AVP - Projects & Operations

Key Responsibilities: - Assist and manage the process of a variety of initiatives of the CEO and leadership team. - Collaborate with the executive team members to determine and prioritize business strategies and track high-priority initiatives for the executive team to help identify and mitigate any/potential obstacles. - Serving as a liaison: VP (Operations) acts as a liaison between the CEO and other members of the organization - Lead cross-functional strategic initiatives, facilitate special projects, and ensure action items are executed on behalf of the leadership team. - Provide a Project Management Office (PMO) role and track various initiatives. - Follow up on monthly reviews for projects and other capital expenditure projects. - Work with IT and marketing department to ensure robust digital communication and marketing strategy. - Responsible for structuring and helping to deliver company-wide communications including talks, speeches, reports, and presentations that appropriately reflect the voice, tone, and goals of the executive team. - Manage the organization's brand & reputation. - Assist in translating strategy into actionable goals for performance and growth helping to implement organization wide goal setting, performance management, and annualoperating planning. - Track the action items to closure within the given timeframe. - Implement processes/systems to ensure timely submission of accurate data to the Director. Build in required controls for validating the data accuracy. - Meeting Participation & Scheduling: You will be responsible for scheduling & attending meetings, appointments, and other commitments for the CEO (with or without them). - Codify priorities and run cadence for leadership meetings, board meetings, and leadership offsites, including planning, coordinating, taking notes, and keeping the discussion of a meeting focused. - Assess all inquiries directed to the CEO and determine priority and the proper course of action. - Triage all incoming requests for the CEO's time and work collaboratively with the Business Operations Lead to ensure his calendar is aligned with the priorities of the organization. - Keeping executives organized with logistics, meetings, and emails throughout the day. - Providing research and analysis: You may be asked to conduct research and analysis on various topics related to the CEO's work, such as market trends, industry developments, and competitors. - Preparing reports and presentations: You may be responsible for preparing reports and presentations for the CEO, which may include financial reports, market analyses, and strategic plans. Experience: min 7 years (preferred from agri industry) Qualification: MBA Finance - Tier 1 College with an accounting, economics, finance, commerce graduation Desired Candidate: - Experienced in wide-ranging or cross-functional areas and possess an eagerness to learn new skills. - Strategic thinker, with a data-driven and analytical approach to solving problems. - Systems and process-thinker who excels at creating order out of chaos. - Excels at building relationships and networks; influences others to achieve outcomes and demonstrates high emotional intelligence. - Must have strong written and verbal communication. - Deeply loyal and maintains confidential information. - Proven ability to work independently of direct supervision and take initiative without specific instruction. - Ability to deal with constantly changing demands, frequent interruptions, and scheduling changes while remaining organized and seeing projects through to completion. - Strong negotiation skills and ability to reach mutual points of agreement and benefit among peers and colleagues. - Experienced in working with Multinational / multicultural team. - Open for extensive travel