Brand Manager - Carlsberg - Gurgaon

Designation: Assistant Brand Manager / Brand Manager

Location: Gurgaon

Experience: Upto 10yrs

Job Description: 

Primary purpose of this role includes Brand Management for Carlsberg India’s super premium Brands, along with development of super premium portfolio (new launches)

Key responsibilities;

• Brand Planning and Execution – annual and on-going
•  Budget Management
•  Agency & Vendor/Partner management
•  Portfolio Development

Role requirements;

• Understanding / knowledge of Brand Management practices and tools
• Sensitivity to highly regulated industry

Desired Candidate Profile:

Experience

• Upto 10 years, in FMCG/ AlcoBev in Marketing Roles
• Sales exposure preferable
• Having managed Agencies (Creative/PR/Media/BTL/Digital/Research)

Personal competencies

• Effective, positive and energetic attitude
• Action oriented
• Creative person
• Problem solving skills
• Ability to communicate clearly - Strong presentations skills
• Ability to back up ideas with insights/data
• Negotiation skills
• Planning/organizing skills
• Positive attitude towards beer and alcohol industry

Suitable candidates can submit their updated resumes at http://goo.gl/LrNhYC

Marketing Management (Functional Consultant) - Capgemini - Mumbai

Designation: Marketing Manager (Functional Consultant)

Location: Mumbai

Experience: 1-3yrs

Job Description:

Marketing executive to work in our marketing communication and offshore services unit in Mumbai.

Specification / Skills / Experience

· Support and drive marketing initiatives/objectives for Global Campaign, Launches, Events, etc

· Work with Group Marketing team to ensure alignment with Business Plans

· Offer marketing support for key engagements – visual identity development, collateral creation, campaign, etc

· Work with marketing production team in India to deliver on Global marketing requirements

· Establish an efficient offshore-onshore peer model for Global marketing

· Coordinate activities leading to visual identity creation within the guidelines

· Be quality check point for all Marketing deliverables and comply with Capgemini guidelines

· Prepare weekly, monthly, reports as required by the stakeholders

· Update Marketing activity tracker, pipeline, utilization reports on a regular basis

· Produce actionable marketing dashboards

Desired Candidate Profile:Primary Skills (Must have)

· 1-2 years of experience in marketing & communications, with MBA qualification

· Experience working in an marketing or advertising agency with B2B clients

· Awareness to CRM marketing module desirable

· Inclination for career in IT Marketing and Communications

· Ability to work under pressure and high performing team

· Should be very familiar with branding fundamentals and latest trends in new media

· Should have the ability to comprehend complex thoughts and multi-skill projects

Suitable candidates can submit their updated resumes to Pratyay.dasgupta@capgemini.com

Analyst - MasterCard - Gurgaon

Designation: Analyst

Location: Gurgaon

Experience: 3-7 yrs

Job Description:

Join the data revolution! MasterCard Advisors is helping to shape the future of data insights by leveraging billions of anonymised, aggregated transactions in a 10 petabyte date warehouse to help financial institutions, merchants, media, and governments manage their businesses more effectively. Be part of an Analytics Center of Excellence that is developing consumer insights that are reshaping how businesses make decisions.
Advanced Analytics is charged with servicing Consulting Services, Information Services and Managed Services by centralizing and optimizing the world class analytical, modeling, software coding, data sourcing, product development, product management, econometrics, and associated delivery capabilities of the MasterCard Advisors organization.
Use broad retail, capital markets, media, and/or payments industry experience and deep knowledge of the application of big data quantitative analytics to provide hands-on support for information product development and custom analytical project delivery that satisfies and retains a global client base.
Major Responsibilities:
 Analyze large volumes of transaction and customer data to generate insights and actionable recommendations to drive business growth
 Synthesize analyses into clear, sound recommendations; takes responsibility for structuring and writing reports and client ready presentations from a work stream or project level.
 Build behavioral scorecards for target marketing and risk management solutions using econometric and statistical modeling techniques
 Create highly predictive models using segmentation and regression techniques to drive profits
 Apply knowledge of metrics, measurements, and benchmarking to complex and demanding solutions across multiple industry verticals
 Set the department standard for data driven insights and advanced analytics solutions using tools such as SAS, SQL and MS office suite
 Collect and synthesize feedback from clients, project delivery analysts, and sales teams for new solutions or product enhancements. Provide design specifications, functional and technical requirements for development of new products and solutions.
 Generates key hypotheses and independently structures work at the work stream or project level
 Reviews analytics end-products to ensure accuracy, quality and timeliness.
 Develops effective working relationships with global teams and business partners
 Proactively seeks new knowledge and structures project work to facilitate the capture of Intellectual Capital with minimal oversight

