Manager - Business Strategy - Marketplace

Business Strategy Manager - Marketplace

- Reliance Retail is in search of a seasoned, dynamic and passionate individuals to come and lead business strategy and strategic initiatives for the Marketplace team.

- In this role, individual is expected to help us continue our tradition of unparalleled customer satisfaction.

This role has three broad pillars :

1. Business strategy

2. New initiatives

3. Acquisitions & Strategic Investments.

More details given below.

Key Responsibilities :

- Identify and develop strategic opportunities for business with a view of improved offerings, increased customer base, and gaining additional market share.

- Evaluate new markets and their growth opportunities.

- Provide long term and short-term strategic recommendations to business executives to improve business and capitalize on any available opportunity.

- Take up new initiatives from conceptualization stage to go to market stage before handover to designated business leader for business as usual way of managing the initiative.

- Own required market studies, market share analysis, competitive benchmarking, global research, consumer research, etc. and suggest business improvements and changes to ensure business is evolving in the right direction.

- Promote and use insightful quantitative analysis and data models to back business decisions.

- Collaborate and build relationship with key internal leaders and stakeholder to ensure there is free flow of ideas and information across the business.

- Identify potential companies for strategic investment / acquisition and drive end to end playbook for such initiatives. Manage relationship post deal to ensure optimum synergy realization.

- Manage communication of strategic direction of the business to the larger team.

Skills Required :

- Strong communication and project management skills

- Strong storyboarding, presentation, and analytical skills

- Strong networking and stakeholder management skills

- Ability to work in highly ambiguous environment, operating at all levels, and taking initiatives from 0 to 1

Education & Experience Required :

- Education ; MBA/Post Graduate from a Tier-1 B-School

- Total Experience ; 3+ years

- Preferred Experience ; Strategy & management consulting background (2+ years) + Retail/FMCG/eCommerce industry experience (1+ years).