About this role
<p>Bridgestone is dedicated to "serving society with superior quality." Our mission and values ensure world-class customer service and inspire us to be an outstanding corporate citizen in the communities in which we live and work.</p> <p>Our engineers push the boundaries of what’s possible to improve performance, safety and quality. Like you, we’re driven to be the best. And it starts with our passion for innovation.</p> <div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b> POSITION SUMMARY & JOB RESPONSIBILITIES</b></H2> </div><div><p>To develop and refine strategies that drive business expansion into competitive markets, ensure sustained revenue and profit growth during economic challenges, and support overall corporate decision-making to achieve organizational objectives</p> <p><strong>Key Responsibilities:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Variance analysis of OB vs PY vs Last budget (Power BI Dashboard).</li> <li>Financial reconciliation with OEMs/open invoices closure/GST matter.</li> <li>Facilitating price negotiations like inflation/EPR recovery etc.</li> <li>Facilitating planning and execution of the annual operating plan for business units & functions that address corporate strategic imperatives.</li> <li>Understanding the business needs and identifying initiatives that will allow a business to meet those strategic goals.</li> <li>Support in forecasting monthly/annual sales and revenue targets & driving initiatives to achieve business goals.</li> <li>Ensure that profitability targets are met and support the solutions for operational issues that may impact revenue and profit.</li> <li>Price provisioning report to finance on monthly basis.</li> <li>Tracking of RMI through Crisil report and drafting letter for submission to OEM.</li> <li>Competitor analysis (Supply/Pricing) to support in implementation of the strategy.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Key Areas:</strong></p> <ul> <li>On-time and accurate submission of Reports</li> <li>On-time submission of the variance analysis of OB vs PY vs Last budget (Power BI Dashboard)</li> <li>Ensure that profitability targets are met.</li> <li>Facilitating price negotiations like inflation/EPR recovery etc.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Global/ Region/ Local Initiatives</strong></p> <p>Participate in Regional / Global conferences, Supply Chain Conferences, Collaborate with VP BSAPIC for improving the efficiency & synergy in BSID LSCM operations. Contribution by driving the global projects.<strong><u> </u></strong></p> <ul> <li>Prepare and submit reporting requirements and needs when required</li> </ul> <p><strong>Transversal Responsibility </strong></p> <ul> <li>All business decisions and actions must serve and be in line with the Group’s Essence, E8 corporate commitment, principles & values, TRACE, and our way to serve the community</li> <li>Partnering with Business & Functional Leaders to champion, communicate, inculcate, drive, promote and live Bridgestone’s Essence, E8 and TRACE principles & values</li> <li>Fostering and promoting diversity i.e. gender-, generational, cultural, nationality-diversity in all aspects</li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>JOB REQUIREMENTS</b></H2> </div><div><ul> <li>Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or a related field; MBA preferred.</li> <li>Experience: 5+ years in business planning, forecasting, or financial analysis, preferably in the automotive or manufacturing sector.</li> <li>Technical Skills: Proficiency in Excel, SAP, Power BI, or similar tools for data analysis and forecasting.</li> <li>Business Acumen: Strong understanding of strategic business needs, sales forecasting, and profitability management.</li> <li>Industry Knowledge: Familiarity with industry research agencies (SIAM, FADA, Crisil, IHS) and experience working with OEMs and handling RMI reports.</li> <li>Budgeting & Forecasting: Expertise in expense budget preparation, control, and driving initiatives to meet revenue and profitability targets.</li> <li>Communication & Coordination: Excellent communication skills to collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders.</li> <li>Problem-Solving & Time Management: Strong problem-solving ability with a track record of managing multiple projects and deadlines effectively. </li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Bridgestone’s Global Leadership Capabilities </b></H2> </div><div><p> </p> <ul> <li><strong>Establishes strategic direction and effectively communicates the vision: </strong>Communicates a clear and inspiring vision for the business; drives competitive and innovative strategies and is able to generate alignment against the strategic direction.</li> <li><strong>Demonstrates business acumen to achieve results through others</strong>: Understands, educates and applies the fundamental business concepts by which a company operates in order to deliver results and create a climate that fosters personal commitment to excellence.</li> <li><strong>Promote and enhance company culture</strong>: Champions the organization’s shared values and beliefs.</li> <li><strong>Effectively manages across cultures:</strong> Achieves effective collaboration, alignment, and communication across multiple dimensions of cultural diversity.</li> <li><strong>Boss (Customer) focused</strong> – serves the customers having the end user in mind: Makes BOSS (end users) and their needs a primary focus of one’s actions; develops and sustains productive relationships with BOSS; leverages BOSS intimacy in the development of new products, services and competitive advantage.</li> <li><strong>Demonstrates self-awareness and emotional intelligence</strong>: Recognizes one’s personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and limits. Understands emotions and their effects.</li> <li><strong>Intellectually curious in support of learning agility</strong>: Actively identifies new areas for learning; regularly creates and takes advantage of learning opportunities; uses newly gained knowledge and skill on the job and learns through their application.</li> <li><strong>Embraces and leads change and innovation</strong>: Encourages different and innovative approaches to address problems and opportunities; facilitates the implementation and acceptance of change within the organization.</li> <li><strong>Identifies and develops organisational talent</strong>: Attracts high calibre diverse talent, leads and guides others to accomplish organizational goals and objectives through on‐going development and collaboration.</li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:14.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Local contract terms only</H2> </div><div></div></div></div><p>Understanding that Serving Society with Superior Quality is our heritage and our mission, and embracing our responsibility to future generations as a global leader in our industries, Bridgestone and its teammates around the world employ innovation and technology to improve the way people move, live, work and play.</p>