Manager Operational Excellence

Job title: Manager Operational Excellence

• Hiring Manager: Partnerships Lead - India
• Location: Mumbai, India
• 70% Remote working and 30% of travel expected
• Job type: Permanent, Full time

About the job

Our Team:

Partnerships Business engages in a new and agile way of operating the relevant portfolio

The vision of the team is to drive synergy and portfolio value maximisation through our strategic partners.

Main responsibilities:

Manager – Operational Excellence role is an important individual contributor and will mainly focus on System Governance and Compliance. The role involves a blend of analytical skills, process management, and governance.

Key deliverable of this role is to ensure that the commercial objectives of the Partnerships Business are achieved while managing process excellence with the Partners, internal stakeholders to drive key strategic KPIs

• Performance Analytics & Dashboards :

- Data Collection: Gather and integrate data from various sources to ensure comprehensive performance tracking.

- Analyze Performance: Conduct in-depth analysis of performance data to identify trends, inefficiencies, and areas for improvement. Provide regular reports and recommendations to senior management.

- Continuous Improvement: Regularly review and update analytics tools and dashboards to reflect changes in business objectives and priorities.

• Business Tracking & Meeting Governance :

• Track Business Performance: Monitor business performance against goals and objectives. Ensure that tracking mechanisms are in place to capture relevant data and metrics.
• Meeting Governance: Oversee the scheduling, preparation, and execution of key meetings, including performance reviews, strategy sessions, and operational updates.
• Agenda Management: Develop and manage meeting agendas to ensure that all relevant topics are covered and that meetings are productive and focused.
• Action Tracking: Track action items and follow-up on decisions made in meetings to ensure accountability and timely execution.

• Process Compliance
  - Ensure Compliance: Monitor and ensure adherence to internal policies, regulatory requirements, and industry standards. Conduct regular audits and reviews.
  - Process Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation of processes, procedures,. Ensure documentation is up-to-date and accessible.
  - Training and Awareness: Develop and deliver training programs to educate employees about compliance requirements and process standards.
  

• Work closely with various internal departments, including finance, legal, supply chain, manufatcuring, at local and regional level, to ensure alignment and support for alliance initiatives.
• Responsible for issue management and resolution of cross-functional / business critical issues with alliance partner
• Maintain high ethical standards and compliance with relevant laws and regulations, such as anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws, which is critical for building trust and credibility in alliances
• Effectively use the findings from audits to drive improvements in alliance processes, communication channels, and performance metrics, ensuring that the alliance remains dynamic and responsive to changing circumstances.

About you

• Strategic and innovative thinking: Define and prioritize the insights needed to achieve business and marketing goals. The ability to formulate new ideas or to adapt or use existing ideas in a new or unexpected way to solve problems.

• Project Management: Ability to drive key projects with high impact on the business and performance while managing stakeholders across functions. Tracking & managing execution of commercial projects.

• Analytical Skills: Drive and passion to manage & analyse complex data sets while deriving deep sights for meaningful conclusions that help business decisions. Understanding of financial concepts along with experience in handling tasks related to P&L, forecasts & performamce measurement will be an added advantage

• Teamwork & Collaboration: Collaborate internally to build strong processes ensuring a healthy win-win ways of working

• Monitoring & evaluation: Recognize the need for change and support the implementation of change through positive behaviour. Actively participates in Business Reviews with partners and with internal stakeholders.

• Technical skills: Proficient in tools used in support of department (e.g., MS Office, Outlook.)

• Education: Master’s degree in business administration with Marketing Specialization(preferable).

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