Head - Strategy

Job Purpose:

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- Job Purpose is the prime objective for which the Job holder is responsible for. It is directly controlled by the Job holder

- Enterprise Strategy - New business models, evaluation of growth opportunities etc.

- Trend Monitoring - Competitor tracking, market intelligence, environment sensing etc.

- Corporate development - Mergers & Alliances, Investment management etc.

- Project Management of corporate wise transformational programs, Managing of special projects, CFTs etc.

- Business Analysis & Reporting - New assets / solutions for business problems.

- Strategic directions to Corporate communication teams & develop specialist capabilities in this space.

Key Accountabilities & Outcomesg

- Work on enterprise strategy.

- Evaluation of strategy driving growth.

- Oversee the translation of strategic plans into annual budget in coordination with finance and senior leadership.

- Tracking of strategic orientation / P&L linked issue for timely closure.

- Work with the businesses to ensure a robust review process to track against the blueprint.

- Deep dive using Root cause analysis techniques to identify the underlying challenges and design interventions to mitigate.

Business analysis & reporting:

- Tracking of global & domestic stories & developments that have a potential impact on the company.

- Competitor tracking, market intelligence, environment sensing etc.

- New assets & solutions for business problems.

Tracking of corporate wide transformation programs

- Focus on transformation journey projects across various businesses.

- Ensure key transformational projects move both from time & quality dimensions.

- Ensure facilitation of decisions, in-case issues are stuck.

- Track large scale consulting assignments for strategic growth and build a sharper review mechanism.

Corporate development:

- Work & Track progress on JV / Alliances etc.

- Review & analyze capex / investments.

- Tracking of growth projects, crystalize the viability & push its implementation, Fill the gaps among various stakeholders.

Business Performance management:

- Manage special projects / Cross functional team to drive business performance improvements.

- Tracking of key issues emerging out of Audit / Vigilance.

- Coordinate the key Corporate affairs / advocacy issues.

- Evaluate & help negotiate key commercial proposals that come to CMD.

- Prognosis based timely purchase tie ups on critical RMs.

- Evaluations of Operations / Prognosis / Dash boards.

- Work with the team on business restructuring.

- Give strategic direction to corporate communications teams and develop specialist capabilities in the space

- Guide corporate communications to ensure all media relations and branding communications are coherent with the company's strategy.

- Steer internal communication to lead the company wide culture change communications.

- Work along with corporate HR to design programs and implement the same across businesses.

- Work on brand positioning & agency management.

Education Qualifications / Background

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Essential:

a. MBA from top management school

b. Bachelor of Engineering

- Past Experience: someone who has worked for long time in Consulting companies and also has worked in business wherein they have driven strategy & profit.

Relevant and Total Years of Experience:

- 25 plus years of work experience with a mix of consulting and business roles.

- Experience in creating strategy and driving large scale transformational programs.

- Experienced in strategy development, program management, transformation, financial modelling.

- Flexibility and ability to objectively view a wide variety of topics.

Technical/Functional Expertise:

- Strong analytical, problem solving and financial modelling skills.

- Comfort in both strategic thinking and being detail oriented.

- Excellent written and oral communication skills.