Manager - Corporate Strategy - Market Research/Analytics - Manufacturing Sector

Responsibilities :

- Development of overall strategic plan, with a focus on growth, including oversight of customer and market analysis and other fact base development to drive to recommendations to senior management

- Support of Market Development and Sales teams in developing their strategies by providing a framework for identifying issues, questions and solutions

- Coordinate with Central Strategic and Corporate Development function to support global strategic initiatives

- Evaluation of specific new business growth opportunities or strategic issue assessments.

- Oversight of market intelligence activities to inform ongoing strategic planning, including market and competitor tracking on a continuous basis

- Thought leadership on key strategic issues, answers discrete business problems with a focus on high-value issues and challenges thought process when appropriate

- Drafts key materials and presentations for senior executive team

- Provide qualitative and quantitative research used to evaluate market conditions and new geography initiatives.

Knowledge and Skills Required:

- Candidate must have prior experience in Strategy or Market research domain.

- Detailed understanding of manufacturing sectors including Cement, power or infra.

- Experience with research and analytical tools.

- Proficiency in MS Office, specifically Excel and Access required

- Project Management skills including the ability to coordinate activities among various departments and work independently to meet timelines-

- Excellent written, oral and interpersonal skills

- Ability to adapt to changing situations and manage multiple projects simultaneously

- Understanding of available data sources for competitive intelligence gathering

- Numerate, analytical, high attention to detail, able to prioritize