Job description

Job Description

Job Purpose

The position is required to proactively support the CEO to realize his vision for the
Business and assist him in areas of conducting Business Performance Reviews,
Planning & Budgeting Exercise, financial feasibility & Impact Analyses of New Capital
Expansion Proposals & Other strategic proposals by collecting relevant data, analyzing
the same, discerning the relevant trends, development of possible scenarios and
discussing the scenarios with CEO in order to zero in on a particular direction.

Key focus areas are

• Driving / Coordinating BH Officer, BRC & PNB Reviews, UH/SBU Head Reviews,
Monthly CEO Reviews & Board Meetings
• Daily tracking of KVD’s for achieving top line and bottom line numbers.
• Competitor analysis SWOT, market segment and financial performance.
• Collate Action Points from ExCom
• Follow up with the business on the status of 65/10 vision
• Support Apex Committee Meetings and follow up on progress
• Co-ordination with DHs/FHs in driving Initiatives/Projects
• Standardization of marketing MIS
• Support the CEO in conducting CII Activities, driving the Sustainability Agenda,
Facilitate periodic Strategic Reviews of the Business to ensure adherence to timelines
for various strategic initiatives
Help the CEO in external communications with Industry Bodies and academia to
maintain and manage external environment. Support the strategy & New Projects Team
Job Context

• Alignment & engagement with key stakeholders for driving performance of 3

businesses which are each unique and diverse in their operations
• Supporting the CEO in driving growth plans to ensure robust follow-up and drive for
closure
• Work on specific engagements as may be assigned by the CEO from time to time
• Standardize Marketing MIS Formats to facilitate timely marketing reviews
• Enabling decision making through in-depth analysis and operational insights
• Follow up to ensure execution of projects within approved budget and business
timelines
• To support CEO in matters including review meetings, BRC Review.
Job Challenges
 The major challenges in the role can be described as

• Spread of businesses in terms of stakeholder management & coordination, differential

product lines, diversity of operations and life cycle stage of business.
• Cross- functional orientation to drive initiatives and best practices across functions
• Prioritization of initiatives/ activities given resource constraints Sustenance and
change in outlook of traditional businesses to ensure continued growth
Unique Challenges

• Direct In‐the‐Line‐of‐Fire Contact - Interact with the president daily compared to

people who meets him as per need basis.
• Indistinct Authority Levels - As an EA, one must always act on behalf of the president.
Often, you need to communicate decisions for him. This can be difficult because you,
as the EA, are only the messenger; you are not the decision maker. Your authority
levels can become blurred because you are the one actively sharing the information
with others. You may be tempted to give additional input or make changes that you
believe are right, even if they haven’t been explicitly outlined by the executive.
Likewise, others may be tempted to come to you with questions or concerns that
should really be directed to the executive. It is critical that you remember your place
and remind others as well. The boundaries in this type of work are not always clearly
defined so it is up to you to keep them distinct.
• The “Mind Reader” Expectation - The expectation that the EA is so “connected”, that
he will actually preempt the needs of the president, effectively acting as a “mind
reader”. It is true that the EA often become incredibly capable of predicting the daily
flow of work. Due to the intense one on one relationship, but he is not a mind reader.
• The Role of Intermediary - As an EA, you are the one responsible for what information
gets to the executive. You are also often in charge of passing the executive’s words
on to others. Though it may seem like a simple thing it is much more difficult to keep a
balancing way.
Unique Opportunities

• Chance to perform nearly unlimited variety of tasks

• Working directly with the top leader in the organization, Provides the opportunity to
meet and get‐to‐know many other top people in the group.
• As part of the Executive committee, involved in all the top level decision making
process.
Key Accountability

Accountability
 Supporting Actions

Strategic Support

• Support the CEO for Market Intelligence, Business Analysis required for strategic
decisions
• Competition Analysis, Industry Analytics, Data Interpretation, Business Insights etc.
• Bench marking of key financial parameters with competitors
• Analysis of schemes, product launches, brand campaign etc
• P&L analysis of major competitors and player across the category
• Put through white papers which have alignment to business Liaison and manage
relationships with various functional heads of the organization for various initiatives
• Develop Market Intelligence report through Sector / Competition Analysis and
feedback from market visits
Analysis and Review

• Support the CEO in facilitating performance reviews across all 3 businesses. It would
include – P&B, BRC, BU & Unit Reviews of CEO Across Units & Product Lines
• Develop standard formats for tracking progress of new business initiatives with help of
respective Business teams
• Inputs to CEO on periodic reviews on business performance, for BRC reviews /
Business Head reviews etc
• Modify/Prepare new reports/presentation in consultation with CEO
• Analysis of presentations meant for BRC and board meetings.
• Quarterly performance report for chairman
• Analyzing monthly marketing reports received from all businesses and highlight key
developments to CEO
Standardization

• Working with business for process standardization and improvement

• Support CEO in integrating Marketing Communication Plans & also develop
Standardized Marketing MIS
Planning and Budgeting

• In depth involvement in P&B cycle through appropriate inputs

• Co-ordinate the yearly process for the three units to support the strategy & projects
team in driving the agenda for seamless working
• Analysis of P&L numbers for all the three units and making of summarized reports.
Tracking & Follow up

• Tracking of daily reports of three units

• Follow up and ensure for no deviation in KVD’s w.r.t budget
Capacity Expansion & projects

• Part of team that prepares major capacity expansion proposal

• Prepare reports/back-ups w.r.t queries from BRC/Chairman cell
• PMO for critical initiatives / tracking growth plans
• Review all significant expansion projects in terms if CapEx including expansions both
Greenfield and Brownfield
• Assisting business in projects
Support

• Support the CEO on specific projects as may be assigned by the CEO from time to
time
• Support CEO in conducting external activities linked to business
Business Introduction
A US $35 billion corporation, the Aditya Birla Group is in the League of Fortune 500.
It is anchored by an extraordinary force of over 133,000 employees, business
belonging to 42 nationalities. The Group was declared among the top best
employers in India by the Aon-Hewitt Survey and ranked second. It was also ranked
among the top employers in the Asia Pacific Region. Earlier, the Group has been
adjudged among the top six great places for leaders to work in the Asia Pacific
Region (The Hewitt Associates, The RBL Group and Fortune Magazine Study 2009).
More than 60 per cent of its revenue flows from its overseas operations. The Group
operates in 33 countries. Jaya Shree Textiles, Aditya Birla Nuvo's textile division, is a
leading player in the domestic flax and worsted yarn markets. It also enjoys a strong
international presence, with over 50 per cent of its revenues coming from exports.
Jaya Shree Textiles offers a wide range of products namely, linen fabric, flax yarn,
FR fabric and worsted yarn. For more information visit www.jayashree-abnl.com &
www.linenclub.org

Infrastructure & Welfare

Located 30 kms from Kolkata, Jaya Shree Textiles is spread over 75 hectares. It is
easily accessible by road as well as rail. The campus has following facilities 1)
Temple, Play Grounds, Guest House, Co-operative Stores 2) School affiliated to
West Bengal Board (Nursery to Higher Secondary) 3) Club, Cafeteria, Gym, Indoor
Games & Badminton 4) Central Bank of India Branch + ATM as well as HDFC &
Standard Chartered ATMs. Rishra, WB

Qualifications
Preferably B.Tech / MBA / CA

Mandatory Skills

Must be very good at Analytics, Number Crunching, Strategy & Business Acumen

Minimum Experience Level

9 - 12 Years

Report to
Chief Executive Officer, DT

Last date of application

2017-03-31T142900-0400