Cofounder/CEO - Food Startup

CoFounder/CEO - Food Startup (2007-10 MBA Batch,Gurgaon)

Industry : FMCG / Foods / Beverage

Category : Sales & Marketing

Job Type : Permanent

Job Description : Our client is a leading D2C Food & Beverages Startup. Established in 2016, The brand is solving an emerging need gap in urban India, by bringing products that are healthy, convenient, tasty and often unique.

Client Details :

- They are looking for a Co-Founder / Chief Executive Officer who can provide executive leadership with overall responsibilities for planning, sales, marketing, and operations. The ideal candidate will have a strong proven profit and loss focus for a foods company, launching new products, and a track record of leading companies through rapid and profitable growth.

- A strong "people person," able to mentor subordinate managers and to harmonize fast-paced, collaborative operations environment.

- This role is based out of Gurgaon.

Description :

- Manage complete P&L and deliver sales growth while moving towards profitability through strengthening brand, new product introductions, geographical expansion, suitable manufacturing and channel strategies

- Plan, implement, monitor and evaluate all sales activities including working capital cycles

- Lead employees in aligning and contextualizing their tasks with the long term strategy of the company

- Instill culture of speedy decision making, sales aggression and accountability

- Invest personal time in coaching direct reports and top team members

- Set up transparent appraisal system with annual/semi-annual cycles

- Set clear objectives for each team; review progress on weekly and monthly basis for continuous performance improvement

- Provide monthly report to the Board on key objectives and detailed financial analysis

Profile :

Mandatory :

- Demonstrated ability to be a creative problem solver including under ambiguity

- Motivation of the candidate for the task at hand, can see this as being personally hugely beneficial

- Ability to power through tough times and motivate others

- Experience of having led a business or independent P&L and managed multiple stakeholders

- Familiarity with FMCG / F&B / Ecommerce, especially in sales-oriented roles

Ideal experience :

Education : MBA from top B-school only

Experience : 10-15 years

Industry : Management consulting, FMCG, F&B, Ecommerce

Ex-entrepreneur

Job Offer :

- Opportunity to work with the most disruptive food startup in India, which has grown in leaps and bounds over the last couple of years

- Work in an organization which has a robust succession plan and career progression for high performers

To apply online please click the 'Apply' button below. For a confidential discussion about this role please contact Prachi Nanda on +91 124 452 5487

Contact - Prachi Nanda - +91 124 452 5487

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