Associate Manager - Strategic Planning

Job Description

Job Purpose: Support Lead - SPG in development of AOP/ strategic plans based on data analysis and management inputs and ensure its alignment with long-term business goals. Anchor / participate in corporate meetings and follow up for the ATRs closure. Support in preparation of corporate reviews / Management reports to give timely information about the business to management. Anchor and drive the BE initiatives and Special Improvement Projects across the organization. Role & responsibilities: AOP / Strategic Plans Support Lead - SPG in preparing/monitoring Regional Duty Free (RDF) AOP by collaborating with all the stakeholders and ensure its alignment with long-term business goals Work with all the stakeholders to define budget rationale based on historical trend and management inputs Evaluate recommendations by various stakeholders and assist management conclude the AOP Strategize and Monitor implementation of Strategic objectives / initiatives Work on key strategic initiatives to achieve the short-term / long-term business objectives; define / assist in planning, specify review mechanism, follow-up with all the stakeholders, monitor and ensure timely closure Identify the gaps in implementation of Strategic objectives / initiatives, highlight the issue and define the corrective actions Create SOPs / Process documents & BE initiatives Define new SOPs and process improvement initiatives. Periodically review SOPs / Process documents, discuss with all stakeholders and define corrections in the same wherever required Anchor and drive the BE initiatives across the organization Support roll-out, implementation for Business Excellence/5S, Sustainability reporting, Benchmarking, Business Continuity Plan etc. Anchor Special Improvement Projects and innovation across duty free business. Anchor Management Meetings and ensure ATRs closure Anchor Steering Committee Meetings within the business, track & closure of ATRs pertaining to Senior Management and ensure business objectives are met in a time bound manner Prepare corporate reviews Support in preparation of BRC/Board/BCM/GCM /AOP/Mid-Year reviews. Participate in all corporate reviews / meetings and circulate minutes of the meeting, follow-up for ATRs closure defined by Senior Management Timely MIS reports Prepare and publish daily/weekly/monthly business reports and publish with relevant stake holders. Bring in new technologies (Like Power BI/Tableau) to automate the above reports. RDF Business Requirements Monitor, analyse & report business of RDF, on daily and weekly basis, with reports on inventory of key SKUs, expiry of products Monitor promotional activities & its effectiveness on RDF business Regular interaction with Head of Operations of RDF business units and monitor & finalise monthly incentive schemes Preferred candidate profile: PGDM / MBA from a tier-1/ tier-2 B-schools, with specialization in Strategic Management Hands on experience on tools like Power BI and Tableau will be an added advantage. 2+ years of experience in strategy function in mid-sized Retail / FMCG company