Manager

Roles and responsibilities

• Manage and execute commodity forecasting projects for different commodities for various clients.
• Lead one or more project teams, guiding team(s) on all aspects including scoping, timelines, content, client engagement.
• Deliver high quality, client-ready output consistently; identify risks / issues and escalate to the reporting manager in a timely manner.
• Lead a team of 5-10 people while being responsible for their overall career management.
• Function as a “client lead”, assuming ownership of assigned client accounts – be the main point of contact for client, prioritize work flow, negotiate project timelines/scope, collect feedback and address any issues promptly, identify up-selling/cross-selling opportunities.
• Contribute to different organizational tasks such as hiring, training and other organizational initiatives.
• Responsible for the quality of the work being done in the team; Review work thoroughly to ensure consistently high quality output, value addition and adherence to timelines; be able to judge required level of own involvement on projects, execute parts of projects if situation so demands.
• Provide analysts with effective verbal/ written feedback; counsel analysts on technical as well as business skills and guide them on best practices.
• Keep analyst team motivated, handle difficult situations such as dissatisfaction/disagreement among team, escalate to seniors in a timely manner.
• Interact with clients during the course of the project and post project delivery through both emails and conference calls

Qualifications

• Through knowledge of econometrics (including regression and timeseries analysis).
• Proficient in R programming or python.
• Potential of handling a large team of 5-10 employees as a single point of contact for their daily operational needs as well as overall needs related to career aspiration, performance, expectations, team building etc.
• Ability to act in the capacity of technical advisor to all the projects under his team and advise them without necessarily working on the project.
• Motivated, fast thinking, dynamic person with strong business acumen.
• Result oriented, self-driven, solution seeker.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to do multitasking with ease.
• Ability to take tough decisions with reasoning and logic.
• Patient, calm and composed demeanor.
• Quick grasp and ability to think on the feet.
• Proactive in reaching out to others beyond his immediate area of responsibility to help/assist.
• Effective in handling difficult client and people issues.
• Strong people management skills.
• Strong value system and fair and judicious in decision making• Perseverant and ‘can do’ attitude.
• Ability to lead by example.

kaustubh.kande@wns.com