Chief of Staff at leading manufacturer of components and system solutions prov · Gurugram · 7 - 10 years · Posted 10 Jul 2023

Role: Chief of Staff
Location: Delhi/Gurgaon
ABOUT QRATA
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ABOUT OUR CLIENT
Established in 2006, our client is the leading manufacturer of components and system solutions provider for Alternative Gas Fuel Systems to the automotive industry in India.
Leading OEMs nationwide use our client's high-pressure components and fuel systems on their CNG Vehicles, with 6 out of 10 CNG passenger cars and 8 out of 10 CNG buses in India equipped with products supplied by Greenfuel. Our components and systems are validated through on-field usage, and are the only ones in the country to have satisfactorily proven themselves on more than 600,000 CNG vehicles which have cumulatively run more than 25 billion kms, thus establishing our leadership in the industry.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES :
Acts as a strategic advisor to the Founder and senior management team, helping them identify priorities, strategically align their time with these priorities, and revisit these regularly to assess progress.
Ensure focus on strategic initiatives of the organization so that they are not lost on urgent and daily transactions. Drive time management for the Founder around these areas of focus
Manage presentation of MIS data, creation of formats and preparing anomaly reports for Founder.
Do End to End program management for strategic projects.
Create GTM strategies for global and Indian markets.
Prepare PPT’s for Founder.
Create strategy roadmap with founder and work on presenting and understanding future market direction.
Key Result Areas are used to drive alignment, focus, agility, and business rhythm to achieve our strategic and business goals
Identify risks associated with goals for the Founder and bring them front and center to find mitigation plans and support the Founder in implementing them.
Act as an Accountability partner to the Founder to ensure all commitments are
met in time.
Act as a key thought partner, brainstorming & identifying solutions to challenges.
Manage a variety of long-term, cross-organizational projects
Represents Founder in meetings through various communication channels with internal and external stakeholders.
Acts as the liaison between Founder and other executives, clients, and stakeholders to ensure consistent communication and ensuring involvement or decision-making at the proper time.
Participates with the Founder and senior management team in strategic planning, policy development, and decision-making.
Ensures timely and effective completion of projects and initiatives of the Founder.
Determines & drives key performance indicators and how to measure team performance.
MUST HAVES:
Your attention to detail and ability to stay on top of multiple things must be exceptional
You must be able to multitask and drive programs or projects from ideation to execution
You must have great people skills, and be a highly collaborative team player
Be extremely sharp and logical, with a strong sense of curiosity to always learn more
High energy, strategic thinker with a data-driven, and analytical approach to solving problems
Excels at building relationships and networks; influences others to achieve outcomes.
Systems and process-thinker; loves creating order out of chaos.

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