Regional Strategy and Strategic Project, GrabExpress

GET TO KNOW THE ROLE

• Scanning the business environment involving the regional business and trends to identify key growth opportunities for GrabExpress that will build sustainable competitive advantages
• Translating company-level strategies into actionable functional deliverables and work with GrabExpress Leadership to align with market opportunities
• Driving decision making and ensure major initiatives are coherent with the business strategic direction
• Sustaining the momentum of strategy execution and instilling organisation discipline to realise commitments to strategic plans

DAY TO DAY ACTIVITIES

• Develop and/or update the company’s strategies on a periodic cadence, including identifying and prioritising major cross-functional initiatives by synthesizing
• -> Internal business performance and competencies
• -> External trends (market, customer, competitor, regulatory, technological)
• Provide inputs and advice the Head of GrabExpress and leadership team on key issues (e.g. strategic initiatives, country level plans and major investments) based on clear issue framing, system’s level thinking and rigorous analyses
• Bridge business opportunities with product development via a keen grasp of the business imperatives and clear understanding of the possibilities and/or limitations of technology
• Lead the development of experimental business opportunities including development of baseline capabilities, definition of the parameters of success and ensuring smooth transition to operations
• Support Operations Heads on Country Level Strategy and facilitate cross pollination of best practices and approaches
• Align business organizational structure to achieve strategic objectives including identifying internal capabilities to be developed or strengthened
• Execute the business planning rhythm to ensure follow through of the functional deliverables via discussions, updates and action-tracking (e.g. Monthly management Meeting)
• Communicate business vision to stakeholders and support translation into operational reality via various channels

THE MUST HAVES

• Minimum 4 years of relevant work experience in Management Consulting or equivalent related role (s);

• Excellent leadership, management, problem-solving, negotiations, interpersonal, and communications skills;

• Go-getter and proactively assume responsibilities and ownership

• Ability to work independently and deal effectively with complex, changing, and ambiguous environments;

• Able to initiate and maintain strong relationships with peers and country teams;