Senior Associate

Designation: Senior Associate-Retail

Location: Gurgaon

Experiences:

• Graduate/ Post Graduate from Commerce/Fashion/Management background.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience
• Candidates from Retail/fashion communication background – those who are working as category managers/buyers /merchandisers in domestic market with a sales experience may apply
• Experience within a business insight, SAAS, marketing intelligence or professional services organization achieving consistent revenue generation through new business acquisitions
• Languages: English (proficient in written and verbal)

Roles & Responsibilities:

Project Delivery – 

• Manage and contribute to consulting assignments through project conceptualization and delivery plan 

• Work on jobs/tasks that contribute towards providing client superior solutions and results                      

• Ensure practice growth by managing client project delivery 

• Lead multiple projects concurrently  

Business Development & Service Development – 

• Contribute to the repository of consulting processes and knowledge bank 

• Read and keep updated on developments in sector/ expertise area/responsibility 

• Assist senior leadership on business development efforts  

Project and Client Management- 

• Ensure proper work allocation and engagement for the team 

• Evaluate the financial aspects of projects, such as budgets, expenditures, research and development appropriations, and return-on-investment and profit-loss projections 

• Manage client relations, client calls and work towards repeat business from the clients  

Firm Development and Management- 

• Guide and mentor the practice team and help them grow and deliver quality outputs  

• Create market opportunities for all the services offered by Technopak 

• Participate in industry forums/ Public speaking/ writing articles / conducting workshops for clients and associates/ lecture at institutes we recruit from 

Key Skills and Competencies:

Education: B.E/B. Tech./MBA/PGDBM/Postgraduates (Economics, Statistics and related areas) 

Experience: 3-7 Years of relevant experience with a consulting firm/Retail/FMCG Companies/ Consumer facing enterprises  

Knowledge areas & Skills:  

• Cross-functional understanding of consumer and private consumption environment in India  

• Understanding of the Indian society and its heterogeneity across both urban and rural landscape  

• Aware of social, economic and political landscape of India and their context for consumer facing businesses  

• Good bi-lingual skills in English and an Indian language. Multi-lingual desirable. 

• Experience / exposure across retail environment in India  

• Project Management Skills  

• Hands on experience in developing business strategy /corporate strategy 

• Experience in handling various aspects of a business development process from lead generation, presales and proposals to post-business development support (desirable but not mandatory) 

• Open to travel on job assignments and spend extended periods away from home base or at client site 

Competencies required: 

• Proven report writing / preparation skills  

• Analytical skills to derive insights from data and information from unstructured environment  

• Good writing skills to express thoughts, ideas and insights