AVP, Location Lead - Transport and Global Hospitality Services - PUNE
Citi
We seek an experienced and dynamic leader to manage our Pune Operations relating to transportation and Global Hospitality Services (GHS) products - covering cafeteria and pantry service operations among many other related products and services. The ideal candidate should be forward-looking, stakeholder-centric, who needs to drive innovation, ensure service excellence, and uphold our commitment to employee well-being. As a location lead, the candidate will also oversee operations of all BTSS products for the location, ensuring efficiency, compliance and seamless delivery.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
- Develop, Integrate and execute location strategies aligned with organizational and India goals.
- Analyze regional needs and design scalable solutions while working closely with the product leads.
- Stay ahead of industry trends and regulatory changes and ensure compliance.
Operational Excellence
- Manage daily operations, ensuring adherence to schedules, safety, and service quality.
- Monitor KPIs (on-time performance, vehicle utilization, employee satisfaction).
- Resolve escalations promptly and implement preventive measures.
- Partner with the site management and product teams to ensure best of products and services are made available to our colleagues.
Vendor & Stakeholder Management
- Monitor contracts, SLAs, and pricing with transport vendors.
- Conduct regular audits and performance reviews.
- Collaborate with Business, CSIS (Security), HR, RES (Facilities Management), and regional teams on many of the initiatives relating to Transport operations.
- Management of Senior Stakeholder Relationships (Country Management, Senior Citi Leadership, Human Resources)
Compliance & Safety
- Ensure adherence to transport, labour, and environmental regulations.
- Lead safety initiatives, including driver training and incident investigations.
- Assessment & Management of Continuity of Business Transportation Requirements (in conjunction with CSIS, and in-country crisis team)
- Risk & Controls Management
Financial Oversight
- Manage budgets, identify cost-optimisation opportunities
- Leverage technology for route optimization, real-time tracking, and analytics.
Team Development
- Lead and mentor team members of the location, fostering a culture of accountability and safety. This would include managing and influencing team members (including vendor staff), who may not directly report into this role.
Skills:
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and problem-solving abilities.
- Strong skills in accounting, finance, project management and strategic planning
- Demonstrate influencing skills, with multiple stakeholders and teams
- Exceptional relationship building skills and experience in partnering with senior managers to accomplish organizational goals.
- Analytical and time management skills with the ability to work under time constraints and adapt to change
- Strong financial acumen and negotiation skills.
- Organized, motivated, pro-active, with perseverance, able to articulate and action against the plan
- Work independently with the ability to deliver against targets
Knowledge/Experience:
- Prior experience in leading teams
- Experience in fleet and vendor management, project management and strategic planning
- Operational Management & Control
- Stakeholder Management
- Risk & Controls Acumen
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree
- Experience: 7+ years in transport/logistics, with 5+ years in leadership roles
Application Process
We are an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds.
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