Strategic Alliances

Job Description :-

Our Client is a sustainable livelihood program for urban disadvantaged youth. By fostering agency, workplace competencies and skills in youth, they unleash social and economic transformation in the communities that the youth come from.

Expectations / Deliverables :-

● Build enduring relationships with skilling organizations for co-creation of curriculum for the program

● GOYN brand-building and formalizing partnerships with skilling partners

● Engage with employers in the Logistics industry to be a part of the working group and co-create the curriculum with skilling partners

● Ensure co-creation of courses curriculum for Basix and Advanced courses by skilling organizations and employers

● Ensure creation of a dynamic working relationship with partners to ensure smooth enrolment of youth into the program, completion of training and placements.

● Ensure timely updates from partners regarding youth livelihood status to help maintain the youth journey database

● Put in place feedback mechanisms to record and act on feedback from partners and youth

● Ensure post placement support and engagement with employers to bring about changes at workplace to make the sector more aspirational for youth

● Be up to date with any developments in the ecosystem and forge new partnerships with youth facing organizations, skilling organisations and employers in the Logistics and supply chain sector

Requirements ;-

Preferred Skill sets, Years of Experience, Professional Background:

● Post Graduation in any background, with 1-3 years of experience in the field of partnership building from corporate background

● Computer proficiency- MS Office

● Strong commitment towards building relationships with organizations in the ecosystem

● Strong verbal and written communication skills in Marathi, Hindi and English

● Ability to handle difficult situations with confidence and wisdom.

We are looking for a Business Growth Manager for an innovative influencer oriented D2C shopping platform by a large retail group

• Leading team of Growth RMs for D2C brand partnerships
• Planning and overseeing new marketing initiatives with partners.
• Researching brands to find new opportunities for business
• Finding and developing new market opportunities and improving sales.
• Attending conferences, meetings, and industry events.
• Develop quotations and proposals for various clients.
• Training and development

• Graduate / Post Graduate degree in business, marketing, or related field.
• The ideal candidate will have prior experience in Business Development dealing with brand partnerships
• Must be an organized multitasker, be able to handle diverse projects at once and meet tight deadlines. Start-up experience will be preferable.
• Strong communication skills and IT fluency.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing & driving the online business on E-commerce marketplaces.
• Responsible for uploading new collections on a weekly basis and ensuring catalogue hygiene of the uploaded catalogue.
• Handling the marketing budgets & the paid advertising campaigns/sponsored ads on the marketplaces.
• Responsible for handling product listings, promotions, deals, discounts & day-to-day operational issues related to the marketplace.
• Sole POC for communication with the category team.
• Strategizing & implementing the plan of action for the month on month growth in the sales from the existing online marketplace.
• Ensuring that all new products are uploaded and listed on websites/channels
• Repricing the products
• FBA Set up a pricing minimum to maximum for FBA listings
• Creating product listings and set minimum and maximum pricing
• Generating out of stock report, bestselling products report, runout stock report brand by brand on daily basis.
• Sort out pricing error issues and re-activate the listings. Inactivate listing to make active listing if required.
• Deleting discarded SKUs from all channels if required
• Optimizing listings with accurate product information, images, pricing and placement to increase sales and maximize revenue
• Optimize existing listings of current products to ensure we are exploring sales opportunities
• Keep up to date with industry techniques for SEO and content marketing
• To analyze product pricing vs our competitors on an ongoing basis and make pricing adjustments
• Support customer care emails and calls and also support social media campaigns.
• Ability to communicate effectively and to operate as part of a team

Job Description:

• Develop business plans and manage partnerships to offer value added services for Prepaid card users.
• Compare with competition, keep track and maintain competitive track sheet.
• Brings strategic tie-ups which can aligned with card offerings.
• Building relationships with affiliates & partners for more business, better placements & visibility.
• Managing end-to-end promotions & offer execution for partner sale events- Festive campaigns, OEM launches.

Key Responsibilities

• Day to day management and successful long-term relationships with different accounts.

• Experience in fronting client relationships directly

• Handling operations and client management
• End to end project management
• Briefing the creative team, helping in the creation of a concept.
• Facilitating communication between Client Service Operations & other business units to ensure an effective operating environment.
• Focusing on the strategic aspects of maintaining and growing long-term relationships.
• Establishing growth plans for teams and managed accounts
• Strategizing and executing campaigns for clients.
• Identifying prospective clients, establishing strategic partnerships and alliances
• Working with senior management keeping them informed of new developments, service issues and new business opportunities.
• Managing paid social media campaigns 

Preferred Requirements:

• 4-10 yrs RELEVANT experience 

• Must have worked with digital agencies managing social media marketing and performance marketing (preferable)

• Also willing to consider exceptionally talented folks from offline agencies

• Located in Bangalore and willing to travel to HSR layout

• Experience in fronting client relationships directly

• Experience in social media marketing (organic & paid)
• Experience in relationship management, strong verbal and written communications skills

• research and identify new business opportunities - including new markets, growth areas, trends, customers, partnerships, products and services - or new ways of reaching existing markets
• seek out the appropriate contact in an organisation
• generate leads and cold call prospective customers
• meet with customers/clients face to face or over the phone
• foster and develop relationships with customers/clients
• understand the needs of our customers and be able to respond effectively with a plan of how to meet these
• think strategically - seeing the bigger picture and setting aims and objectives in order to develop and improve the business
• have a good understanding of the businesses' products or services and be able to advise others about them

1. Conducting research to find new ways to reach target audiences through social media channels, email campaigns, content creation, etc.
2. Developing strategies for increasing awareness of a brand or product through strategic partnerships with other companies
3. Proposing new initiatives to attract prospects and convert leads as well as testing new approaches to capture existing demand
4. Providing inputs & expertise to drive efficacy of marketing activities (content development and optimization, advertising, etc.)
5. Planning and executing initiatives to reach the target audience through different channels
6. Analyzing data to determine what types of content resonate with target audiences and what types of content do not

• Strategizing top of the funnel expansion and identifying key channels for sourcing brands
• Generating new brand leads, identifying and contacting Founders and building a solid top of the funnel for the company
• Explaining about the company's products to the brands
• Acting as a liaison between the brands and the internal teams to complete the investments
• Ideating on tech-product improvements to automate the funding application process for brands
• Implementing initiatives to improve TAT for brands
• Owning all the metrics that improve the brand's experience with the company

Desired Candidate Profile

• 2-4 years experience
• Experience in business development in B2B or enterprise sales, preferably in NBFCs/fintech/SME
• Experience in building channel partnerships and optimizing sales funnels
• Strong communication skills
• Understanding startup culture and hustle
• Willingness to relocate to Bangalore    

What you need to have: