Business Strategy Manager

Job Title: Manager / Senior Manager- Strategy

Job Type: Permanent, Full-time

Function: Strategy

Business: Godrej Properties Limited

Location: Mumbai HO

About Godrej Industries Limited and Associate Companies (GILAC)

GILAC is a holding company of the Godrej Group. We have significant interests in consumer goods, real estate, agriculture, chemicals, and financial services through our subsidiary and associate companies, across 18 countries.

About Godrej Properties Limited (GPL)

Godrej Properties brings the Godrej Group philosophy of innovation, sustainability, and excellence to the real estate industry. Each Godrej Properties development combines the over 125-year legacy of excellence and trust with a commitment to cutting-edge design, technology, and sustainability.

Key responsibilities:

Responsibility Area

Key Activities

Strategic Initiatives

• Work with Functional Heads and Region Heads on key strategic assignments
• Conduct detailed design of initiatives, bringing in best practices and insights from internal and external sources
• Identify and address gaps in business process and ensure their effective implementation across the organization
• Drive implementation with cross-functional teams and regional teams
• Own the execution and delivery of all chosen transformational projects and ensure regular problem solving, tracking and de-bottlenecking
• Project management of large scale initiatives escalation of issues and roadblocks along with mitigating actions to relevant owners, sponsors and senior leadership team members
• Working with external consultants like Bain, McKinsey to drive strategic priorities
• Working on short-term strategic assignments for MDs office

Business Planning

• Working closely with the Business Planning team & Zonal Strategy teams during the annual operating plan preparation
• Leading initiatives to improve the business planning processes e.g. overhead budgeting process

Executive communication

• Preparing executive presentations for Chairman, MD and Board of Directors

Working Relationships (Internal and External)

Interface Type

Purpose of Interaction

Internal Interface

For Strategic assignments and Executive communication

Solution Design, Implementation and Overall Project Management

External Interface

Consultants, 3P Vendors/Solution providers etc. (Purpose of interaction: Business & Technology Solution development & implementation)

Skills Required:

• Ability to think logically and breakdown complex business problems into manageable tasks.
• Self-starter with an ability to work through ambiguity.
• PMO skills - Project Planning & Scheduling, creating project charters, Stakeholder management, Reporting & documentation etc.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and business acumen
• Ability to present issues clearly and provide answers
• Strong leadership, influencing and people management skills to be able to drive cross functional assignments and decisions
• Strong communication skills (both written and oral) to engage with senior stakeholders and to make CEOlevel presentations
• Proficiency in MS- excel modelling, sound understanding of financial modelling
• High on initiative, ownership, pro-active approach and self-driven
• A knack for fun through innovation and out-of-box thinking and the energy to go the extra mile

Qualification & Experience:

• Undergrad from leading institutions
• MBA from Tier 1 (IIMs/ISB/MDI/XLRI/FMS) or international business schools
• Experience: Minimum 2 years experience in a Top Management consulting firm such as McKinsey, Bain, BCG and A.T. Kearney
• Experience of working on large business transformation projects with cross-functional teams
• Minimum 3 years of experience working with C-Suite.