Desired Candidate Profile:

 3 - 7+ years of experience in hands-on business analysis, modeling and segmentation and data mining using large volumes of granular data to deliver analytical solutions
 Advanced degree in Economics/Statistics/Mathematics or B.A. in a technical or quantitative discipline with an emphasis on business applications. M.S./M.B.A. preferred
 Strong SAS, MS-Excel and PowerPoint skills.
 Platforms/Environments: Unix, SAS, SQL, Netezza, VBA, Microsoft BI Stack
 Experience in financial sector and payments industry preferred

Suitable candidates can submit their updated resumes at http://goo.gl/qrsauG

Marketing Manager - Continental Hospitals - Hyderabad

Designation: Marketing Manager

Location: Hyderabad

Experience: 7yrs +

Job Description: 

We are looking for a talented and creative individual to lead the marketing, branding and advertising initiatives and efforts for our hospital. The details of this position are as follows:

• Create, implement and monitor comprehensive advertising strategies to build brand and increase awareness of hospital including social media.
• Organizing and executing advertising campaigns including development of hoardings, videos, online advertising, and other creative endeavors.
• Position will be highly cross-functional between internal departments – business development, corporate communications and international marketing.
• A strong emphasis will be placed on developing social media marketing (SMM) strategy and other targeted communications channels, specifically focused on reaching and providing value to our patients.
• Community outreach and engagement for different services offered at our hospital.
• Implement a variety of tactics and techniques based on different situations and circumstances, to include crowd-sourcing, viral marketing, reputation enhancement.
• Forecast, measure and analyze performance and results for our brand.

Desired Candidate Profile:

• 7+ years of experience in marketing role – hospital experience not required.
• Excellent English written and verbal skills – for communicating complex ideas effectively and professionally.
• Proven, professional track record in development of marketing strategies and programs including social media marketing (SMM).
• Creative expertise on the technical aspects of media marketing, execution and development -- including application knowledge.
• Experience working in high-traffic website environments or in an agency.
• Ability to work in a traditional office setting.
• Ability to work both independently and under general supervision.
• Ability to remain flexible, handling changing priorities and tight deadlines.
• Ability to work in a team setting (e.g., working with brand agency).
• Detail oriented with excellent problem-solving skills.
• College degree preferred.

Suitable candidates can submit their updated resumes at http://goo.gl/L9AKVO

Creative Solutions and Innovation Specialist - Google - Gurgaon

Designation: Creative Solutions and Innovation Specialist

Location: Gurgaon

Experience: 4 yrs

Job Description:

We work closely with Sales Account Executives, Agencies, Clients to create and manage large, branded advertiser and marketing programs. Our team consists of sharp, analytical minds and enjoys solving complex strategic, operational and technical challenges for the world’s largest publishers and advertisers. As a member of the gTech team, you will help to push the boundaries of the online display industry.

As a Creative Solutions and Innovation Specialist, you'll manage all technical aspects and commercialize new product offerings of various technical products across our Google Display Network (GDN) to our advertiser clients. You bring a proven track record of analytical problem-solving and technical expertise, as well as excellent communication and consultative skills to help grow the APAC markets.

