Strategy Manager

D Decor; Mumbai; On-site; INR 2,800,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

D Decor in Mumbai, India, seeks a seasoned executive assistant/Operations leader to partner with the founder and management. You will manage calendars, surface insights, and drive cross‑functional initiatives end-to-end to support strategic priorities.

Ideal candidates bring an MBA from a Tier 2 school, 6–10 years of experience in consulting or operations, and strong Excel/PowerPoint skills, with a proactive, growth‑minded mindset.

Qualifications

• MBA from a Tier 2 business school with 6-10 years of work experience.
• Prior experience in consulting, operations, founder’s office, or project management preferred.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Strong grasp of AI tools like ChatGPT.
• Highly organized, energetic, and grow alongside a business leader.

Responsibilities

• Attend meetings with management, take structured notes, and circulate action items with deadlines.
• Proactively follow up with internal stakeholders to ensure execution of action items across departments.
• Manage and optimize the Management's calendar, prioritizing meetings by strategic value and deadlines.
• Prioritize, and occasionally respond to Management's email inbox, ensuring nothing important is missed.
• Prepare pre-reads, briefing notes, and follow-up documentation before and after meetings.
• Own end-to-end project tracking across management-led initiatives including timelines, owners, risks, and dependencies.
• Build and maintain dashboards for visibility on strategic priorities.
• Coordinate across departments to ensure alignment and drive accountability on cross-functional projects.
• Ensure timely delivery of all work related to management's ongoing initiatives.
• Propose and implement automation hacks (e.g., email summaries, meeting recaps).
• Maintain an AI Productivity Stack for the management and evolve it over time.
• Conduct Excel-based analysis and prepare business review decks with crisp visuals and takeaways.

Skills

Executive communication

Advanced Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

AI tools (ChatGPT)

Education

MBA (Tier 2 business school)

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

AI tools

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Attend all meetings with the Management, actively take structured notes, and circulate action items with deadlines.
• Proactively follow up with internal stakeholders to ensure execution of action items across departments.
• Manage and optimize the Managements calendar prioritize meetings based on strategic value, deadlines, and bandwidth.
• Prioritize, and occasionally respond to Managements email inbox ensuring nothing important is missed.
• Prepare pre-reads, briefing notes, and follow-up documentation before and after meetings.

Project Management & Initiative Tracking

• Own end-to-end project tracking across Management-led initiatives including timelines, owners, risks, and dependencies.
• Build and maintain dashboards (e.g., using Excel) for visibility on strategic priorities.
• Coordinate across departments to ensure alignment and drive accountability on cross-functional projects.
• Ensure timely delivery of all work related to Management’s ongoing initiatives.

AI Tools & Workflow Innovation

• Dedicate 30 mins daily to exploring emerging AI tools (productivity, communication, data analysis, etc.).
• Run weekly 1:1 session on new tools and techniques that improve efficiency.
• Propose and implement automation hacks (e.g., email summaries, meeting recaps).
• Maintain an “AI Productivity Stack” for the management and evolve it over time.

Business Analysis & Decision Support

• Conduct Excel-based analysis: sales trends, channel-wise performance, inventory velocity, margin diagnostics, etc.
• Prepare business review decks and management reports with crisp visuals and takeaways.
• Collaborate with the finance, sales, and supply chain teams to synthesize business performance data.

Administrative Leadership (Non-Secretarial)

• Manage inbound meeting requests and screen for relevance.
• Coordinate external interactions: vendors, advisors, consultants, partners, etc.
• Prepare documentation, SOPs, and internal communications as needed.

Desired Candidate Profile

• MBA from a Tier 2 business school with 6-10 years of work experience.
• Prior experience in consulting, operations, founder’s office, or project management preferred.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Strong grasp of AI tools like ChatGPT etc.
• Highly organized, energetic, and grow alongside a business leader.

Bonus Responsibilities (Optional Based on Capability)

• Build internal templates for process standardization (e.g., meeting formats, SOP trackers).
• Shadow the management in strategic external meetings and prepare call notes.
• Research competitive trends in the home textile space (India + global).
• Prepare and coordinate board meeting materials.