• Develop, implement, and manage the organization's information security roadmap, policies, procedures, and standards which is future-proof and is also in alignment with regulatory requirements and industry best practices. 
• Conduct regular risk assessments and vulnerability scans to identify potential security weaknesses and develop mitigation strategies.
• Monitor and analyze security incidents, investigate security breaches, and recommend appropriate remedial actions to prevent future occurrences.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that security controls are integrated into all aspects of the organization's operations, including software development, IT infrastructure, and business processes. 
• Provide guidance and support to IT and business stakeholders on security-related matters, including the implementation of security controls, incident response procedures, and employee awareness training. 
• Stay abreast of emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and security technologies to proactively mitigate risks and enhance the organization's security posture. 
• Liaise with regulatory authorities, auditors, and external vendors to ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards, such as RBI guidelines, ISO 27001, DPDP and NIST, GDPR wherever applicable. 
• Lead and participate in security audits, assessments, and certifications to demonstrate the effectiveness of the organization's security program. 
• Develop and maintain incident response plans, business continuity strategies, and disaster recovery procedures to ensure the resilience of critical business operations. 
• Foster a culture of security awareness and compliance among employees through training programs, awareness campaigns, and regular communication channels.
• Lead, Implement, and Review Hardware, Network, and Software Security Standards and Security Controls within the Organization, to protect systems, data, and assets from both internal and external threats and prevent information and data loss/frauds. 
• Identify and Implement Security Assessment and Testing Processes across the organization, including but not limited to Penetration Testing, Secure Software Development, Vulnerability Management, etc. 
• Identify Best Security Products/Tools for various purposes and implementation of same. 
• Proactively Monitor and identify Security Issues and potential threats, new vulnerabilities/threats and continuously improve security standards within the organization. 
• Provide strategic risk guidance and consultation for IT Projects, including security risk assessment of Implementation Architecture, technical standards, and protocols. 
• • Real-time analysis, investigations, and forensics, if a need arises, and ensure to avoid and strengthen security measures.
• Develop strategies to handle security incidents and trigger investigations.
• Maintain organization-level risk register and risk mitigation plans and proposals.
• Identify & internally escalate and potential red flags related to the engagement.
• Ensure compliance with engagement plans and internal quality & risk management procedures. 
• Conducting a continuous assessment of current IT security practices and systems and identifying areas for improvement. • Developing and implementing business continuity plans (BCP) 
• Conduct all IT audits with regulators and internal and external IT-IS audits. 
• Disseminate the organization's IT security goals and objectives to business units and senior management & Evaluate IT security goals and objectives against the benchmarks.
• Working with all business units to determine possible risks and risk management processes. 
• Ensuring that newly-acquired technology complies with the IT security regulations. 
• Place a review of cyber security risks/ arrangements/ preparedness before the Board/ RMCB/ ITSC at least on a quarterly basis

• Extensive experience in information security management, risk assessment, and compliance within the BFSI/NBFC sector. 

• In-depth knowledge of relevant regulatory requirements, including RBI guidelines, SEBI regulations, and other applicable laws. 

• Strong understanding of security technologies, such as firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, DLP, Cloud Security, SIEM and endpoint security solutions, PAM, SSO. 

• Broad familiarity with core infrastructure fundamentals (Datacenter Server, Storage, Network, etc), SOC, NOC 

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex security concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders. 

• Proven leadership abilities, with experience in leading security initiatives and driving cross-functional collaboration. 

• Analytical mindset with the ability to think strategically and solve complex security challenges. 

• Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning and professional development in the field of information security. 

• Ability to understand and correlate the risk data from various sources and effectively use it to monitor/showcase risk to the firm 

• Experience in overseeing BCP-DR Drills from an IS point of view 

• Knowledge of Cloud Security (AWS, Azure, Saleforce, GCP) 

• Knowledge of WAF (Web application firewall) 

• Ability to set org-level device policies, network security policies, application security policies, and data access policies and ensure compliance. 

• Ability to manage different stakeholders on Information Security requirements. 

About the client:  PSS has been mandated to hire a Plant Head for a leading company manufacturing copper alloy products used in industries like Automotive, Electrical Components, Aerospace, Marine etc.

Job Purpose: 

The key purpose of this role is to oversee the overall operation and management of the Factory and ensure the smooth running of all plant processes. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Oversee all aspects of the copper plant operations to ensure smooth running and achieve production targets.
• Develop and implement operational strategies to improve efficiency and optimize production.
• Coordinate and manage the workflow, resources, and equipment to meet production schedules.
• Monitor and analyze plant performance indicators to identify areas for improvement and implement corrective actions.
• Ensure compliance with safety regulations and promote a culture of safety in the plant. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address operational issues and implement process improvements.
• Manage and develop a team of plant personnel, including training, performance evaluation, and mentoring.
• Maintain effective communication with stakeholders, including suppliers and customers, to ensure smooth operations and customer satisfaction.
• Monitor and manage plant budgets and expenses to meet financial targets.
• Stay updated with industry trends, technologies, and best practices to drive continuous improvement.
• Implement lean manufacturing techniques.

