CHIEF OF STAFF

An established Indian consumer-products business with a growing presence in the grooming, personal-care and allied consumer categories is seeking a Chief of Staff.

1. Position & Hiring Parameters:

Location: South Mumbai; office-led, high-interaction model

Experience: 5 - 7 years relevant professional experience

2. Role Mandate & Seniority:

- High-ownership Founder's Office / Strategic Execution role; not an Executive Assistant, MIS-only analyst or meeting coordinator.

- Act as the Founder/Promoter's execution partner across strategy, operations, manufacturing, commercial initiatives, research, technology/AI and cross-functional projects.

- Expected to move from ambiguous founder priorities to structured decisions, workplans, owners, milestones, governance and measurable outcomes.

- Seniority is best evidenced through independent project ownership and direct exposure to a Founder, CEO, MD, Business Head or senior leadership team.

3. Education Level & Qualifications:

- Preferred: MBA / PGDM in Strategy, Finance, Marketing, Operations or General Management from a reputed business school.

- Bachelor's degree in engineering, Commerce, Economics, Business, Statistics, Mathematics or another analytically rigorous discipline

- CA/CFA/CS or related professional qualifications can be advantageous where paired with strong execution experience.

- Academic pedigree is explicitly secondary to problem-solving, ownership and measurable execution impact.

4. Required Skills & Competencies:

- Strategic problem solving, issue trees, prioritisation, scenario/sensitivity analysis and executive recommendation writing.

- Advanced Excel/Google Sheets and PowerPoint/Google Slides; dashboard/data-visualisation capability desirable.

- Cross-functional project leadership across sales, marketing, supply chain, manufacturing, finance, procurement, HR, technology and new-business initiatives.

- Commercial acumen covering revenue, margin, pricing, distribution, inventory and working-capital implications.

- Founder's Office judgement, discretion, confidentiality, prioritisation and ability to operate with incomplete information.

- Research and business-case development across markets, categories, competitors, consumers, channels, partnerships and geographies.

- AI/automation orientation: identify practical productivity opportunities, pilot workflows and measure adoption/business impact.

- Executive communication, stakeholder influence without formal authority, resilience and high pace.