Associate Manager, Business Intelligence & Planning

Role Overview

• Conduct ongoing market assessments covering:
• Energy pricing (grid, diesel, petrol )
• Customer affordability and purchasing trend
• Industry offerings, pricing, and market positioning
• Develop and maintain market intelligence dashboards for senior stakeholders.
• Provide insights on market trends, opportunities, and potential risks.
• Identify and assess new markets, cities, and customer segments.
• Develop market entry plans covering pricing, product suitability, and go-to-market considerations.
• Partner with country teams on launch planning and growth activities.
• Create expansion roadmaps and implementation timelines.
• Develop and manage demand forecasts.
• Align forecasts with:
• Sales projections
• Marketing plans and pipeline projections
• Historical performance and seasonal trends
• Introduction of new inverter products
• Work closely with supply chain and operations teams to maintain appropriate inventory levels and product availability during launches and expansion phases.
• Track forecast accuracy and continuously improve forecasting approaches using actual performance data.
• Identify demand-related risks (e.g. understocking, overstocking, slow-moving inventory) and propose appropriate actions.
• Coordinate cross-functional initiatives and planning activities.
• Develop business cases and financial models.
• Monitor implementation progress and help deliver against defined priorities.

Requirements

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience in business intelligence, strategy, or demand planning
• Ability to translate data into commercial actions
• Cross-functional collaboration (sales, marketing, supply chain)
• Experience in energy, fintech, or emerging markets (preferred)

Benefits

• Professional growth in a dynamic, rapidly expanding, high-social-impact industry
• An open-minded, collaborative culture with enthusiastic colleagues driven by the challenge of innovation and making a profound impact on people and the planet.
• A truly multicultural experience: you will have the chance to work with and learn from people from different geographies, nationalities, and backgrounds.
• Structured, tailored learning and development programs that help you become a better leader, manager, and professional through the Sun King Center for Leadership.

We place great importance on sustaining a diverse, inclusive work environment. We believe that innovation and understanding comes from diversity on every spectrum. We work to make sure every Sun King team member knows that they belong, knowing that sustaining an inclusive workplace requires conscious effort and is a continuous journey, not an end-state. Sun King recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes people based on their experience, skills, effort, and results. We explicitly prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, religion, caste, national origin, color, gender, marital status, family structure, sexual orientation, HIV/AIDS status, or disability.