in advising clients within Government Sectors – In-depth knowledge of Organisation Design and Change Management, Rewards, or Corporate Performance and Effectiveness. – Achievement oriented with the ability to be flexible and adaptive on a daily basis. – Able to lead a high-performing team and add exceptional value to our clients within a fast-paced environment. – Ability to simultaneously manage multiple tasks and engagement, and possibly different project teams. – Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant subject such as Engineering, Business Administration, Human Resources or Psychology. An MBA or an MA in Human Capital Management from a reputable university is preferred. Preferable qualifications- The following qualification(s) are preferable and beneficial for the candidate to perform the role CIPD, GPHR, SHRM or equivalent is preferred. – Substantial experience of establishing and building strong client relationships across multiple industries and geographies. – Strong interest and passion for developing, growing and leading a team through advanced coaching and mentoring, as well as proactive knowledge sharing. – Excellent organisational skills, having the ability to prioritise work load whilst being resilient and being able to cope well under pressure and meeting tight deadlines. – Proven IT skills in the following programmes excel, word, and PowerPoint. – The ability and willingness to travel within the Middle East and worldwide where the project requirement dictate. Minimum years experience required – 13+ years of relevant experience in human capital leadership, of which a least 5 years will have been in a consulting environment.

    At PwC Middle East, we’ve set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

    We’re a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

    PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

    We’re striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we’re proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone’s uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

    If you’re looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you’re a future PwCer. More