You are a thought-leader who can identify opportunities for increased effectiveness of our offerings and work with Product, Engineering teams, in addition to global counterparts to continuously improve our products, assist with execution including launching, monitoring, analyzing and communicating effective and ineffective areas of a campaign. You also like to combine your entrepreneurial spirit and technical skills to build tools on the fly to help scale our business and operations. Ideally you're already familiar with online advertising and have experience working within the industry. You should have a high technical aptitude and enjoy hands-on learning in a fast-paced environment. You are someone who can identify opportunities for increased efficiencies and launch and execute to continuously improve our operations.

Responsibilities

Lead product commercialization in region incl. training for cross teams and be the regional POC for 3PAS trafficking in region.

Partner with Sales to scope and collect client requirements, provide guidance on best practices, and apply technology and product knowledge to address customer's business and technology needs.

Work with media and creative agencies, as well as publishers to evangelize and train customers and employees on product fundamentals, best practices, advanced topics, new features, custom content and available self-help resources.

Collaborate with other Google departments to drive communication, prioritization, analysis, and resolution of customer challenges and issues. Participate in the analysis and research for complex technical issues and work with senior personnel on the Escalation Management, Engineering, Sales, and Product Management teams.

Maintain industry, Google product, and customer knowledge to provide successful ad management operational and technical consultation. Lead or contribute to projects that increase operational efficiency by developing internal and external tools.

Desired Candidate Profile:

Minimum Qualifications

BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

4 years of work experience (experience in online advertising industry an advantage).

Broad understanding of the online advertising (i.e. ad serving, networks) and of key platforms and trends (i.e. desktop, mobile, video).

Self-driven personality with strong analytical as well as communication skills (Consulting background).

Area

The Google Technical Services team (known as gTech) provides technical expertise across all Google products to support our global Sales, Business Development and Partnerships teams. We fix any issues on behalf of customers and partners so that our sales teams can focus on what they do best. We collaborate closely with Google's engineering groups to create technical solutions that enable our sales organization to help our customers' businesses grow.

Suitable candidates can submit their updated resumes at http://goo.gl/BTDtdZ

Assistant Director Corporate Communications - E&Y - Kerala

Designation: Assistant Director - Corporate Communications

Location: Kerala

Experience: 10 yrs +

Job Description:

As a assistant Director for Corporate Communications you will be responsible for designing and delivering a communications strategy for the Global Shared Services-Core Business Services function and support the Head of the Global Shared Services-Core Business ServicHi Rishies in his leadership agenda 

Client responsibilities 

• Responsible for overall planning of communication effort to support growing Global Shared Services-Core Business Services organization
• Demonstrates all GSS strategic priorities are being covered with appropriate depth and frequency
• To lead internal communication
• To lead external communication and engagement with customers/stakeholders
• To deliver marketing materials, including consistency of look and feel
• Provide communication counsel and develop relationships with Leadership team
• Source and prepare engaging content that will be used to demonstrate progress of the organization
• Actively puts in place systems for listening and feedback to measure communications effectiveness
• Develop channels that will be required to effectively reach diverse audiences / stakeholders
• Develop relationship with existing communication team, and other resources eg design and creative services

People responsibilities 

• Should have good people management skills with ability to lead and motivate the team
• Provide development, coaching and guidance to more junior members
• Conduct performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for all levels of staff
• Contribute to people initiatives including recruiting, retaining and training
• Maintain an educational program to continually develop personal skills
• Understand and follow workplace policies and procedures
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Desired Candidate Profile:

• Graduate with professional or higher qualification in CIM, PR, Internal Communication or Corporate Communication desirable.
• Min 10 years experience in communications for global organizations and / or in major transformation programs.
• Strong understanding of internal communications and employee engagement, especially involving global audiences
• Experience of working in wider marketing disciplines, including producing marketing and sales collateral
• Excellent communication skills (written & verbal)
• Ability to develop strong working relationships at a senior level and to team across boundaries (geographical and functional)
• Creativity and innovation
• Focus on continuous improvement
• Strong project management and delivery skills
• Working knowledge of Ernst & Young and/or professional services sector desirable
• Experience of working across different cultures and geographies
• Experience of working in shared service environment
• Structured thinking and communication
• Ability to think laterally and creatively
• Will to travel extensively