Educational Qualifications And Experience: 

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field preferably Metallurgy/ Mechanical.
• 20 years of experience in non-ferrous foundry / forging plant operations, with at least 5 years in a plant head role
• Proven track record of successfully managing plant operations and achieving production targets.
• Knowledge of safety regulations and best practices in plant operations.

About the client:  PSS has been mandated to hire a Head of Marketing for a well-known Indian ethnic foods brand.

Job Purpose: 

To drive business growth, enhance brand identity, and ensure profitability. The key objective is to develop and execute effective marketing strategies, brand management, customer engagement, and new business/product development initiatives. By collaborating with cross-functional teams, this role will support the sales function to acquire new customers and retain existing ones.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop annual marketing & brand strategy aligned with sales targets, ensuring clear objectives.
• Budget Planning - Prepare an annual budget in line with the annual sales target of the company.
• Spearheading the comprehensive development of marketing plans to drive business growth and success.
• Orchestrating the seamless execution of result-driven marketing strategies to maximize their impact and reach.
• Prioritizing audience expansion and optimizing product and service adoption through targeted marketing initiatives.
• Conducting thorough and insightful evaluations of marketing strategies and their implementation, providing comprehensive reports to guide future improvements.
• Formalize and refresh the brand identity, ensuring consistency across all touchpoints.
• Conduct market research to understand target audience behavior and trends.
• Identify key marketing channels (ATL, BTL, digital) for campaign execution.
• Define objectives, messaging, and creative elements for each marketing campaign.
• Explore new trends and behaviors to identify potential business opportunities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for new business and product development.
• Create go-to-market (GTM) strategies and execution plans.
• Activate and execute brand and tactical campaigns across multiple channels.
• Oversee the implementation of marketing communication and engagement initiatives.
• Manage social media presence and engagement and execute PR and CRM programs.
• Coordinate with internal and external partners for campaign production and delivery.
• Collaborate with creative, PR, and media agencies for content production and placement.
• Support successful business launches and implement marketing strategies for growth.

Key Skills

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to effectively convey marketing strategies and messages.
• Creativity and innovation in developing marketing campaigns (out-of-the-box thinking).
• Market and consumer understanding through market research and analysis.
• Customer-centric approach and ability to translate insights into effective marketing initiatives.
• Proficiency in data analysis for tracking campaign performance and making data-driven decisions.
• Leadership and team management skills to inspire and guide the marketing team. An inspiring leader for the team.
• Strategic thinking to develop long-term marketing plans.

About the client:  PSS has been mandated to hire a Sales Manager – North America & Canada for a well-known Indian ethnic foods brand.

Job Purpose: 

To drive the growth and expansion of the brand in the US and Canadian markets by managing distributor relationships, developing strategic sales plans, and executing initiatives to achieve revenue targets. He/She will be responsible for identifying and onboarding new distributors, negotiating contracts, and collaborating closely with internal teams to optimize product offerings and promotional activities tailored to the North American market. The role aims to maximize profitability, enhance market share, and foster long-term partnerships with key stakeholders to ensure sustained growth and customer satisfaction in the region.

Key Responsibilities

• Distributor Management:

• Identify, onboard, and manage relationships with distributors across the US and Canada.
• Conduct regular visits to distributors to assess performance, provide support, and strengthen partnerships.
• Accompany distributor sales personnel on market visits to understand local dynamics, customer preferences, and sales opportunities.
• Monitor distributor performance, provide feedback, and implement corrective actions as needed.
• Negotiate contracts, pricing, and terms with distributors to ensure profitability and compliance with company policies.

• Sales Strategy & Planning:

• Develop and implement strategic sales plans to achieve company objectives and revenue targets.
• Analyze market trends, competitor activities, and customer preferences to identify growth opportunities.
• Coordinate with marketing and product development teams to launch new products and promotions tailored to the North American market.

• Sales Forecasting & Reporting:

• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual sales forecasts.
• Monitor sales metrics, analyze data, and provide insights to inform decision-making and strategic planning.

• Customer Relationship Management:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with key accounts, retailers, and industry stakeholders.
• Address customer inquiries, resolve issues, and ensure high levels of customer satisfaction.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in International Business, Marketing, or related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in sales management, preferably in the food industry.
• Proven track record of achieving sales targets and driving revenue growth.
• Strong leadership, communication, and negotiation skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to travel extensively within North America.

