Landmark Group – Introduction 

The Landmark Group began its journey in 1973 with one store in Bahrain and has grown into one of the largest retail and hospitality conglomerates in the Middle East, Africa and India. Currently the Group operates over 2,200 outlets encompassing over 30 million square feet and on e-commerce platforms, across 21 countries. 

Job Purpose 

Landmark Group is seeking an experienced SME for BOARD Planning Platform to join the Category Management function within Landmark Digital. This role is pivotal in leading the transformation from a legacy platform to a modern, multi-vertical planning platform, aimed at enhancing efficiency and agility across the various businesses of the Group. The SME will ensure the successful implementation of both functional and technical aspects of BOARD . This position reports directly to the Senior Engineering Manager in the Planning function of Landmark Digital. 

Job Description 

• Serve as the SME (Subject Matter Expert) for BOARD planning platform, providing in-depth knowledge of its architecture, configuration, related tools and technologies, and best practices 

• Assist in defining the transformation roadmap by offering insights into platform capabilities and limitations 

• Adapt and quickly understand current Planning ecosystem  

• Drive the transformation from Landmark, focusing on completeness, quality and timely delivery 

• Act as the key liaison between the implementation partner and internal teams of Landmark, ensuring business requirements (functional and technical) are met through the platform transition 

• Collaborate closely with Landmark tech teams to design a phasing plan, ensuring seamless working model across various phases during the transformation 

• Validate technical aspects of platform implementation with security, data availability, reporting and dashboards, data integrity and related KPIs 

• Facilitate communication between engineering teams, vendors, and stakeholders to ensure technical alignment and timely progress 

• Identify potential challenges or risks during migration and proactively come up with mitigation strategies 

• Work with cross-functional teams, product owners, implementation partners and change management teams to translate defined processes to BOARD platform 

• Advise on the optimal use of BOARD platform to achieve operational efficiency, scalability, and flexibility 

• Provide technical leadership specific to the platform and guidance to the engineering team throughout the migration process 

• Identify opportunities for process improvements in current workflows and business practices, leveraging the capabilities of BOARD platform. 

• Perform sanity tests on end configured product  

• Promote best practices in platform usage, such as data management, security, and performance optimization  

• Mentor team members and provide ongoing technical training as required 

• Review documentation to ensure completeness throughout the transformation process, including system architecture, process flows, and user guides 

• Support the project manager with regular status updates and reports, including milestones, risks, and issue resolution 

• Offer hands-on support in complex technical tasks like system configuration, data migration, integration, and testing 

Knowledge, Skills & Experience 

Job Experience 

• Proven experience (10+ years) working with BOARD Planning platform and technology transformations 

• Strong understanding of SaaS concept 

• Proven history of leading successful Planning transformations  

• Expertise in consuming data from different sources and integrating with planning platform by leveraging right tools 

• Should have knowledge of reports and dashboards 

• High-level understanding of Data science models & Analytics related to Planning  

• Experience on atleast one of the cloud platforms – Azure, AWS and GCP 

• Knowledge of relevant retail technologies (e.g., ERP, PLM, inventory management, etc.) 

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, able to work effectively across multiple teams and stakeholders 

• Experience in leading large-scale technology transformations 

• Strong technical expertise in system architecture, data migration, and integrations 

• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to foresee potential challenges and proactively offer solutions  

• Experience with Agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Kanban) 

• Ability to work in fast-paced environment 

• Comfortable with presenting in wider forums 

• Advanced Certification in relevant technologies or platforms is preferred 

Required Leadership Skills 

The position will require someone with the following:  

• Planning and communication 

• Stakeholder Management 

• Coaching skills 

• Process oriented 

• Presentation Skills