IN_Senior Manager_Building Materials_Customer Consulting_Advisory_Mumbai

Job Description & Summary 

A career within Consulting Services will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients leverage transformation to enhance their customer experiences. 

Shape how India’s industrial champions grow. 

We are looking for a Senior Manager to lead highimpact customer, sales, marketing, service and growth transformations for leading players in Auto, Building Materials and Industrial Products. This role sits at the intersection of strategy, sales, marketing, service, digital and execution on the ground. 

*Responsibilities: 

1. Lead client transformations across sales, marketing and service 

Partner with CXOs and business heads to define the customer, sales, marketing, and service transformation agenda. 

Translate boardroom ambition into clear roadmaps with measurable impact across revenue, acquisition, retention, loyalty and service experience. 

2. Design winning commercial and growth strategies 

Develop growth, marketentry and gotomarket strategies for priority segments and channels. 

Shape programs on channel and influencer strategy, distribution expansion, salesforce effectiveness, trade marketing/ loyalty programs, key account management, and broader routetomarket optimization. 

Support pricing and portfolio strategy to drive profitable, sustainable growth. 

Lead omni-channel transformation – define the role of physical, digital and hybrid channels and create seamless customer and influencer journeys. 

Drive e-commerce and marketplace acceleration where relevant (e.g., B2B platforms, e-retail, D2C), incl. assortment, content, promotions and partner management. 

3. Drive digital- and AIled transformation 

Identify use cases where digital, data and AI can transform sales, marketing, service and channel performance. 

Work with client and internal teams to design and implement solutions (e.g., digital tools for salesforce and influencers, selfservice portals, personalization engines, nextbestaction models, performance dashboards). 

Build adoption and embed new digital ways of working. 

4. Drive execution and impact on the ground 

Lead multidisciplinary teams to pilot, scale and institutionalize new practices across regions and channels. 

Set up performance dashboards, review cadences and governance to ensure impact is delivered and sustained. 

5. Bring insight and innovation 

Use data, analytics and market research to uncover growth opportunities, customer pain points and channel gaps. 

Stay ahead of sector trends (e.g., digital channels, influencer ecosystems, loyalty, productivity tools) and convert them into pragmatic, implementable solutions. 

6. Build capability – for clients and our firm 

Coach client teams on new processes, tools and behaviours across sales, marketing and service. 

Mentor junior consultants and contribute to building our Customer Transformation practice. 

  *Mandatory skill sets  

• Demonstrated track record / exposure to 

• Growth, market entry and gotomarket strategy. 

• Channel, distributor, dealer and influencer management (including loyalty and incentive programs). 

• Sales execution, salesforce effectiveness and key account management. 

• Marketing and brand / portfolio strategy, including activation and campaign effectiveness. 

• Customer service and experience design, including postsales and lifecycle management. 

• Pricing, value proposition design and mix / margin improvement. 

• Digital and dataled initiatives in sales, marketing or service (e.g., CRM, digital tools, analytics, AI use cases). 

• Operating model and organization design, including performance management and governance for frontline and commercial teams. 

*Preferred skill sets  

Skills and Behaviors 

• Strong structured problemsolving and analytical skills; comfort working with quantitative and qualitative data. 

• Ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders; confident in CXOlevel discussions. 

• Clear, impactful communication and storytelling – can convert complex analysis into simple, persuasive narratives. 

• High learning agility – quickly understands new sectors, clients and topics and translates them into action. 

• Strong cando attitude – proactive, handson and resilient in ambiguous, fastchanging environments. 

• Collaborative leadership style; able to lead crossfunctional teams and work effectively with client counterparts. 

• Willingness to travel and spend time on the ground with clients and channel partners. 

*Years of experience required  

• Preferred consulting background (Big 4 & M Level) 

• Relevant work experience – 2+ years, preferred of consulting experience. 

*Education Qualification   

• 6–10 years of relevant experience, either: 

• In toptier consulting firms or In leading Auto / Building Materials / Industrial Products players in roles spanning strategy, sales, marketing, service or digital. 

• MBA or equivalent from TierI institutes (e.g., IIM A/B/C/I/K/L, ISB, SPJIMR, XLRI, MDI, FMS) or strong TierII institutes (other IIMs, IITVGSOM, XIMB, NMIMS, IMTG, SIBM), or an equivalent strong academic profile.