Associate Director Strategy

• Play a key role in building a sustainable growth strategy for BU ISEA
• Lead the different planning cycles viz.1 year, 3 year, 5 year and 10 year cycles for the country
• Lead and monitor long-term strategic business initiatives from development through successful execution under the guidance of senior leadership and departmental heads.
• Establish frameworks and standards for Program and Project Management
• Work effectively with diverse teams to come up with the best solutions
• Provide Project planning, Milestone management, Scope management, Resource forecasting; Financial Management; Change Management across the project portfolio
• Ensure the appropriate program benefits are identified, quantified and their realization planned
• Participate in the development of Projects that may consist of a variety of challenges that may range from innovation, new products, supply chain, and strategic whitespace development, etc.
• Maintain and update the project management framework and disciplines necessary to support a PMO
• Data analysis: turn unstructured data into meaningful insights and transformative solutions
• Structure ambiguous problems and take action to solve them
• Mining insights which would help the leadership to make decisions and transform the BU
• Adept at primary and secondary research on markets as well as consumer trends
• Benchmarking across ABI globally (internally) and externally across other CPGs/FMCGs on best practices
• Build business cases on all important areas of the business viz. right from launching a new product, brand, innovations, expansion projects, S&L projects, etc.
• Financial modelling to craft out scenarios and build out P&Ls based on different levers
• Manage and compile Program related financial and KPI information
• Track financial reporting whilst ensuring that the program and projects adhere to the corporate financial processes
• Prepare regular status reporting for the senior leadership
• Contributes to overall profitability by monitoring all areas of Project expenditure and reporting on performance against variations.

Skills and/or knowledge

• Exceptional analytical, commercial and problem-solving skills
• Mandate Internation experience, Consultancy background with 7+ years of experience
• Strong skills in creating and maintaining project and program plans, including risks, actions, issues, dependencies
• Ability to deliver insights with impact
• Robust financial modelling skills
• Experience in planning and leading strategic initiatives
• Experience in valuations, M&As, growth strategy will be a plus
• Knowledgeable and experienced in efficient Change Management methods