About the client: PSS has been mandated to hire an R&D Manager for a well-known Indian ethnic foods brand.

Job Purpose: 

• Develop new products from concept to commercialization while adhering to R&D processes (Ideation, Prototype, Lab Trial, Commercial Trial & Shelf Life Study).
• Evaluate new products developed through interaction with focus group discussions, product managers, and export managers; make changes to the recipe if necessary.
• Document recipes, processes, specifications (RM & FG), and HACCP.
• Enter BOMs in the EBS system for new and modified products.
• Modify existing products to meet customer requirements and competition while maintaining costs.
• Conduct market research and trend analysis to identify consumer preferences, market opportunities, and competitive landscape.
• Stay updated on regulatory requirements (domestic & international markets) and develop products accordingly.
• Collaborate with suppliers, vendors, and external partners to source new ingredients, technologies, and processes.
• Identify substitutes for raw materials and modify existing production processes to reduce costs without sacrificing quality.
• Communicate R&D updates, project status, and key findings to senior management and cross-functional teams.

Key Responsibilities

Planning:

• Interact with marketing, sales, and export departments to identify new products that meet consumer/customer requirements and competition.
• Develop project timelines, milestones, and deliverables; track progress and adjust plans as necessary.
• Stay abreast of the latest developments in relevant food technology in domestic and international markets.

Operation:

• Monitor product yields/wastages.
• Review HACCP.
• Conduct sensory evaluation of manufactured and outsourced products as scheduled.
• Ensure compliance with quality standards, food safety regulations, and industry best practices.
• Implement quality control measures and protocols to maintain product consistency and integrity.
• Handle customer complaints and conduct root cause analysis.
• Audit production processes and make changes/improvements where applicable.
• Perform periodic stock inspections, process inspections, and process validations.
• Evaluate new products with product managers and make changes to the recipe if necessary.
• Review and finalize new and modified recipes and processes after satisfactory trial runs and test marketing; ensure documentation of recipes and production processes.
• Interact with the production department to conduct trial runs for new/modified products/processes as scheduled and modify recipes/production processes where necessary.
• Ensure periodic inspection of stored products to prevent spoilage, identify methods for salvaging spoiled products if any, and modify recipes/processes to prevent recurrence of problems.
• Analyze cost implications of new product formulations, ingredients, and processes to ensure profitability.
• Interact with the purchasing department for raw material prices and identify substitute materials to reduce the cost of the final product.
• Identify and select processes/process equipment.
• Visit outsourced product locations and conduct audits.

Training:

• Provide shop floor and classroom training to staff at factories.
• Provide product insights/categories to the marketing/sales department when required.
• Stay updated on regulatory changes and industry standards related to food safety, labelling, and nutritional guidelines.

Team Development:

• Foster a collaborative and supportive work environment that encourages creativity, learning, and growth.

About the Client: PSS has been mandated to hire an Executive Assistant to the Chairman & Managing Director for a well-established and leading organization in the Pharmaceutical space.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide administrative support to ensure efficient operations of the CMD’s office
• Provide a snapshot of all important emails, and communications on a daily basis to CMD
• Follow up with all HODs on various To Do’s and provide fortnightly updates to CMD
• Coordinate for Monthly Review Meet & Board meetings and be responsible for preparing management reports before meetings  
• Managing schedules, organizing meetings, handling correspondence, maintaining records, and assisting with various tasks as needed to facilitate smooth workflow.
• Working with management in the decision-making process to provide information and make presentations  
• MIS reporting, to be part all meetings along with CMD and take minutes of the meetings and ensure follow-up action on those either coordinating/reminding all stakeholders
• Manage all communication on behalf of CMD’s office  
• To manage  busy and tight calendar scheduling  requiring regular interaction with both internal executives  and external agencies/business partners
• Coordinate a variety of complex executive meetings & appointments for the CMD
• To make timely travel arrangements and reservations for the Chairman as needed.
• To coordinate with various departments – IT, Admin., etc and ensure timely resolution of issues & communication of feedback.

Educational Qualifications:

• MBA will be preferred.

Experience & Desired competencies:

• Around 15-20 years of relevant experience as working as an Executive Assistant necessarily with Promoters/ CEOs/ MDs - senior leadership of organisations.
• Preferably should have experience in preparing PowerPoint presentations.
• Preferably should have experience in handling travel arrangements for senior management level.
• IT savvy- Strong knowledge of MS Office particularly - Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook; Google Meet and related apps.
• Flexibility in terms of availability.
• Excellent calendar management skills, including the coordination of complex executive meetings.

About the client: PSS has been mandated to hire an S4 Integration Lead for a leading MNC brand in the FMCG Industry.

