Associate Manager - Strategic Planning

Job Purpose:

• Support Lead - SPG in development of AOP/ strategic plans based on data analysis and management inputs and ensure its alignment with long-term business goals.
• Anchor / participate in corporate meetings and follow up for the ATRs closure.
• Support in preparation of corporate reviews / Management reports to give timely information about the business to management.
• Anchor and drive the BE initiatives and Special Improvement Projects across the organization.

Role & responsibilities:

AOP / Strategic Plans

• Support Lead - SPG in preparing/monitoring Regional Duty Free (RDF) AOP by collaborating with all the stakeholders and ensure its alignment with long-term business goals
• Work with all the stakeholders to define budget rationale based on historical trend and management inputs
• Evaluate recommendations by various stakeholders and assist management conclude the AOP

Strategize and Monitor implementation of Strategic objectives / initiatives

• Work on key strategic initiatives to achieve the short-term / long-term business objectives; define / assist in planning, specify review mechanism, follow-up with all the stakeholders, monitor and ensure timely closure
• Identify the gaps in implementation of Strategic objectives / initiatives, highlight the issue and define the corrective actions

Create SOPs / Process documents & BE initiatives

• Define new SOPs and process improvement initiatives.
• Periodically review SOPs / Process documents, discuss with all stakeholders and define corrections in the same wherever required
• Anchor and drive the BE initiatives across the organization
• Support roll-out, implementation for Business Excellence/5S, Sustainability reporting, Benchmarking, Business Continuity Plan etc.
• Anchor Special Improvement Projects and innovation across duty free business.

Anchor Management Meetings and ensure ATRs closure

• Anchor Steering Committee Meetings within the business, track & closure of ATRs pertaining to Senior Management and ensure business objectives are met in a time bound manner

Prepare corporate reviews

• Support in preparation of BRC/Board/BCM/GCM /AOP/Mid-Year reviews.
• Participate in all corporate reviews / meetings and circulate minutes of the meeting, follow-up for ATRs closure defined by Senior Management

Timely MIS reports

• Prepare and publish daily/weekly/monthly business reports and publish with relevant stake holders.
• Bring in new technologies (Like Power BI/Tableau) to automate the above reports.

RDF Business Requirements

• Monitor, analyse & report business of RDF, on daily and weekly basis, with reports on inventory of key SKUs, expiry of products
• Monitor promotional activities & its effectiveness on RDF business
• Regular interaction with Head of Operations of RDF business units and monitor & finalise monthly incentive schemes

Preferred candidate profile:

• PGDM / MBA from a tier-1/ tier-2 B-schools, with specialization in Strategic Management
• Hands on experience on tools like Power BI and Tableau will be an added advantage.
• 2+ years of experience in strategy function in mid-sized Retail / FMCG company