Suitable candidates can submit their updated resumes at http://goo.gl/CJtj5s

General Manager - PR & Media Relations -Suzlon Group - Mumbai

Designation: General Manager - PR & Media Relations

Location: Mumbai

Experience: 10-14 yrs

Job Description: 

The candidate is responsible for Suzlon’s External Strategic Communications. It's our job to communicate the benefits of Suzlon’s products, as well as our company's distinctive business ethos internally and to users, partners and opinion formers
 

Role & Responsibility

• Developing and executing Suzlon’s corporate communications and public media strategy for India and International Markets. ( Europe, Asian, SEA)
•  
• Proven track record of developing effective corporate communication program/ campaigns & developing media relations across categories and markets.

• Effortlessly effective written communications, highlighted by demonstrably clear and precise writing skills; thorough and persuasive verbal communications; simple but high-impact group presentation capabilities; and the ability to drive teams forward to reach challenging goals in concert.

• Proficiency in preparing authentic content to support the company’s business collaterals in line with strategies and goals

• Strong Entrepreneurial Skills, having been responsible for crafting and executing their own strategic & PR plans for effective image mgmt. Hence, candidates should be comfortable starting with a blank sheet of paper and showing creativity in taking action or accomplishing goals without large teams support (although considerable support resources will be built over time).

• Understands and Appreciates Suzlon’s Goals and Culture -- Fully appreciates the company's vision and its core values; believes there are no obstacles, only challenges that can be overcome.

• Interpersonal and Cross-Functional Management Skills -- Demonstrated ability to deal tactfully and effectively with all levels of the company's staff as well as external constituencies. Strong cross-functional communications, influencing and networking skills, as well as the ability to collaborate across units and within the company.

• Assist in crisis communications activities
• Maintain working relationships with community / industry organizations and contacts and government agencies when necessary.
• Ensure and plan for local participation in global communication literature – company brochure, leaflets, annual reports etc.
• Manage external relationships - agencies, and photographers, conferences, exhibitions, corporate events etc

-          Writing, guiding and pitching news stories

-          Management of annual CC  budget and expenses, allocation of costs

-          Tracking and monitoring of media responses, media coverage and issues in traditional and social media outlets to keep track of the company’s brand and reputation

-          Work with senior leadership across functions and be the guiding light on PR and corporate communications

Desired Candidate Profile:

Education :

1)      Post – Graduate, MBA PG - Advertisisng/ PR

Experience :

1)      Minimum 10-14  Yrs .of experience either handling similar function in other organisations / senior level role in a PR agency handling financial portfolio of clients.

2)      Note – financial PR experience not essential but will be an advantage.

3)      Proficiency in building effective Media network at National & Regional level

4)      Ability to devise and deliver media & PR campaigns involving various stakeholders & ability to managing internal PR teams

5)      Skills :

• Complete knowledge of communication and marketing  – implementation skills
• Strong communication skills
• Innovative thinking
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Integrity & credibility in the market
• Maturity and sense of balance

Suitable candidates can submit their updated resumes at http://goo.gl/Ap75Nj

PR Manager - Hyatt - Ludhiana

Designation: PR Manager

Location: Ludhiana

Experience: 2 yrs+

Job Description: You will be responsible for the efficient running of the department in line with Hyatt International"s Corporate Strategies and brand standards, whilst meeting employee, guest and owner expectations. The Marketing Communications Manager is responsible to develop, implement, monitor and evaluate the hotel's marketing communications strategy, including advertising, promotions, public relations, graphics and collateral, so as to support the marketing objectives for the hotel and maximise the hotel's positive exposure in local, national and international markets.

Desired Candidate Profile: Ideally with a university degree or diploma in Communications. Minimum 2 years work experience as Communications Manager or Assistant Marketing Communications Manager. Good problem solving, writing, administrative and PR skills are a must.

