Manager (Network Planning)

About Indofast Energy:

Indofast Swap Energy Pvt. Ltd. (ISEPL) is a joint venture between Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) and SUN Mobility. IFSE combines the strengths of its formidable partners – SUN Mobility’s proven battery swapping technology with IOCL’s extensive network and expertise, the company will be laying the groundwork for a revolutionary plan. IFSE expects to scale up to over 10,000 battery-swapping stations over 40 cities in next 3 years and aims to establish and deploy one of the largest battery-swapping infrastructure networks by 2030.

Job Description – Manager – Network Planning The primary responsibility for the Manager would be to suggest ways to help scale the Battery Swapping Station (BSS) network in the most efficient manner while maintaining utilization and revenue targets. This task will include (but not be limited to) proposing new sites for setting up Battery Swapping Stations (BSS); analyse existing network to propose adding/ removing BSS to optimize for utilization; work closely with Business Development team, Site Acquisition team, and Field Operations (Deployment and Operations) team to understand new requirement and track the progress of site energization; and work to report and solve any externalities in the process. The candidate will be responsible to further communicate the progress on site energisation and operations to management in an efficient manner. To facilitate this, the candidate will be responsible for building new tools/model that support business decisions and program management. The candidate is expected to be able to quantify qualitative factors in the process of planning and setting up BSS. This is a high impact, hands-on & high visibility role and includes exposure to business heads within Indofast & its partner organizations. The candidate will get the opportunity to work on the most exciting, real-life business problems being solved in the fast-growing electric vehicle market in India. The insights gathered, inputs shared, and models developed by the candidate will directly support decision making of central planning team, business development team, field operations team and senior management at Indofast. Due to the high impact nature of this role, the candidate is expected to bring passion, curiosity, hard work and high levels of professionalism to the table for this opportunity. Key Expectations:

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Candidate would be expected to have excellent communication skills to work with cross-functional teams

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Candidate should develop a working understanding of the lines of business that Indofast is involved in

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Candidate should have excellent spatial awareness, which may be complemented with expertise in spatial analysis software – QGIS, ArcGIS etc.

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Candidate would be expected to develop a working technical understanding of the process of charging site energization

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Candidate would be expected to publish comprehensive reports upon timeline adherence, problems faced and possible solutions/ alternatives

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Candidate would be expected to create reporting and communication framework with Field Ops team to monitor field assets

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Candidate would be expected to establish a robust process to monitor asset utilization, and recommend actions to be taken to improve aggregate level asset utilization

Key Qualifications:

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Minimum 4 years of professional experience (internship periods discounted) in relevant fields

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Past experience in network-based companies such as telecom and energy sector would be preferred

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Professional undergraduate degree from a Tier 1 college. MBA would be preferred.

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Expertise with Office tools to be able to effectively communicate ideas to senior management

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Expertise in Project Management tools to effectively manage battery swapping station deployment process

Key Qualifications:

•Minimum 4 years of professional experience (internship periods discounted) in relevant fields

•Past experience in network-based companies such as telecom and energy sector would be preferred

•Professional undergraduate degree from a Tier 1 college. MBA would be preferred.

•Expertise with Office tools to be able to effectively communicate ideas to senior management

Expertise in Project Management tools to effectively manage battery swapping station deployment process