VP - Commercial Operations/Ops Excellence

Recruiting for a VC Funded firm in the field of Solar Energy:

Vice President - Commercial Operations ( or Operations Excellence)

Location: Mumbai/ Delhi

- The Vice President of Commercial Operations will work in lock-step with the firm's CEO, National Sales Director and global channel partners to marry the organization’s massive village direct sales function to a far-reaching, efficient and reliable operations backbone.

- Broadly, this person partners with the in-house direct sales function (which will encompass over 15,000 direct sales agents over hundreds of branches) to build and lead the organization’s operations team which drives the following enabling functions: sales administration and enablement, technology / business intelligence innovation, distribution operations, customer service and branch operations.

This position involves 8-12 days of travel per month the Firm operations within India and Africa.

The ideal candidate has:

- Strong skills and experience in high-scale distribution operations, preferably in rural or mass-market settings

- Strong process creation and quality management skills. Certification and implementation experience in six sigma is a plus

- Experience implementing mobile technology solutions for sales force automation and enablement

- Strong experience building a highly efficient operational team within a start-up or large-scale turnaround environment

- Superior skills in data-driven analysis and data-based decision-making

- Genuine aspiration to play a leading role in a fast-growth V.C-funded, game-changing enterprise.

If the above role interests you - please write back at sgaekwad@antal.com