Suitable candidates can submit their updated profiles on http://goo.gl/1sry4A

Group Account Manager - Advertising & Brand Development - Bajaj Electricals - Mumbai

Designation: Group Account Manager - Advertising & Brand Development 

Location: Mumbai

Experience: 5-10 yrs

Job Description:

Understand briefs from Marketing teams and sharpen the briefs to develop effective communication 

Liaison with advertising agencies, digital agencies, media agencies, production houses and other business partners to develop promotional material, communication collaterals and Advertising Campaign related material.

Understand category, market and competitive analysis on a regular basis

Recommend new communication initiatives to Marketing teams

Hands on knowledge of printing collaterals, getting artworks and other back end operations

Inspect layouts and advertising copy and edit scripts, audio and video tapes, and other promotional material for adherence to specifications.

Coordinate activities of departments internally as well as with vendors

Read trade journals and professional literature to stay informed on trends, innovations, and changes that affect media plans

Co-ordinate with PR agencies and internally for PR coverage

Direct and coordinate Brand and Communications research whenever required

Consult publications to learn about conventions and social functions and to organize prospect files for promotional purposes. 

Manage internal and external events and develop suitable branding and execute

Desired Candidate Profile

Only female candidates need apply

Functional Competencies Required:

1 Operational efficiency to turnaround creative development and ad releases In a short time / ability to work with little or no supervision
2 Effective communication skills
3 Understanding of creativity and to be able to guide advertising agencies
4 Media understanding
5 Digital/Social medium understanding

Behavioral Competencies Required:

1 Team player / speed is of essence and need person to be fast
2 Maturity to be able to handle meetings with senior people single handedly
3 Ability to take stress and manage effectively / go getter / assertive

Suitable candidates can submit their updated resumes on http://tinyurl.com/mktsmat

Public Policy Manager - Lodha Group - Mumbai

Designation: Public Policy Manager – Office of MLA, Malabar Hills: Mr. Mangal Prabhat Lodha 

Location: Mumbai

Experience: 3-8 yrs

Job Description:

 The Public Policy Manager for Mr. Mangal Prabhat Lodha [Honorable Member of Legislative Assembly, Malabar Hills (Maharashtra)], will support the honorable MLA in representing his positions to policymakers, industry associations and other groups and driving key social initiatives across Maharashtra and India . This position is based in Mumbai and will report to Mr. Mangal Prabhat Lodha and will be on the pay-rolls of Lodha Foundation.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

- Research based support:

- Keep track of the Indian political environment and highlight relevant policy issues to the MLA

- Provide views on key social and political issues through research backed by data

- Support the honorable MLA in his public speeches by providing data based well researched viewpoints

- Keep track of legislation and regulatory matters in the state of Maharashtra affecting citizens and advise Office of MLA with respect to policy challenges arising at the state governmental level.

- Drive key social initiatives

- Develop strategy and implement programs to achieve goals in public policy.

- Work with relevant agencies and bodies and non-governmental organizations on issues related public policy concerns like water supply, education, health, urban planning, sanitation, disaster management, industries, land etc.

- Design and implement local stakeholder programs.

- Other work

- Represent the honorable MLA in meetings with governments and elected officials.

- Actively maintain and promote the presence of the honorable MLA in social media

Competencies (key functional/technical/leadership/behavioral skills required for this job)

- Keen understanding of the Indian political systems and institutions, outstanding judgment and persuasive skills, creativity, and the ability to work in a dynamic environment. 

Desired Candidate Profile:

- 3 – 8 years of demonstrated experience managing legislation, clients during consulting assignment, and/or government relations and advocacy work.

- Experience in policy work for a NGO/Think tanks/MNC/Strategy Consulting preferred.

- Interest in emerging technologies and policy work.

- Proven written and oral communications skills.

- Advanced degree in related field, policy, law, sociology, business administration preferred, but not mandatory.

- Strong collaboration skills and ability to work with senior officials and government representatives.  

