Deputy Chief Manager - Strategy

JOB OVERVIEW:

LOCATION

KEY STAKEHOLDERS: INTERNAL

Business Heads, Other CXOs, Legal, Compliance, Investor Relations, select Board members

KEY STAKEHOLDERS: EXTERNAL

Consultants, Investment Bankers

REPORTING STRUCTURE:

Will report to - Vice President - Strategy

Team size - 3

QUALIFICATION:

Full time MBA in Marketing / Operations / Finance / Strategy from Premier B-School

EXPERIENCE:

4–7 years of experience in Corporate Strategy, Business Strategy, or M&A, preferably from Pharma, FMCG, Chemicals, or MedTech industries—open to talent across sectors.

CRITICAL QUALITIES:

•Ability to work strategically and collaboratively across businesses, functions, geographies

•High focus on quantitative and qualitative analysis, scenario planning and business profitability

•Sound understanding of strategy, pharma operations, M&A, Finance

•Ability to liaise effectively with key stakeholders

•Drive execution and program management while influencing without authority

•Good interpersonal and communication skills

KEY ROLES & RESPONSIBLITIES

•Drive strategic business initiatives from origination, development and successful execution in alignment with business strategy across multiple stakeholders spread across in multiple geographies

• Drive strategically important large programs and projects in the each of the businesses and/or at PPL level

•Assist Head-Strategy in each of PPL’s 3 businesses – PPS, PCC, and CPD – in o Identification of key market trends and changes in paradigm

•Identifying key shifts such as innovation capabilities, sustainability, digitization, analytics, business model review, M&A that can radically change the way PPL operates

•Development of strategic roadmap and long range plan for the organization

•Developing holistic solutions and subsequently initiatives for complex problems in the organization

•Establishing leading governance practices for key governance fora in the organization (e.g., Board meeting, Pharma Exec. Council, etc.)

•Developing collaterals for key review meetings (e.g., Board meeting, Pharma Exec. Council, etc.) on business related topics

•Developing externally facing content for conferences, media interactions and other external fora

•Serve as a key liaison between ExCom members and other key senior leaders of individual businesses, regarding various aspects of the business