Aranca - Assistant Manager - Business Research - Industrial/Automotive Sector

Key Responsibilities :

- Manage and execute research projects involving, but not limited to :

i. Market / opportunity assessment : comprehensive review of the market through a thorough analysis of demand - supply dynamics, completion landscape, value chain and regulatory frameworks Governing the industry

ii. Competitor intelligence : In-depth assessment of companies involving a review of their business structure, product / service offerings, management team, recent developments, Go-to-market approach and outlook

iii. M&A related research : Conducting due diligence on identified targets and developing detailed Company profiles through comprehensive desk-based and primary research

- Mentor, train associates/analysts working on the projects being executed

- Support development of proposals through case-studies, samples and preliminary background research

- Exhibit sector specific subject-matter expertise, as relevant

- Willingness to travel domestically / internationally for undertaking primary research on field

- Willingness to be deputed on-site for short durations is preferable

- Ability / prior exposure to client communication and team management is preferable

- To ensure smooth execution of all projects and business, he /she will need to possess excellent operations management capabilities. 

- Operational responsibility will include grooming talent, managing large and growing teams, developing internal methodologies and continuously refining training modules and ongoing process improvement, ensuring high scores on customer satisfaction surveys.

- Assist in organization initiatives like business development (collateral development, prospect calls), marketing (content for website/ blogs, event support, reports etc), process initiatives (training, recruitment - lateral and campus & knowledge contribution).

- Client management - client handling, ensuring and tracking client satisfaction, relationship management.

- People management - career development, guidance, mentoring, performance management, retention and engagement, recognition and grievance handling.

Candidate Profile :

- MBA with 6-8 years- experience, preferably in research, or related areas such as consulting or analytics oriented jobs.

- Ability to independently conduct comprehensive secondary and primary research

- Hands on experience in using research databases like Factiva, Onesource, Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, Capital IQ, etc.

- Strong project management and multi-tasking abilities.

- Top notch analytical and communication skills

- Well conversant with Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)