Business Strategy Analyst

FedEx; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

FedEx in Gurgaon seeks a Business Strategist to evaluate strategic objectives, formulate direction and influence decisions based on business trends and data analytics. The role plans and develops recommendations grounded in market insights and competitive strategy, driving actionable findings for senior leadership.

The candidate will lead cross-functional projects, develop complex analyses, and mentor teams while engaging external consultants as needed.

Qualifications

• Masters degree in a quantitative business field or closely related technical field, 4–6 years of relevant experience.
• Experience in strategy development and competitive/market analyses, industry insights, and corporate finance support.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate strategic objectives under limited supervision and influence decision making from data analytics.
• Formulate strategic direction grounded in business trends, market research and consumer behavior.
• Develop research methodologies and opportunity analysis models using statistical and BI tools.
• Engage with leadership and cross-functional teams to provide fact-based recommendations.

Skills

Strategic analysis

Data analytics

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Quantitative skills

Data modeling

Education

Masters degree in a quantitative business field

Tools

MS Office

BI tools

Databases

Data modeling

Job description

Business Strategist:

Location: Gurgaon

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Under limited supervision evaluate strategic objectives, formulate strategic direction, and influence decision making based on assessment of business trends and data analytics.
• Plans, organizes, and develops recommendations grounded in deep understanding of the business, industry & market trends, consumer behavior, customer segments, and competitive strategy.
• Predicts changes in the current market and summarizes insights from proprietary and third-party data & information to create distinctive insights.
• Develops and implements complex business analyses, manages business case development, and business-at-risk assessments.
• Develops research methodologies to understand key strategic issues, identifies data sources (internal and external) and develops complex opportunity analysis models using statistical and BI tools.
• Develops strategic frameworks and manages processes to build business scenarios using strategic thinking and decision science analysis.
• Provides a point of view on key strategic issues across major dimensions of the business commercial, operations, customer segments, technology etc.
• Engages with leadership teams / key stakeholders on identified priorities supported with clear fact-based recommendations and provides actionable insights to leadership teams to recommend course of action.
• Independently work with cross-functional teams on strategic initiatives and acts as an internal consultant to senior management.
• Takes responsibilities to manage external consulting engagements with industry experts and takes on coaching and mentoring roles.

Requirements

• Masters degree in a quantitative business field or closely related technical specialized field of study with 4 to 6 years relevant work experience
• Experience in strategy development, competitive, customer, and industry analysis, market research, analysis of product performance, and support of corporate development / strategic value assessment activities and corporate finance
• Strong communication and presentation skills, problem structuring & problem-solving skills.
• B rong quantitative and analytical skills, including experience in databases, Business Intelligence tools, MS Office products and data modelingB