Assistant Vice President

MISSION Providing strategic direction and evolving Long Term Operations Plans for NFA -       Lead, review and monitorplanning, projects and key accounts to operate seamlessly. -       Support Design and Estimation functions with expert guidance for bidding and BD. -       Responsible for creating efficient systems and ensuring compliance. -       Monitoring and ensuring operational targets of the organization are met. -       Sponsor ISO and other process/ quality audits. -       Overall responsibility for achieving project operations topline and bottom-line. -       Lead, guide and mentor subordinates to improve productivity of the team, reduce costs and improve realization. Size   Financial Operations Budget vs Actual Cost Control P&L Non-Financial Audit Score (internal/ external) Process Improvements People Development REQUIREMENTS                                                                                       Education: BE or B.Tech. in any stream. MBA in Operations – desirable Job Related Experience: Minimum 12 years of experience in EPC industry or projection execution of firefighting/ fire alarm systems in large industrial/ commercial establishments with last 5 years in a leadership role like GM, AVP. Business Understanding: Overall understanding of operations in above mentioned industries. Understanding of current emerging trends in firefighting systems. Strategy Deployment ·         Study the short-term as well as long-term business plan and develop growth and business strategies, goals and action plans. ·         Get the strategy reviewed and ratifiedbyExecutive Director – Operations and Technical to ensure alignment with mission/ vision of the organization. ·         Review the goals periodically and provide feedback to the functional heads. ·         Strategic inputs to Business Development (BD) team and ensure performance of BD Team to achieve top-line, gross margin and receivable targets. Operations Budgeting and Control ·         Based on volume & value of orders/projects in pipeline, review reporting functions budget estimate and consolidate overall operations budget and get it approved by Executive Director – Operations. ·         Build capacity in the overall supply chain (including international sourcing) to support seamless execution of projects. ·         Facilitate goal setting for all the reporting functions.  ·         Ensure alignment of functional KRAs with NFA’s Business Priorities and Corporate objectives. ·         Keep a tab on monthly, quarterly and half yearly revenue, billing and cashflow target of Planning & Projects team Escalation Management ·         Handle escalations related to receivables management, if it cannot be solved by the Projects team. ·         Handle escalations regarding execution of projects (Domestic & Overseas, if any) Policies, Process & Procedures ·         Design and institutionalise policies, process & procedures pertaining to project planning, fabrication, site execution, key account management, Quality Health Safety & Environment (QHSE) in line with the vision, mission and core values of the company. ·         Ensure adherence of operations at corp. office & site to QHSE process & procedures. Resource Deployment, Planning & Execution ·         Deploy / distribute the budgeted resources at the department / unit level in order to achieve the targeted results. ·         Monitor the effectiveness of the deployed resources time to time and take corrective action as needed. ·         Approve any deviations beyond X limit in project estimation and costing. Process Improvements ·         Facilitate functional managers to study process in their respective fields of expertise and explore the improvement opportunitiesin terms of improvedproductivity& quality, reduced cost, and lead time by initiating and sustainingpractices like5S and Kaizen. ·         Encourage and support development & implementation of alternative solutions to improve the overall productivity and work out payback. ·         Review and monitor safety statutory and regulatory compliance. MIS Reporting ·         Review reports on cost of operations, execution efficiency, planning accuracy,process improvements, corrective actions taken and its effectiveness during Management Review Meeting. People Development ·         Develop and mentor reporting functional heads to be future leaders and involve in morale building of team members to enhance their capabilities to successfully handle current and future job/ role.