Assistant Manager – Business Planning & Commercial Excellence

Madras Engineering Industries PVT LTD; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Madras Engineering Industries PVT LTD is seeking a senior professional to drive business planning, budgeting, and forecasting, along with pricing analytics and market intelligence. The role collaborates across Sales, Finance, Operations, and Supply Chain to deliver strategic initiatives and improve profitability.

The ideal candidate should have 8–15 years of experience in Automotive OEM or Tier-1 components, with strong skills in Power BI, Excel, and strategic planning.

Qualifications

• Essential: Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Mechanical / Automobile preferred) and MBA.
• Preferred: MBA in Marketing, Finance, Operations, or Strategy.

Responsibilities

• Support preparation of Annual Operating Plans (AOP), Budgets, and Rolling Forecasts (RFC).
• Coordinate planning inputs across Sales, Finance, Operations, and Supply Chain functions.
• Monitor business performance against plans and identify variances.
• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual business reviews.
• Develop and maintain product costing models.
• Support pricing decisions through profitability and cost analysis.
• Monitor customer and product profitability.
• Conduct pricing reviews and commercial analysis for business decisions.
• Monitor key raw material cost trends and movement.
• Analyse impact on profitability and pricing.
• Support commercial recovery and pricing actions where applicable.
• Maintain cost tracking and reporting mechanisms.
• Support strategic planning initiatives and annual strategy deployment.
• Coordinate policy deployment and performance tracking.
• Support TQM, business excellence, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Prepare presentations and analyses for leadership reviews.
• Conduct market research and industry analysis.
• Monitor competitor activities, customer developments, and industry trends.
• Identify growth opportunities and emerging market developments.
• Prepare management reports on market intelligence.
• Support execution of branding and marketing communication initiatives.
• Coordinate participation in exhibitions, trade shows, conferences, and customer events.
• Manage promotional campaigns and brand visibility initiatives.
• Support development of marketing collateral and digital communication.
• Coordinate interactions with industry bodies such as ACMA, CII, ARAI, SIAM, and other forums.
• Support participation in industry committees, seminars, and networking platforms.
• Track industry developments relevant to the business.
• Coordinate annual business events, customer meets, trade exhibitions, and marketing events.
• Support event planning, budgeting, execution, and post-event reviews.
• Ensure professional representation of MEI at customer and industry platforms.

Skills

Business Planning

Budgeting & Forecasting

Costing & Pricing

Financial Analysis

Power BI

Advanced Excel

Market Research

Strategic Thinking

Presentation Skills

Stakeholder Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Mechanical / Automobile preferred)

MBA from a reputed institution

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Purpose of the Role

To support business growth and profitability through business planning, budgeting, forecasting, commercial analytics, pricing management, market intelligence, strategic initiatives, and brand-building activities.

Key Responsibilities

1. Business Planning & Budgeting

• Support preparation of Annual Operating Plans (AOP), Budgets, and Rolling Forecasts (RFC).
• Coordinate planning inputs across Sales, Finance, Operations, and Supply Chain functions.
• Monitor business performance against plans and identify key variances.
• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual business reviews.

2. Pricing, Costing & Commercial Analytics

• Develop and maintain product costing models.
• Support pricing decisions through profitability and cost analysis.
• Monitor customer and product profitability.
• Conduct pricing reviews and commercial analysis for business decisions.

3. Raw Material & Cost Monitoring

• Monitor key raw material cost trends and movement.
• Analyse impact on profitability and pricing.
• Support commercial recovery and pricing actions where applicable.
• Maintain cost tracking and reporting mechanisms.

4. Strategic Planning & Business Excellence

• Support strategic planning initiatives and annual strategy deployment.
• Coordinate policy deployment and performance tracking.
• Support TQM, business excellence, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Prepare presentations and analyses for leadership reviews.

5. Market Intelligence & Research

• Conduct market research and industry analysis.
• Monitor competitor activities, customer developments, and industry trends.
• Identify growth opportunities and emerging market developments.
• Prepare management reports on market intelligence.

6. Brand Promotion & Marketing Communications

• Support execution of branding and marketing communication initiatives.
• Coordinate participation in exhibitions, trade shows, conferences, and customer events.
• Manage promotional campaigns and brand visibility initiatives.
• Support development of marketing collateral and digital communication.

7. Industry & Government Liaison

• Coordinate interactions with industry bodies such as ACMA, CII, ARAI, SIAM, and other forums.
• Support participation in industry committees, seminars, and networking platforms.
• Track industry developments relevant to the business.

8. Event Planning & Execution

• Coordinate annual business events, customer meets, trade exhibitions, and marketing events.
• Support event planning, budgeting, execution, and post-event reviews.
• Ensure professional representation of MEI at customer and industry platforms.

Educational Qualifications

Essential

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Mechanical / Automobile preferred)
• MBA from a reputed institution

Preferred

• MBA in Marketing, Finance, Operations, or Strategy

Experience

• 8-15 years of experience in Automotive OEM or Tier-1 component industry.
• Exposure to:
  • Business Planning
  • Budgeting & Forecasting
  • Costing & Pricing
  • Market Intelligence
  • Commercial Analytics
  • Strategic Planning

Key Skills

• Business Planning
• Budgeting & Forecasting
• Costing & Pricing
• Financial Analysis
• Power BI
• Advanced Excel
• Market Research
• Strategic Thinking
• Presentation Skills
• Stakeholder Management