Associate Divisional Manager - Strategy ISEAA

Daimler-Truck-; Chennai District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Daimler Truck seeks a strategic, results-driven leader to shape and execute the business strategy across the ISEAA region, including India, SEA, Australia, and the Pacific. You will drive governance, performance management, and executive decision support, ensuring regional priorities align with corporate strategy.

Lead multi-market strategy formulation, identify opportunities and risks, and steer transformation initiatives to deliver sustainable impact in a dynamic, multicultural environment.

Qualifications

• Strong strategic thinking and structured problem solving.
• Ability to synthesize multi-region inputs into clear insights.
• Excellent stakeholder management across geographies.

Responsibilities

• Develop ISEAA mid-term and long-term strategic roadmap including India market strategy.
• Establish strategy governance framework and drive performance measurement (BSC).
• Prepare President- CEO & MD-level presentations and drive scenario planning.
• Align regional priorities into MB’ 7 Key Focus Areas and participate in corporate strategy discussions.
• Execute major transformational initiatives within ISEAA strategy.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Execution discipline

Leadership storytelling

Financial analysis

Multi-market exposure

Education

Bachelor's in engineering

MBA/PGDM

Job description

Tasks

We are seeking a strategic and results-driven manger to drive the development and execution of the business strategy across the India, Southeast Asia, Australia, and Pacific (ISEAA) region. The role focuses on shaping growth strategies, driving governance and performance management, supporting executive decision-making, and ensuring alignment between regional and corporate priorities. Working closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams, you will lead strategic planning, identify opportunities and risks, drive transformation initiatives, and deliver sustainable business impact. Success in this role requires strong analytical, stakeholder management, executionand problem-solving skills in a dynamic, multicultural environment.

Regional Strategy Leadership

• Develop ISEAA mid-term and long-term strategic roadmap
• Develop India market strategy end-to-end
• Integrate SEA and AuP strategic imperatives into unified ISEAA direction
• Identify growth opportunities, risks, and strategic gaps across markets
• Lead annual strategy formulation cycle (PESTLE, SWOT, Strategic Imperatives, etc.) for ISEAA & India with support to SEA & AuP

Strategy Governance & Performance Management

• Establish strategy governance framework
• Drive Balanced Scorecard (BSC) deployment across ISEAA
• Lead strategy reviews with regional leaderships
• Track progress vs. targets and trigger corrective actions (PDCA)
• Ensure linkage between strategy, business plan, and financial outcomes

Executive Support decisions

• Prepare President- CEO & MD-level presentations
• Drive scenario planning for planning major Opportunities and Risks
• Recommend strategic actions for market entry, product portfolio, network development, and partnerships

Cross-regional Alignment

• Resolve strategic conflicts between regional priorities
• Align regional priories into MB’ 7 Key Focus Areas (KFA)
• Represent ISEAA strategy in discussions with MB/ DT Corporate Strategy discussions

Transformation & Strategic Projects

• Execute major transformational initiatives
• Steer strategic projects excited within ISEAA Strategy and cross-functional teams

Qualifications

Education Bachelor’s degree in engineering (mandatory), MBA / PGDM (preferred)

Experience

• 08-10 years in strategy, or corporate planning
• Exposure to multi-market / regional business environments preferred

Specific knowledge

• Strong strategic thinking & structured problem solving
• Ability to synthesize complex multi-region inputs into clear insights
• Strong financial and analytical capability
• Excellent stakeholder management across geographies
• High ownership with execution discipline (not just strategy creation)
• Strong communication skills for leadership-level storytelling