General Manager/Head - Business Strategy - Consulting Firm

Generate Strategic Insight:

- Trigger articulation of research requirements at the beginning of the planning cycle (or on specific research request from Senior Sponsors)

- Commission information gathering and research process

- Devise project plan and assign roles to team; Review and help refine proposals put forward by the team

- Supplement with own hypotheses and present the insights to the stakeholders involved.

Strategic Planning Process:

- Drive inclusion and participation in the Strategic Planning process; Facilitate Strategic Planning Workshops; Consolidate and structure the workshop outcomes; Work with sub-teams to scope out individual strategic elements

- Review output for quality, comprehensiveness, realization of inter-segment synergy and alignment with the Corporate Strategy

- Finalize the 3 year rolling Strategic Plan document and facilitate the presentation by the Segment and Product Heads for approval by the Top Management; Consolidate segment and product plans at a company level; Track the overall process schedule and resolve escalations to meet the set milestones.

Strategy Plan Deployment and Tracking:

- Communicate the finalized strategic plans to the functional leadership teams; Drive agreement on the review process, frequency and dashboards of the plan

- Periodically monitor and facilitate the review of functional dashboards

- Track and review deviations in key internal strategic planning parameters and assumptions regarding the environment (Demand, Economy, competition)

- Facilitate course correction measures as required

- Issue advisory to the AOP Team in the Strategic Plan imperatives to align AOP with the Strategic Plan.

Execution of Strategic Projects:

- Drive clarity of objectives and success criteria of strategic projects commissioned by the Corporate or Functional Heads

- Assign responsibilities to team and support with adequate resourcing (specialists from segment teams/ functions, funding etc.)

- Review progress vs. committed milestones as well as the quality of analysis of the critical projects

- Facilitate Senior Management decision making and buy-in on the recommendations; Issue guidelines with the team for seamless handover to operations.

Team Management:

- Regularly review team structure and assess talent requirements

- Participate in the recruitment and selection process

- Conduct goal setting and performance review for the team

- Drive team development, engagement and reward initiatives

- Coach and mentor team members as required to resolve any people issues.