Lead - Business Transformation

Zydus Wellness, an FMCG leader, develops, manufactures, and markets health and wellness products, integrating healthcare, skincare, and nutrition. Founded in 1988 with Sugar Free, India’s first zero-calorie sugar replacement, it now manages seven global brands, including Complan, Glucon-D, Everyuth, and Nutralite. The company serves over 50 million families and supports more than 90,000 dairy farmers and 2,000 MSMEs.

With a focus on research, quality, and innovation, Zydus Wellness operates on core pillars of manufacturing integrity and supply chain efficiency. Headquartered in Ahmedabad and Mumbai, it runs four manufacturing facilities across India and eight co-packing facilities in India, Oman, and New Zealand. Listed on the Bombay and National Stock Exchanges, Zydus Wellness is led by Chairman Dr. Sharvil Patel and CEO Tarun Arora, serving customers in over 25 countries across three continents.

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Lead-Business Transformation

Functional Reporting : CEO

Administrative Reporting : CEO

Location: Ahmedabad

Designation: Senior Manager

Role Purpose:

To lead the organization’s transformation roadmap, collaborating closely with key stakeholders to drive renewal, effectiveness, and change management. This role emphasizes fostering data-driven decision-making through the digitization of business processes, visual management enhancement, and business insight generation. The Lead - Business Transformation will partner with the CEO and functional leaders to develop and implement long-term growth strategies while establishing robust review mechanisms for effective execution.

Reports:

This role will have three direct reports, including:

Lead – Master Data Management (MDM)

Lead – Data Scientist (responsible for advanced data analysis and modeling)

Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities

Finance

Drive profitability improvement by identifying opportunities for cost optimization, productivity enhancement, and operational efficiencies.

Lead the transformation of key financial processes through data-driven insights and strategic recommendations.

Oversee financial risk management, ensuring continuous monitoring of business performance and risk mitigation strategies.

Customer

Conduct in-depth market analysis to identify untapped growth opportunities, understand customer demographics, and anticipate market trends.

Collaborate with department heads to implement customer-focused strategies that align with market demands and improve customer satisfaction.

Benchmark against industry best practices and foster innovation to enhance customer value and competitiveness.

Process

Lead cross-functional strategic projects from the CEO’s office, partnering with Sales, Supply Chain, and Marketing teams to ensure alignment with business priorities.

Drive integration efforts post-acquisitions to achieve seamless synergy across processes, data systems, and teams.

Lead cross-functional teams to drive process improvements and streamline high-priority projects.

Spearhead digital transformation initiatives, leveraging AI and data science to automate processes and enhance decision-making.

Oversee Falcon, the centralized dashboarding platform, ensuring live data updates for real-time performance monitoring and business insights.

Monitor operational effectiveness, identifying and eliminating bottlenecks to improve productivity and execution efficiency across departments.

People

Foster a culture of continuous improvement and data-driven decision-making among key stakeholders, ensuring leadership accountability.

Drive change management initiatives by embedding a culture of agility, resilience, and collaboration in the workforce.

Collaborate with functional leaders to ensure alignment of organizational behaviors and culture with business transformation objectives.

Key Deliverables

Provide timely and actionable market intelligence and competitor analysis to inform long-term growth strategies.

Streamline and manage high-priority projects, ensuring on-time delivery and alignment with organizational objectives.

Establish robust review mechanisms to ensure efficient tracking and evaluation of strategic initiatives, driving accountability across functions.

Lead the deployment and optimization of Falcon dashboards for centralized, real-time insights across functions.

Key Interactions

Internal

Sales ,Marketing, Supply chain, Finance, IT

Collaboration for understanding the business problem/ inputs for solution designing

Influence basis analysis outcome/ communication

External

Vendors /Partners / Tech solution providers

Role Requirements

Educational Qualifications

MBA from a premier business school  

Experience (Type & Nature)

10-15 years in FMCG/Consulting roles, with a focus on strategy and transformation

Functional / Technical Competencies

Business acumen

Industry knowledge

Strategic thinking

Leadership

Decision-making

AI/data science understanding  

Behavioral Competencies

Zydus Neev Behavioural Competency Framework

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