Business Associate-Strategy Overview: Strategic associates will identify business needs and solutions within the context of the overall direction of a company. They develop and implement critical business solutions through information gathering, synthesis, review, and testing. They secure and allocate resources, manage implementation schedules, and facilitate meetings. Responsibilities: ● Elicit, analyse, specify, and validate the business needs of stakeholders, be they customers or end users. ● Classifying the strategic choices for addressing a specific situation and supporting the execution of the business strategy ● Workclosely with the management to design business plans, projections, project or team OKRs, MIS and Dashboard. ● External Analysis: Assess the existing opportunities and threats of the organisation’s external environment, comprising industry and environmental forces ● Internal Analysis: Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the organisation in its internal environment including its resources and competencies ● Strategy Design: Design strategies that form and endure competitive advantage by matching the strengths and weaknesses with the opportunities and threats of the organisation ● Strategy Execution: Apply the developed strategies and monitor execution by identifying resources, processes and KPIs ● Strategic Control: Measure achievements and make adjustments in areas where the strategies are not generating the anticipated results Candidate Profile: ● 4-7yearsof experience in a similar role ● MBAinBusinessPlanning or Analysis from reputed college as must ● Provenrecord in business strategy—from planning to implementation ● Skilled in business planning, cost analysis, SWOT analysis and other strategic tools ● KnowledgeofOKR,goal setting, BI tools and report automation ● Experience in retail or ecommerce a must ● Detail oriented, analytical and inquisitive ● Solidbusiness acumen along with good problem solving skills ● Haveexcellent communication and business-facing skills, are organised and able to multitask effectively ● Logical and efficient, with keen attention to details