UNISON INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING ( The Recruitment Looking for Chief Strategy Officer at India Full Time

This position based in Africa

Position – Chief Strategy Officer

Qualification – MBA

Preferred Industry – Retail

CTC up to 50 LPA

Experience – Minimum of 10 years proven and progressive business, operational, and/or strategy management experience, relevant industry experience across the following areas: Strategic Planning, Product Management, Sales, Sales Operations, Marketing.

The CSO will be responsible to effectively implement and manage planning, business performance, strategic initiatives to ensure Organization success.

Position Objective & Responsibilities

– Partner with organization executive leadership to formulate and articulate strategic vision and business priorities,

including review of the competitive environment and prioritization of financial/non-financial resources
– Develop strategy and key growth initiatives, with the support of other stakeholders, necessary to realize the strategic vision and build sustainable competitive advantage
– Act as a trusted advisor by providing value-added strategic insight, counsel, and management support to the executive leadership
– Drive alignment around strategic plan, including Business Strategic Outlooks, Channel Strategic Plans, Annual Operating Plans, and other key activities
– Provide strategic oversight of business performance, customer analytics, including benchmarking, KPIs, competitor analysis, and execution monitoring, to ensure delivery of established business objectives
– Conduct strategic reviews of businesses, products, segments, and operations to identify opportunities and issues and recommend solutions that improve long term competitiveness
– Complete regular market, industry, and competitor analysis to support strategic planning

– Lead and implement strategic, cross-business projects, initiatives and processes, based on the LEAN/AGILE framework, that underpin the strategic direction of the business and operations
– Support identification, assessment and management of strategic partnerships, joint venture, acquisition, and/or disposal opportunities which support the strategic direction of the business, as required
– Optimize and lead, with appropriate processes and approvals, a disciplined proposal and offer management.

Leadership & Teamwork:

– Role is influence-based, placing an emphasis on working effectively with others in a leadership role through indirect influence and collaboration
– AS required, lead working teams and develop both partners and team members through condor, communication,

and coaching
– The job holder has substantial autonomy and authority and ensures that tough questions are raised and answered in a constructive environment focused on business success.
– Define and implement leadership governance, processes and frameworks
– Establish program-level routines that track these milestones and objectives, communicate progress, and help identify issues early without adding undue burdens or usurping the businesses and functions executing the work.
– Support senior managers on new processes that need to be implemented or existing processes that need to be changed to deliver against key milestones or metrics.

– Work with other internal resources to provide organization-wide understanding of and support for the capabilities required to deliver on strategic change initiatives.
– Actively consult with senior managers to build organization-wide support for and commitment to strategic initiative implementation and change management as a real competitive differentiator
– Manage coach and grow highly skilled team members to ensure business, departmental and personal objectives are realized

Impact on the Business:

– Develop, maintain, and enhance business strategy in partnership and collaboration with key business stakeholders, including identifying key opportunities and threats, developing strategic initiatives, and facilitating a disciplined strategic planning process
– Support executive management, in particular the GM,

as a strategic advisor to help ensure successful execution of business strategy, including:

(i) Track and evaluate business performance against financial targets, performance milestones,

and external benchmarks.

(ii) Provide insight about business performance and outlook through routine strategic reviews

of operations, competitors, and markets

(iii) Serve as an independent voice in governance forums to support successful execution

through critical challenge and holding leaders accountable to commitments

(iv) Provide active guidance and input to business teams to support disciplined planning and

execution of key initiatives and activities

(v) Work behind scenes to foster alignment and effective collaboration between businesses,

functions, and operations at all levels

(vi)

Act as a center of excellence for strategic planning and decision-making embedded within

businesses

(vii) Become a trusted advisor to key business stakeholders and embed as a value-added

contributor in key business governance forums

(viii) Lead disciplined bid management practices

Key Competencies:

– Self-starter, motivated and takes initiative;
– Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills;
– Able to work collaboratively with all levels of staff to resolve problems and external partners to maximize performance, creativity, problem solving and results.
– Seek, learn, and apply new skills/knowledge to perform job responsibilities.
– Attentive to detail with a high level of accuracy; exercise sound judgment and strong project management skills.

– Resourceful, diplomatic and professional;
– Deliver outstanding customer service while managing relationships;
– A can-do attitude and work style that supports teamwork and lead teams when necessary, collaboration and positive relationships.
– Adaptable, be able to shift priorities and focus as departmental and/or business demands change including, but not limited to early/late hours and/or weekend hours.
– Strong analytical skills and organized; completes tasks ahead of schedule.
– Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including excellent listening skills and presentation skills to communicate clearly, concisely and effectively.

Requirements

– Knowledge of profit and loss,

balance sheet and cash flow management and general finance and budgeting.
– Ability to build consensus and relationships among executives, partners, and the workforce.
– Understanding of human resources and personnel management.
– Experience with corporate governance.
– Proven negotiation skills.
– Ability to understand new issues quickly and make wise decisions.
– Ability to inspire confidence and create trust.
– Ability to work under pressure, plan personal workload effectively and delegate.

Interested candidate can share CV at [email protected] or call/whatsapp me at +91 9899036428

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