Manager/Sr. Manager Corporate Strategy

Afcons Infrastructure Limited is a part of Shapoorji Pallonji Group, one of the largest construction group in India. Over the last six decades, we have emerged as one of the leaders in EPC Infrastructure Industry by continuously delivering world-class services in the areas of Marine, Highways, Bridges, Under Ground Metro, Tunnels, and Onshore & Offshore Oil & Gas. We have a transnational presence in almost the entire spectrum of Infrastructure Industry. In fact, we are one of the pioneers in infrastructure development; involved in executing large and complex projects, both in India and overseas.

Roles and Responsibilities 01

• Independently co-ordinate with business units and departments for strategy development and implementation
• Work closely with business units for situation assessment and implication on short term and medium-term strategies
• Organising Strategy conclave, annual evented attended by Group Chairman, CEOs of other group companies, and other senior executives from the SP Group
• Lead research on
  • Understanding of Economic trends
  • Evaluation of new segment / markets
• Opportunity mapping
• Project co-ordination and monitoring for apprising top management, ensuring timely and profitable delivery of projects.

Roles and Responsibilities 02

Communications & Internal Relationships Management:

• Communicate directly with the leadership team of the company
• Direct communication with business unit and department heads
• Negotiations and dealing directly with research providers
• Work closely with the Shapoorji Pallonji Group Strategy Team
• High visibility role requiring experience of working with Senior Management

Key Objective of the Job Position

The role entails facilitation of strategy development and implementation with the Business Units and Departments heads. The role would include:

• Close co-ordination with Top Management of the organisation including Executive Vice Chairman, Managing Director, Deputy Managing Director, Business Units and Departments Heads and their respective teams.
• Developing and maintaining market understanding through primary and secondary research across segments (current and potential).
• Discussing the findings with various business units and developing strategies (in close alignment with the Business Development team) towards exploiting the opportunities.
• Perform competitor analysis along with benchmarking against key metrics.
• Assessment and monitoring of geographies to identify opportunities and develop market entry strategies.
• Undertaking market research and preparing reports for top management.

Education Qualifications

• MBA from top tier college is a must
• B.Tech in Civil Engineering is preferable
• Excellent presentation and MS Excel skills
• Good understanding of Corporate Finance
• Structured thought process and ability to articulate ideas with clarity
• Ability to breakdown (seemingly) large problems into smaller and practical solvable pieces
• Stellar communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects & priorities simultaneously
• Comfortable with ambiguity / chaos
• In depth understanding of business, commercial levers, business insights, research techniques

Experience Range

• 5-8 years of experience in a corporate strategy/management consulting role OR consulting + industry role

Work Environment

• Corporate Role with need based travel to Project Sites or other locations as per requirements.