Job Purpose: 

The key purpose of this role is to design, implement, and manage the integration solutions within the SAP S/4 HANA environment. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Develop and implement a comprehensive integration strategy for SAP S/4 HANA, aligning with business objectives and IT architecture.
• Design end-to-end integration solutions that cover SAP S/4 HANA modules and external systems.
• Create integration architecture blueprints and documentation.
• Provide integration solutions for the implementation of RPA/BOTS with SAP S/4
• Lead the technical implementation of integration solutions, ensuring adherence to best practices and standards.
• Configure and customize SAP PI/PO, SAP Cloud Integration, SAP BTP/CPI architecture or other relevant middleware tools
• Work closely with business analysts, developers, and other stakeholders to gather requirements and communicate integration design decisions.
• Provide guidance and support to development teams during the implementation phase.
• Develop and execute integration test plans to validate the functionality and performance of integration solutions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to integration processes.
• Implement monitoring tools and processes to proactively identify and address integration issues.
• Continuously optimize integration processes for improved performance and efficiency.

Educational Qualifications And Experience: 

• Appx 15 years of proven experience as an SAP S/4 Integration Lead or similar role and at least for 2 SAP S/4 implementation leading as an Integration Lead
• In-depth knowledge of SAP S/4HANA modules and integration tools and technologies (SAP PI/PO, SAP Cloud Integration, APIs, etc.) and associated leading practices.
• SAP certifications related to integration or relevant modules are a plus.

Responsible for Market Risk Management functions

• Review of Market Risk, Product policies, etc. in line with the ever-changing regulatory scenarios and in line with leading industry practices.
• Determination of Market Risk appetite.
• Responsible for valuation & review of Treasury portfolios – Forex, Fixed Income, Derivatives, Equity, and structured products.
• Responsible for monitoring and analyzing sensitivities like Value at Risk and Modified duration, PV01, and other sensitivities like Greeks for Trading Portfolio.
• Review and enhancement of VaR (Historical simulation & MC VaR), Stress VaR, and Stress testing frameworks.
• Performing proactive scenario and simulation analysis for treasury trading portfolio on plausible economic events and scenarios.
• Defining stress scenarios and stress testing methodologies and their enhancement.
• Conducting Backtesting and Performing root cause analysis for Backtesting exceptions including statistical backtesting.
• Computation of Capital Charge and Risk Weighted Assets for Market Risk with respect to different product classes and Computation of Market-related off-market Credit Exposure as per standardized approach and advanced approach (SA-CCR).
• Understanding and implementing advanced risk analytics such as CVA, SIMM, PFE, FRTB, etc.
• Validation of market data / derived market data and positions for valuation and risk analysis
• Conducting P&L contribution (Attribution) analysis based on first and second-order sensitivities and underlying market movements
• In-depth understanding of advanced (Structured) products like Barrier options, Digitals, Swaption, Caps & floors, CDS, CLN, etc. including its valuation and risk profile.
• Shall have a granular understating of the latest regulatory developments in the market risk domain including IND-AS.
• Should be exposed to Market Risk System implementation.
• Responsible for RBS submission related to market risk data to RBI in line with RBI expectations.
• Responsible for handling Audit queries and providing active assistance in audit
• Responsible for timely submission of Regulatory /Internal daily and periodical analysis and Market risk submission to RMC and Board.
• Counterparty credit exposure under the RBI regime including bilateral netting and SA-CCR
• Should have exposure and understanding of LIBOR transition exposure assessment, its impact, and Valuation and Risk assessment post the demise of LIBOR.
• Setup of Valuation and Risk for new products across the Treasury and Risk management system
• Enhancing processes and policies in line with the Industry best practice and RBI/regulatory expectations.
• Hedge Effectiveness testing and review.
• Market Risk management committee support and related work including Agenda & Presentation, Action Points & Minutes
• Proactive Market Risk Management.

Educational / Professional Qualification'

• Chartered Accountant, IIM/ IIT, MBA from tier 1 institute / NIBM. Risk Management qualifications like FRM / PRM /CFQ or CFA will have an added advantage.

Technical Knowledge:

• Familiarity with Murex / Calypso / SAS will have additional advantage
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. 
• Proficient with MS Excel and Excel Macro 
• Understanding the ever-changing market dynamics and its impact on various products and subsequent/proactive strategy of portfolio management. 
• Possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills with an ability to interact at various hierarchical levels, with a specific orientation to stakeholder interests. 
• Well organized and able to perform under stringent timeline pressures without compromising on the end result quality
• Understanding of R Studio / Python would be an added advantage.

About the client: PSS has been mandated to hire a Planning & Performance Manager (Senior Manager) for one of the leading beer and beverage companies that manufactures premium and super-premium brands with sales offices and breweries across the country.