Management Trainee

About the company

THOTS develops Critical Thinking Skills amongst students of Primary and Middle years (age 4-14 years), during the school timings, as a part of school time-table, through its own trainers, delivering in 10 states, 40+ schools. We have developed our proprietary board games/physical thinking tools and delivering THOTS as an add-on subject for developing critical thinking skills through age appropriate activities based on these games (without using any academic content). THOTS is a proud recipient of 'CII Design Excellence Award 2015' in December, 2015; 'Asia’s Best Innovation in Education 2013' by World Consulting & Research Corporation and 'Best Innovation in Education in India 2010' by Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, the Economic Times and CIIE IIM-Ahmedabad. THOTS has been developed by Mind Edutainment Pvt. Ltd. and has backing of investors like Accel Partners and other prominent Angel Investors.

Website: www.thotslab.com

Profile: Management Trainee

Salary Details: INR 6.0 lacs (Fixed CTC = 4.0 lacs; Variable CTC = 2.0 lacs)

Probation / Training Period: 6 Months

Job Location: Gurgaon,  Chandigarh,  Lucknow,  Bangalore,  Hyderabad,  Chennai,  Cochin,  Ahmedabad,  Pune,  Patna

Training Location – Gurgaon & Bangalore

Note: Initial 4 months of training shall be conducted at Gurgaon Corporate office. During this training period, frequent travel to various company locations across the country shall be involved. Post completion of 4 months training, specific work location and geographic responsibilities shall be assigned for the final 2 months of the training

Courses Required: MBA

Tentative date of interview: 1st week of April

Tentative date of joining: 8^th May, 2017

Job Description:

Program Management function is equivalent to a Business Head or Profit Centre Head function.It encompasses overall business management of an assigned geography. A few specific performance parameters include:

- Developing new business in the assigned geography by pitching the program to potential partners (Schools / Channel Partners)

- Managing relationship with existing partners for business renewal and upgrade

= Ensuring service delivery quality of THOTS program through assigned service delivery facilitators/trainers at schools & channel partners

= Training and daily operations management of service delivery through facilitators & channel partners

- Supporting the reporting manager – CEO / National Program Manager - in daily business operations of the assigned geography

Training Schedule:

- Service Operations Training (2-3 months)

- Business Development Training (2-3 months

- Geography Business Operations Training (2-3 months) - This phase shall involve hands-on training on business operations – sales, service, training, logistics, etc. in the assigned geography.

Growth Path:

Post successful completion of 6-9 months of training period:

- Fixed salary to be reviewed based on the performance in December 2017 and to be effective from January 01, 2018.

- Re-designated as Program Manager – North/South/West.

- Fixed & Variable salary review in June 2018 to be effective from July 01, 2018.

- Designation review based on the performance.

- Release of Variable pay for the period July 2017 – June 2018 in July 2018.

Skills/Experience Required:

- Ability to understand & articulate conceptual value proposition.

- Ability to diagnose (understand problem areas, needs, strengths), recommend a set of solutions and implement the solution.

- Ability to create and execute micro level, detailed plans.

- Internally grounded and stable to manage complex business relationships dynamics (multilayered contacts & decision-making).

- Highly motivated to grow, deliver results without constant monitoring.

- Flexibility to develop additional skills (language/content) as required for THOTS offering.

- Physically, Mentally & Emotionally strong to stay focussed on performance.

Work Conditions:

- It is a start-up hiring fresh Management Trainees to head geographies in 9-12 months.

- Travelling shall be frequent (15/18 days in a month) and is a must for this role.

- Average age of team members = 25 years

- Conducive working environment as required for women centric organisation (currently = 95% females).

- 6 days a week working.

Interview Process:

- Group Discussion(3 rounds)

- Game Playing

- Personal Interview