Suitable candidates can send their updated resumes to shalmali.sharma@lodhagroup.com

Marketing Stream Lead, MCOS - Capgemini - Mumbai

Title: Marketing Stream Lead, MCOS - IT Services

Location: Mumbai

Experience: 12+ yrs

Job Description:

You will be a part of the MCOS team and will be responsible for heading the Marketing function from offshore in perfect alignment with the Group’s strategy and direction.
MCOS (Marketing & Communications Offshore Services) is the Group-wide Marketing & Communications shared services organization providing services ranging from design, content and web to account based marketing, pursuit marketing, GTM program management and global campaign support.
 
Already a 100 people organization, the team has strong growth plans, with a vision to emerge as the world’s leading integrated marketing and communications services organization. 

Working closely with the Group Marketing Sponsor and MCOS Director, help build a strong Marketing Community offshore that is capable of catering to the ever growing needs of the organization.
 
Role & Responsibilities:
 

• Create a vibrant offshore Marketing community of skilled resources
• To work closely with stakeholders across the globe to drive marketing programs, along with their offshore teams
• Nurture and develop newer capabilities in the offshore like ‘Social Media Marketing’ & ‘Marketing Content creation’; liaise with key Sales and Marketing Leads to execute pilots and assessments
• Spot opportunities where the offshore Marketing Stream can add value and drive these opportunities
• Drive compelling Success Stories/ Reference Programs across the Group
• Leverage the existing shared services team across capabilities like design, IC, web and campaigns for all Marketing support
• Regular interactions with the existing stakeholders for a temperature check on current engagements
• Lead the current offshore marketing stream to achieve their individual objectives and the stream objectives and help the team perform at the next level
• Regular interactions with the team; work closely with each team member and help them in their area of expertise/business
• Identify/provide platforms for sharing best practices
• Organize & run L&D programs that is customized to the stream/individuals
• Facilitate timely reporting to MCOS Director and Stream Sponsor

Desired Candidate Profile

• 12+ years of experience in Corporate M&C, with 5-7 years in driving core  marketing programs in a Tier 1 IT Organization

• The person needs to have led a team of marketers in the recent past
• Outstanding communication skills, both oral and written is a must
• Strong interpersonal and executive interactions skills

• Ideally, should have supported large key accounts with penetration-focused marketing
• Should be able to write/review Marketing Content
• Should have an understanding of how to leverage Social Media for marketing
• Exposure to CRM, Siebel Marketing/Demand Gen programs desirable
• Should be proficient in running customer intimacy programs and thought leadership campaigns
• A track-record in working in an offshore-onshore model would be good to have

• Good team player and leader
• Should have the ability to comprehend complex thoughts and handle multi-skill projects
• Structured and process oriented
• Creative, innovative, and quality driven
• Excellent presentation skills and willingness to travel

Qualifications:

Post graduate degree/diploma in marketing from a reputed institution (Preferred. Not compulsory) and/or relevant experience working with Tier 1 IT organization

 Suitable candidates can send their updated resumes to veshali.wanchoo@capgemini.com

Lead Analyst: Statistical Modelling - WNS - Bangalore

Title: Lead Analyst: Statistical Modelling (Insurance domain:Claims/Marketing Analytics) 

Location: Bangalore

Experience: 4-7 yrs

Job Description: 

The senior statistician will demonstrate 4-7 years experience of using a variety of statistical tools and techniques. The candidate must possess hands-on experience in developing, implementing, and maintaining predictive statistical models, also should have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to manage a small team of statistical analysts. Will be required to develop and maintain detailed documentation for every activity/sub-activity and liaise with the domain lead throughout the project lifecycle.
 
Develop descriptive and predictive analytical solutions. Should have high degree of familiarity and confidence in using techniques such as customer segmentation, clustering, decision tree/CART/CHAID, logistic regression, customer lifetime value, survival analysis
 
