Business Associate-Strategy

As a Business Associate-Strategy, you will play a crucial role in identifying business needs and solutions aligned with the company's overall direction. Your primary responsibilities will revolve around developing and implementing critical business solutions through thorough information gathering, synthesis, review, and testing. It will be your duty to secure and allocate resources, manage implementation schedules efficiently, and facilitate meetings effectively. Your responsibilities will include eliciting, analyzing, specifying, and validating the business needs of stakeholders, whether they are customers or end users. You will be tasked with classifying strategic choices to address specific situations and supporting the execution of the business strategy. Working closely with the management team, you will contribute to designing business plans, projections, project or team OKRs, MIS, and Dashboards. In this role, you will be expected to conduct external and internal analysis of the organization's environment. This involves assessing existing opportunities and threats in the external environment, including industry and environmental forces. Additionally, you will evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the organization's internal environment, including its resources and competencies. Your expertise will be crucial in designing strategies that create and sustain competitive advantage by aligning strengths and weaknesses with external opportunities and threats. Furthermore, you will lead the execution of developed strategies, monitoring their implementation by identifying necessary resources, processes, and KPIs. Strategic control will also be a part of your responsibilities, where you will measure achievements and make adjustments in areas where strategies are not yielding the desired results. To be considered for this role, you should possess 4-7 years of experience in a similar position and hold an MBA in Business Planning or Analysis from a well-regarded institution. A proven track record in business strategy from planning to implementation is essential. Proficiency in business planning, cost analysis, SWOT analysis, and other strategic tools is required. Knowledge of OKR, goal setting, BI tools, and report automation will be beneficial, along with experience in the retail or ecommerce sector. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, analytical, and inquisitive, with solid business acumen and exceptional problem-solving skills. Excellent communication and business-facing abilities, organizational skills, and the capacity to multitask effectively are also essential. A logical and efficient approach, coupled with keen attention to detail, will contribute to your success in this role.,