Lead-Strategy

Deepak Nitrite; Vadodara; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Deepak Nitrite in Vadodara seeks a strategic professional to lead Business Case Development & Analysis. You will identify opportunities based on market intelligence and internal capabilities, and build robust financial models to validate assumptions.

You will collaborate with R&D, operations and commercial teams to translate data into actionable insights, drive margin initiatives, and support market entry and growth plans.

Qualifications

• Experience in building business cases and financial models.
• Ability to gather inputs from multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Identify new product and project opportunities from market intelligence and internal capabilities.
• Build robust business cases and financial models validating key assumptions.
• Engage with business, R&D, operations and commercial teams to translate data into insights.
• Analyze data, trade and competitor trends to derive conclusions and recommendations.
• Prepare decision-ready documentation for leadership.
• Drive margin-improvement initiatives and assist in cost optimization.

Skills

Market intelligence

Financial modelling

Stakeholder engagement

Data analysis

Strategic planning

Mentoring

Job description

Business Case Development & Analysis

• Identify new product and project opportunities based on market intelligence and internal capabilities, in line with the business's growth objectives.
• Build robust business cases and financial models, validating key assumptions (market size, pricing, costs, capex, ramp-up) with inputs from customers, suppliers and internal teams.
• Engage with business, R&D, operations and commercial stakeholders to gather accurate information and translate it into clear insights.
• Analyze organizational and industry data, trade and export-import flows, and competitor and pricing trends to derive conclusions and recommendations.
• Prepare decision-ready documentation and presentations for the Head Strategy, CEO and leadership team.

Margin & Portfolio Initiatives

• Drive assigned margin-improvement initiatives, such as strategic sourcing, by-product valorization, grade and product-mix upgrading, and new applications, from analysis through implementation tracking.
• Support raw material outlooks and price forecasting for key inputs.
• Partner with procurement to evaluate alternate vendors, suppliers and materials for an optimized cost position.
• Support the design of new business and operating models, including service-led and contract-manufacturing approaches for select businesses.

Speed to Market & Market Establishment

• Take assigned new products from opportunity assessment through market evaluation, financial evaluation and commercialization, ensuring progress against defined timelines.
• Work with marketing on segmentation, product definition, positioning and pricing strategy to win in the marketplace.
• Collaborate with R&D, operations and quality to ensure the product delivered meets customer specifications and target cost.
• Establish the market for new products as a proof of concept, securing initial customers, approvals and repeat orders.
• Transfer established products to the sales team, typically within three months of market stabilization, with a documented handover.

Market & Competitive Intelligence

• Track competitor actions, market behavior and geopolitical, trade and regulatory developments, and present implications with recommended actions.
• Identify attractive markets, segments and geographies, and support business plans to enter them.
• Help the business anticipate and respond to market shifts to protect operations and growth objectives.

Growth Pipeline & Inorganic Opportunities

• Maintain the growth-project pipeline and stage-gate documentation; track progress against the business's growth ambition and flag gaps early.
• Screen and evaluate new markets, unexplored segments, outsourcing and partnership opportunities to extend product reach.
• Support M&A and strategic partnership evaluations through target screening, market and financial analysis, valuation inputs and due-diligence coordination.

Collaboration & Capability

• Work as the bridge between strategy and business, marketing, R&D, operations and procurement teams on assigned initiatives.

Mentor analysts and contribute to building the strategy team's analytical and business-analytics capability.