Project Lead - Transformation - Consulting Firm

Project Lead - Transformation

On behalf of our Client , We are looking for Project Lead-Transformation position based at Kolkata.

The key job responsibilities :

Performance Tracking & Reporting :

- Understand the expectations of senior leadership teams in terms of key metrics and business processes to review, their frequency and cadence

- Work with functional teams to design the right set of performance dashboards for reporting of business performance metrics

- For the identified metrics and dashboards, ensure the that transformation team builds the relevant data architecture and governance processes at functional level that allows for continuous and automatic updates

- Socialize dashboards and key insights with senior leadership teams, brief them before key reviews and prioritize business meetings for them based on dashboard indicators

- Ensure the transformation team creates executive visualizations of dashboards for senior leadership and work with IT / MIS to ensure deployment on laptop/ mobile devices

Continuous Business Improvement :

- Translate business problems into analytics use cases (e.g. Plant OEE improvement, Pricing Analytics, Network Optimization)

- Supervise team to conduct detailed data analytics to drive analytical use cases for continuous business performance improvement

- Formulate and define continuous improvement initiatives basis insights from data analytics in coordination with functional owners

- Present business implications of initiatives to functional owners and work closely with functional teams to drive implementation of initiatives

Governance & Review Cadence :

- Define and follow a structured review cadence (weekly) with functional teams to discuss performance gaps and identify actions to drive improvement

- Ensure regular update meetings with senior leadership to update on business performance across key metrics & status of key initiatives across analytical use cases

KEY CAPABILITIES :

- Ability to analyze and synthesize complex data using one or more of modern BI & visualization tools

- Able to translate analysis into insights, initiatives and business implications

- Distill complex results or processes into simple, clear visualizations/dashboards

- Strong project/team management skills including running tight governance cadence with business teams

- Managing teams /working directly with senior stakeholders

KEY COMPETENCIES :

- Problem Solving (Analytical Thinking/ Creativity/ Problem Analysis/ Problem Resolution/ Decision Making)

- Achievement Orientation (Ownership/ Initiative/ Results Orientation/ Exceeding expectations)

- Effective communication (Communication skills/ Convincing ability/ Persuasive/ Influencing/ Negotiating skills)

- Execution Excellence (Planning & Organizing/ Time Management/ Process Orientation - Process Adherence/ Operational Excellence)

- People Centered (Interpersonal effectiveness - Interpersonal Relationship/ Developing self and others - capability building)

- Team Work (Team Relationship/ Team work & Cooperation/ Team Development)

Minimum Experience: 8-10 years of relevant work experience :

- Manager/Director in a reputed consulting firm (Top Tier/Big 4)

- Sr. Manager/AVP from strategy teams of large companies (e.g. TSMG, Mahindra Strategy, etc.)

- Consulting experience in strategy development, implementation and monitoring with large manufacturing companies is a must.

Minimum Qualifications - MBA from IIMs/XLRI/FMS; Engineering from a top-tier university / CA with good quality experience