Role & Responsibilities

• Deliver on analytics requests mostly unsupervised; should be able to draft a project plan from an analytics brief defining what the objective/problem is and able to identify appropriate solution(s), identify all the intermediary activities to reach the end state and complete the activities within the stipulated timelines.
• Build predictive models from start-to-finish (i.e. extract data, manipulate data, build model and validate model) and then deploy model on real data and track model performance. Recalibrate/refresh the models on regular time-intervals.
• Periodical review of effectiveness of models to determine readiness for business use
• Work with data team to understand the data availability and quality for analytic use, establish new data sources (with the DBA) where necessary
• Develop/maintain ongoing relationship with the domain lead
• Develop/maintain detailed documentation of best practices, model implementation framework and manuals for all analytical tasks/activities.
• Deliver commentary/key insights alongside analytical output for the on-shore team/key stakeholder(s)

Desired Candidate Profile:

Masters in Statistics / Economics from premium Institute
Excellent communication skills
Must have hands-on experience in building statistical models using SAS Enterprise Miner / Enterprise Guide/ Base SAS and using data mining tools such as Teradata SQL. Experience in using R is recommended.
Basic understanding of data warehousing principles/architecture
Proficiency in data mining and statistical tools to conduct customer segmentation, clustering, decision tree/CART/CHAID, logistic regression, customer lifetime value, survival analysis
Experience in reporting analytic solutions, demonstrating good communication and presentation skills
Should be very detail oriented and committed to producing high quality results within strict deadlines
Ability to performing work with minimal supervision within a collaborative group environment
Proficient in using SAS, SAS EG, SAS EM, R, SQL, Excel, VBA and PowerPoint

Suitable candidates can send their updated resumes to kabita.paul@wns.com

General Manager Marketing - Lodha Group - Mumbai

Designation: General Manager - Marketing

Location: Mumbai

Experience: 3-8 yrs

Job Description:

I.Financial 

Full accountability for development of pricing and pricing strategies along with commercial budget(s) spend and allocation. Responsibility towards maximizing gross contribution at segment and brand level at targeted sales volume

II.Market Complexity 

This role will lead the innovation & launch agenda across brands and segments as well as future hunting grounds

III.Leadership Responsibilities 

Leading and influencing a cross functional team and key stakeholders
Leading the concept development process
Leading commercialisation and revenue generation of new and ongoing brands


Purpose of Role 

The opportunity space is large and diverse, as well as attractive & challenging. This role will require strong strategic skills, as it will lead the thinking on overall strategy, business model, consumer initiatives, brand planning, and budget management across the various geographies & categories. A key part of this role is to also ensure the use of creative excellence, disciplined project leadership and management in crafting new opportunities from multiple start points. The ability to navigate through key stakeholders within the organization will be necessary for success and traction. As a key business stakeholder you will also be the repository of learning for future opportunities, on which the business will lean on for development of business strategies.


Top 3-5 Accountabilities 

(a) Revenue generation (residential sales turnover of Rs.7000 cr. in FY 2010-1; top 2 in India)
(b) P&L Management (brands with LCV ranging from Rs. 300 cr. to Rs. 18,000 cr. )
(c) Market Share (we are no. 1 in all India sales for CY 11 & in Mumbai Metropolitan Region the next 5 players add up to our numbers)
(d) Brand imagery (most desired real estate brand in Mumbai as per syndicated research by a top research firm and also the no.1 spender in the RE category)

Desired Candidate Profile

Candidates from top b-schools (IIMs, FMS, XLRI, IIFT, JBIMS, NMIMS) preferred batches would be 2003 - 2007) currently working with best FMCG, consumer durables, automobiles or other consumer facing businesses. Candidates should have had hands-on experience on marketing launches, using marketing channels to create qualitative quantitative value for the brand, anchoring research & consumer insights, exposure to brand management practices, proven marketing strategy execution capabilities.
People & Competencies
Personal
I.Leadership
II.Unhindered sense of team work and strong communication to build networks
III.Never giving-up spirit =>able to get action, convince and finally get agreement
IV.Flexibility, ability to adapt to fast-changing environment Business

I.Quality of thinking (strategic, structured and problem solving)
II.Vision based approach rather with the balance of task based
III.Able project manager
IV.Understand and influence the key functions to ensure strategy delivery
V.Output-orientated along consumer & market oriented

Suitable candidates can send their updated resumes to shalmali.sharma@lodhagroup.com