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Department Manager - Retail Business Planning
About the job Department Manager - Retail Business Planning
1) Business Planning and strategic
• Work with Senior Leadership Team of each function and cross functional teams to frame Lotus’s business plan. Focus on strategic pillars and priorities that will be the new source of growth and align with CP Axtra/Lotus’s goals.
• Work with Senior Leadership Team and Finance teams to create Sales building blocks at corporate and by format. Integrating the strategic priorities and financial numbers. Highlight risk for business decision.
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to track progress against strategic goals and objectives and provide regular updates to senior leadership.
• Evaluate potential business opportunities to drive market penetration and diversification strategies.
• Provide consultation and support to senior leadership and function heads on corporate governance matters and best practices.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including senior leadership, function and cross-function heads to ensure alignment and engagement in strategic initiatives.
• Be multi-expertise and learn unknown to support CEO’s direction as needed e.g. develop project critical paths for all key strategic projects, consolidate specific plans, develop a presentation
2) RBP Digitalization and Business Plan Dashboard
• Transform manual process of Retail Business Planning (RBP) to digitalization. Utilize AI, Workflow, Microsoft tools, programming, and Project management tool such as Jira etc. to step change the way we work and collaborate with stakeholder.
• Establish and maintain Business plan tracking dashboard in PBI. Integrate all information e.g. on Sales and strategic project status in one database to create a single source of truth.
• Regularly use the Dashboard to discuss with SDTs to steer the plan and be on track.
3) Project Management Office (PMO) and Project Management (PM)
• Organize and facilitate SDT meeting. Work with SDTs and cross functions to set meeting agendas, consolidate presentations, take detailed minutes and follow up on action items.
• Lead/Co-lead PMO together with line manager on important business program.
• Conduct PM role on important business project when needed.
• Work with Senior Leadership Team of each function and cross functional teams to frame Lotus’s business plan. Focus on strategic pillars and priorities that will be the new source of growth and align with CP Axtra/Lotus’s goals.
• Work with Senior Leadership Team and Finance teams to create Sales building blocks at corporate and by format. Integrating the strategic priorities and financial numbers. Highlight risk for business decision.
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to track progress against strategic goals and objectives and provide regular updates to senior leadership.
• Evaluate potential business opportunities to drive market penetration and diversification strategies.
• Provide consultation and support to senior leadership and function heads on corporate governance matters and best practices.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including senior leadership, function and cross-function heads to ensure alignment and engagement in strategic initiatives.
• Be multi-expertise and learn unknown to support CEO’s direction as needed e.g. develop project critical paths for all key strategic projects, consolidate specific plans, develop a presentation
2) RBP Digitalization and Business Plan Dashboard
• Transform manual process of Retail Business Planning (RBP) to digitalization. Utilize AI, Workflow, Microsoft tools, programming, and Project management tool such as Jira etc. to step change the way we work and collaborate with stakeholder.
• Establish and maintain Business plan tracking dashboard in PBI. Integrate all information e.g. on Sales and strategic project status in one database to create a single source of truth.
• Regularly use the Dashboard to discuss with SDTs to steer the plan and be on track.
3) Project Management Office (PMO) and Project Management (PM)
• Organize and facilitate SDT meeting. Work with SDTs and cross functions to set meeting agendas, consolidate presentations, take detailed minutes and follow up on action items.
• Lead/Co-lead PMO together with line manager on important business program.
• Conduct PM role on important business project when needed.