Associate Divisional Manager - Strategy ISEAA

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Private Limited; Chennai District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Private Limited seeks a strategic leader to drive business strategy across ISEAA, focusing on growth, governance, and executive decision support. You will oversee multi-market strategy, performance tracking, and transformational initiatives in a dynamic, multicultural setting.

The role requires 8–10 years in strategy, strong financial acumen, and exceptional stakeholder management across geographies, with ownership and execution discipline to deliver results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering is mandatory.
• A MBA / PGDM is preferred.
• 8-10 years in strategy or corporate planning.
• Exposure to multi-market/regional environments is preferred.
• Strong financial and analytical capability.
• Excellent stakeholder management across geographies.
• High ownership with execution discipline.
• Strong communication skills for leadership-level storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Develop ISEAA mid-term and long-term strategic roadmap.
• Develop India market strategy end-to-end.
• Integrate SEA and AuP imperatives into unified ISEAA direction.
• Identify growth opportunities, risks, and strategic gaps across markets.
• Lead annual strategy formulation cycle (PESTLE, SWOT, etc.) for ISEAA & India with SEA & AuP support.
• Establish strategy governance framework.
• Drive Balanced Scorecard deployment across ISEAA.
• Lead strategy reviews with regional leadership.
• Track progress vs. targets and trigger corrective actions (PDCA).
• Ensure linkage between strategy, business plan, and financial outcomes.
• Prepare President-CEO & MD-level presentations.
• Drive scenario planning for major opportunities and risks.
• Recommend strategic actions for market entry, product portfolio, network development, and partnerships.
• Resolve strategic conflicts between regional priorities.
• Align regional priorities into MB' 7 Key Focus Areas (KFA).
• Represent ISEAA strategy in MB/DT Corporate Strategy discussions.
• Execute major transformational initiatives.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Analytical capability

Execution discipline

Leadership storytelling

Education

Bachelor's degree 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
• 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