City Launcher
- Growth Strategy - Plan and build short-term and long-term supply for the city in conjunction with the business head.
- Responsible for supply growth in the city across products and categories.
- Ensure long term and profitable relationships with business partners and supply retention through effective reward and recognition programs.
- Building a provender brand - Retain YSG as the preferred choice amongst operators and driver partners by ensuring a win-win for every stakeholder. Identify newer and innovative ways to engage partners continuously.
- Competitive Understanding - Keep a close watch on the competitive landscape of the city. Seize opportunities to adapt pricing, talent and business model.
- Building an A- Team - Responsible for hiring and managing a team that will consistently achieve / exceed growth targets.
- Forecasting - Manage and own metrics that objectively monitor the supply side of business. Balance inventory growth with demand to ensure optimization of the products and thus maximize the P & L.
- Cross functional approach - Directly coordinate with all support functions including product, marketing and analytics.
Skills required (Technical, soft skills, specific tools, personality traits) :
- Aptitude with strong analytical skills is essential. Should possess
- Have good reporting skills using MS Office etc.
- Should be able to think unconventionally, outside of the regular.
- Execution oriented getting things done on ground. Has a go-getter attitude.
- Obsession to quality. Implementation of Six Sigma in the past can be an advantage.
- Passionate and owns up proactively. Should be a good salesman!
- Managed a closely-knit community of influencers (e.g. Channel Partners / Agents / Drivers / etc.)
- Has effectively managed a large team in the past and is objective approach towards goal setting and monitoring.
Candidate background required (Education & Experience) :
Education/ Qualification : Graduate. MBA can be an advantage.
- Experience in managing a fast paced business on ground preferably on the supply and procurement side - E.g. FMCG Supply Chain, Security Services, Telecom, Logistics etc.
- Prior experience managing cross functional teams.
- Successfully executed business development opportunities and negotiated partnerships.
- Experience in early stage start-ups environments would be an advantage.
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