Senior Manager - Digital Factory Job Vacancy in UAE Dubai
Posted date [2025-01-23]
(ID: 33230)
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Emirates Global Aluminium is the world’s largest ‘premium aluminium’ producer and the biggest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas.
EGA is owned by Mubadala Investment Company of Abu Dhabi and Investment Corporation of Dubai, and is the largest company jointly owned by the two Emirates. As a team of more than 7,000 people around the world, we share a drive to fulfil our purpose and achieve our mission, while living our values. Our leadership ensures that we demonstrate a culture of innovation and responsibility as well as a robust corporate governance for our long-term success. Aluminium is among the world’s most versatile metals, and our global customers transform it into products that make modern life possible. Our aluminium is the biggest made-in-the-UAE export after oil and gas. We produce one-in-every 25 tonnes of aluminium made worldwide - four per cent of the world’s total production and almost half of the aluminium produced in the Gulf. EGA is an integrated aluminium producer, with operations from bauxite mining to the production of cast metal and recycling. EGA’s operations include an aluminium smelter and an alumina refinery in Abu Dhabi, an aluminium smelter in Dubai, and a bauxite mine in the Republic of Guinea and a specialty foundry in Germany, and an aluminium recycling plant in the United States.... |
Senior Manager - Digital Factory
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Job Industry: Manufacturing and Industrial Automation
Job Function: Digital Transformation and Industry 4.0
Job Type: Full-Time
Salary: Competitive
Job Description
The Senior Manager - Digital Factory is responsible for leading Industry 4.0 transformation at Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA). This role oversees the execution of digital initiatives, optimizes manufacturing processes, and ensures the successful implementation of Industry 4.0 use cases. The position requires strategic leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and agile execution to deliver up to 20 digital transformation use cases per quarter, contributing to an annual run rate of over 10 million dollars per wave.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and manage the Industry 4.0 roadmap, ensuring alignment with EGA’s strategic objectives
- Oversee a portfolio of digital transformation initiatives across multiple business areas
- Collaborate with business leaders to define and prioritize digital value roadmaps
- Optimize digital processes using AI, machine learning, automation, and IoT technologies
- Define and monitor KPIs and operational metrics to track project success
- Lead and mentor a team of Product Owners, ensuring continuous upskilling and adoption of best practices
- Guide business areas in identifying, validating, and implementing high-impact digital use cases
- Facilitate the use case selection process, ensuring feasibility and business impact estimation
- Manage quarterly planning sessions with leadership, prioritizing the most valuable digital initiatives
- Oversee the deployment of digital products, ensuring alignment with budget, timelines, and business goals
Challenges and Key Considerations
- Balancing competing priorities across multiple business areas while maintaining long-term strategic focus
- Driving large-scale digital transformation in a complex and dynamic environment
- Ensuring high-value impact and measurable business outcomes through technology adoption
- Promoting agile methodologies and fostering a culture of continuous innovation
- Managing relationships with diverse stakeholders, including senior executives, technical teams, and operational staff
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, preferably Mechanical or Chemical
- Minimum 15 years of experience in the metals, mining, or energy industry with expertise in large-scale digital transformation projects
- Proven track record in Industry 4.0, digitalization, and data-driven decision-making
- Strong expertise in agile methodologies, project management, and product ownership
- Experience with AI, automation, IoT, cloud analytics, and digital twin technologies
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage and influence C-suite executives and operational teams
- Proficiency in Azure DevOps, agile project management tools, and cloud data platforms
- Ability to lead change management and ensure seamless adoption of digital initiatives
Leadership and Behavioral Skills
- Strategic thinker with a results-driven mindset
- Strong leadership and decision-making abilities in a fast-paced environment
- Passion for innovation, digitalization, and continuous improvement
- Ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
Why Join EGA
- Opportunity to lead a bold digital transformation initiative in the manufacturing industry
- Work with cutting-edge Industry 4.0 technologies and drive large-scale innovation
- Lead high-impact projects that improve operational efficiency and business performance
- Collaborate with a team of industry experts in a fast-paced and agile-driven environment
This role is ideal for a digital transformation leader with a passion for Industry 4.0, AI, automation, and smart manufacturing, looking to make an impact in a leading industrial organization in the UAE.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Job Industry: Manufacturing and Industrial Automation
Job Function: Digital Transformation and Industry 4.0
Job Type: Full-Time
Salary: Competitive
Job Description
The Senior Manager - Digital Factory is responsible for leading Industry 4.0 transformation at Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA). This role oversees the execution of digital initiatives, optimizes manufacturing processes, and ensures the successful implementation of Industry 4.0 use cases. The position requires strategic leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and agile execution to deliver up to 20 digital transformation use cases per quarter, contributing to an annual run rate of over 10 million dollars per wave.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and manage the Industry 4.0 roadmap, ensuring alignment with EGA’s strategic objectives
- Oversee a portfolio of digital transformation initiatives across multiple business areas
- Collaborate with business leaders to define and prioritize digital value roadmaps
- Optimize digital processes using AI, machine learning, automation, and IoT technologies
- Define and monitor KPIs and operational metrics to track project success
- Lead and mentor a team of Product Owners, ensuring continuous upskilling and adoption of best practices
- Guide business areas in identifying, validating, and implementing high-impact digital use cases
- Facilitate the use case selection process, ensuring feasibility and business impact estimation
- Manage quarterly planning sessions with leadership, prioritizing the most valuable digital initiatives
- Oversee the deployment of digital products, ensuring alignment with budget, timelines, and business goals
Challenges and Key Considerations
- Balancing competing priorities across multiple business areas while maintaining long-term strategic focus
- Driving large-scale digital transformation in a complex and dynamic environment
- Ensuring high-value impact and measurable business outcomes through technology adoption
- Promoting agile methodologies and fostering a culture of continuous innovation
- Managing relationships with diverse stakeholders, including senior executives, technical teams, and operational staff
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, preferably Mechanical or Chemical
- Minimum 15 years of experience in the metals, mining, or energy industry with expertise in large-scale digital transformation projects
- Proven track record in Industry 4.0, digitalization, and data-driven decision-making
- Strong expertise in agile methodologies, project management, and product ownership
- Experience with AI, automation, IoT, cloud analytics, and digital twin technologies
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage and influence C-suite executives and operational teams
- Proficiency in Azure DevOps, agile project management tools, and cloud data platforms
- Ability to lead change management and ensure seamless adoption of digital initiatives
Leadership and Behavioral Skills
- Strategic thinker with a results-driven mindset
- Strong leadership and decision-making abilities in a fast-paced environment
- Passion for innovation, digitalization, and continuous improvement
- Ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
Why Join EGA
- Opportunity to lead a bold digital transformation initiative in the manufacturing industry
- Work with cutting-edge Industry 4.0 technologies and drive large-scale innovation
- Lead high-impact projects that improve operational efficiency and business performance
- Collaborate with a team of industry experts in a fast-paced and agile-driven environment
This role is ideal for a digital transformation leader with a passion for Industry 4.0, AI, automation, and smart manufacturing, looking to make an impact in a leading industrial organization in the UAE.
