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Senior Manager- Strategic Planning

@ Pernod Ricard
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Gurugram, Haryana, India
OnsiteFull Time
Responsibilities:Tracking market, Leading efficiencies, Managing PMO
Requirements Summary:6-8 years of experience in data-driven market analytics, strategy, and PMO governance; experience in FMCG/alcohol is a plus.
Technical Tools Mentioned:MS Project, Jira, MS Excel, Power BI, Python, R
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ROLE OVERVIEW

The Senior Manager- Strategic Planning will drive enterprise-wide growth and transformation through market share analytics, value efficiency initiatives, and strategic project governance. This role is critical in shaping data-driven decisions, unlocking cost and growth opportunities, and ensuring disciplined execution across cross-functional priorities in a dynamic business environment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Market Share Tracking

  • Analyze and report PRI’s market share performance to leadership, including segment-wise value growth vs. industry, market share trends, and dipstick analysis for key deviations; continuously evolve reporting in line with business needs.

  • Identify growth opportunities and provide early warning signals.

  • Drive gamification of market share metrics for enterprise-wide adoption and engagement. 

2. Value Efficiency Lead

  • Lead enterprise-wide ideation to build a robust cost and cash efficiency funnel.

  • Assess feasibility, validate impact and effort, and prioritize initiatives.

  • Drive cross-functional collaboration, governance, and execution in line with agreed timelines.

  • Track realization of efficiencies and report progress to leadership through structured reviews.

  • Foster a culture of continuous improvement by institutionalizing ideation as an ongoing enterprise practice.

3. New Product Launch (NPD)

  • Assess opportunities by estimating addressable market, industry sizing, growth trends, & market share projections.

  • Align pricing with marketing strategy, considering global benchmarks, competition, and price laddering.

  • Develop business cases, including cost cards, capex requirement, P&L, cash flow, and ROCE analysis.

  • Aligning top-down estimates with bottom-up sales inputs.

  • Identify key risks and define mitigation strategies.

  • Track performance and capture learnings for future replication.

4. Project Management Office (PMO)

  • Build and operationalize a structured PMO framework (milestones, timelines, RACI, escalation protocols)

  • Drive periodic cross-functional reviews to track progress and ensure on-time delivery.

  • Maintain a dashboard with real-time visibility on status, risks, issues, and interdependencies for leadership.

  • Proactively assess risks, flag deviations, and drive corrective actions with stakeholders.

KEY INTERFACE

•          Strategy & Transformation Team (primary team)

•          Finance Team – for value efficiency tracking, cost analytics and budget governance

•          Integrated Operations leadership & Team – Integrated operations initiatives execution and reporting

•          Senior Leadership– BTM reporting, dashboards

SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED

Strategic & Business Acumen

  • Strong understanding of market share dynamics

  • Knowledge of Alcobev / FMCG / Pharma industry

  • Strategic thinking with ability to identify early signals of market shifts

  • Strong problem-solving skills using structured approaches (e.g., root cause analysis, driver trees)

 New Product Launch (NPD)

  • Go-to-market planning (distribution, pricing, launch phasing)

  • Demand planning and commercialization tracking

  • Risk identification and mitigation during launches

Project Management & Governance

  • Project management methodologies: Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid

  • PMO framework design, governance model setup, portfolio management

  • Risk management, issue tracking, escalation frameworks

  • Knowledge of PMO tools: MS Project/Jira etc.

Data Analytics & Reporting

  • Advanced proficiency in MS Excel, Power BI, Python/R, sound presentation skill and command over language

  • MIS reporting, KPI framework design, balanced scorecard development

  • Predictive modelling, root cause analysis

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

  • Cross-functional collaboration and executive-level communication

Capability building and change management

PROFILE REQUIREMENTS

6-8 years of experience preferred, with a strong track record in driving business performance through data-driven market share analytics, building business cases for new product launches, running operational efficiency program in manufacturing and supply chain function through PMO frameworks though gamification-led team engagement.

Job Posting End Date:

2026-05-31

Target Hire Date:

2026-08-31

Target End Date: