General Manager – Finance & Operations
Group-Level Finance, Operations, Supply Chain & Business Performance
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Department: Group Management
Reporting to: Managing Director / Group Management
Experience: 10–15 Years
Compensation: Around ₹20 LPA, commensurate with experience and
suitability
Role Type: Senior Management / Group Function
About the Role
Spartek Group is looking for an experienced and commercially driven General
Manager – Finance & Operations to oversee and improve the financial and
operational performance of the Group's multiple product verticals and
business divisions.
This is a business-oriented leadership role combining Finance, Operations,
Supply Chain, Logistics, Procurement, Inventory and P&L management.
The individual will work closely with the Managing Director and business heads
to ensure that the Group's various divisions operate with strong financial
discipline, efficient supply chains, effective cost control and clear
accountability for profitability.
The ideal candidate should be someone who understands the complete
business cycle — procurement → production → inventory → logistics → sales
→ collections → working capital → P&L.
The role requires a hands-on manager who can analyse numbers, identify
operational problems and, importantly, drive the corrective action required to
improve business performance.
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Key Responsibilities
1. Finance & P&L Management
- Take responsibility for monitoring the financial performance of all Group
divisions and product verticals.
- Review division-wise, product-wise and business-wise P&L.
- Analyse revenue, gross margins, contribution margins, operating
expenses, EBITDA and PBT.
- Identify margin leakages, cost overruns and areas of financial
inefficiency.
- Work with business heads to improve profitability.
- Monitor actual performance against budgets, forecasts and business
targets.
- Prepare management-level financial MIS and performance dashboards.
- Provide the Managing Director with clear financial insights and
recommendations for corrective action.
- Support annual budgeting, forecasting and business planning.
2. Working Capital & Cash Flow
- Monitor the complete working-capital cycle of the Group.
- Drive improvement in receivables, inventory and payables
management.
- Monitor customer outstanding and collection efficiency.
- Work with sales teams to improve credit discipline and collections.
- Identify cash trapped in slow-moving inventory and overdue receivables.
- Improve cash conversion and liquidity across divisions.
- Coordinate with banks and financial institutions on working-capital
requirements.
3. Supply Chain & Procurement
- Oversee the Group's supply-chain activities across different product
verticals.
- Monitor procurement planning, supplier performance, pricing and
availability.
- Negotiate and identify opportunities for better procurement costs and
commercial terms.
- Develop alternate vendor and sourcing strategies.
- Monitor raw-material and finished-goods inventory.
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- Establish appropriate inventory norms and reorder levels.
- Reduce excess, slow-moving and obsolete inventory.
- Align procurement and production with actual sales demand.
4. Logistics & Distribution
- Oversee logistics and distribution activities across the Group.
- Monitor transportation costs and delivery performance.
- Optimise freight arrangements, logistics vendors and transportation
routes.
- Identify opportunities to reduce logistics costs without compromising
customer service.
- Monitor warehouse utilisation, dispatch efficiency, damages, returns
and delivery timelines.
- Evaluate opportunities for centralised logistics and distribution wherever
commercially viable.
5. Inventory & Operational Efficiency
- Establish effective inventory-control mechanisms across all divisions.
- Monitor raw materials, WIP and finished goods.
- Track inventory ageing and inventory turnover.
- Identify products and SKUs with poor contribution or excessive
inventory.
- Work with operations and sales teams to improve inventory
productivity.
- Identify operational bottlenecks and implement corrective measures.
- Develop and monitor operational KPIs for different business units.
6. Group Business Performance
The incumbent will be responsible for establishing a common performance-
management framework across the Group.
Key areas to be monitored will include:
- Revenue
- Gross margin
- EBITDA / PBT
- Procurement cost
- Logistics cost
- Inventory
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- Receivables
- Working capital
- Cash flow
- Productivity
- Division-wise profitability
The candidate will conduct regular performance reviews with respective
business heads and ensure that identified actions are implemented.
7. Cross-Functional Coordination
The role will act as the connecting point between:
Finance | Sales | Procurement | Production | Inventory | Logistics |
Operations
The candidate should ensure that these functions work toward common
business objectives rather than operating independently.
For example:
- Sales growth should be supported by appropriate production and
inventory planning.
- Procurement decisions should consider both price and working-capital
impact.
- Production should be aligned with demand and product profitability.
- Logistics decisions should consider both service levels and P&L.
- Credit decisions should balance sales growth with collection risk.
- Inventory decisions should balance availability with cash-flow
requirements.
8. MIS & Management Reporting
- Develop standardised management reports across all divisions.
- Improve the accuracy and timeliness of MIS.
- Establish dashboards for financial and operational performance.
- Provide management with actionable insights rather than only historical
reports.
- Ensure that significant deviations from targets are identified early.
- Support ERP, automation and process-improvement initiatives.
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9. Commercial & Strategic Support
- Support the Managing Director in evaluating new products, markets and
business opportunities.
- Analyse financial viability of new projects and product initiatives.
- Support pricing and margin decisions.
- Evaluate product and customer profitability.
- Participate in negotiations with major suppliers, customers, logistics
partners and financial institutions.
- Identify opportunities for Group-level cost savings and operating
leverage.
- Provide financial and operational inputs for strategic business decisions.
10. Team Leadership
- Lead and coordinate finance, commercial, procurement, logistics and
operational teams as applicable.
- Establish clear KPIs and accountability mechanisms.
- Improve coordination between different departments and business
divisions.
- Mentor functional managers and develop a performance-oriented
culture.
- Ensure timely escalation of operational and financial issues to senior
management.
Candidate Profile
Experience
- 10–15 years of relevant experience.
- Experience in a senior Finance, Commercial, Operations, Supply Chain or
Business Management role.
- Strong exposure to P&L management and business financials is
essential.
- Experience managing multiple product categories, business units,
factories, warehouses or distribution operations will be preferred.
- Strong understanding of logistics, procurement, supply chain and
inventory management.
- Experience in working-capital and cash-flow management.
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- Experience working directly with senior management / promoters / MD
/ CEO will be an advantage.
Preferred Industry Background
Candidates from the following sectors would be particularly relevant:
- Building Materials
- Tiles & Ceramics
- Sanitaryware
- Precast / Concrete Products
- Flooring
- Construction Chemicals
- Manufacturing
- Industrial Products
- Infrastructure Products
- Distribution
- Consumer Durables
- Engineering Products
- Multi-product businesses
Educational Qualification
- Engineering Background with CA / CMA / MBA Finance / PGDM Finance or equivalent preferred.
- Candidates with strong practical experience in P&L, commercial
operations and supply chain may also be considered irrespective of
exact qualification.
Key Skills & Competencies
The ideal candidate should demonstrate:
- Strong P&L orientation
- Financial and commercial acumen
- Supply-chain understanding
- Logistics management
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- Procurement and vendor management
- Working-capital management
- Inventory management
- Cost optimisation
- Business analysis
- Forecasting and budgeting
- MIS and dashboard management
- Negotiation skills
- Cross-functional leadership
- Strong execution capability
- Problem-solving ability
- High ownership and accountability
What We Are Looking For
We are not looking for a traditional Accounts Head whose primary
responsibility is accounting, audit, GST, TDS and statutory compliance.
We are looking for a business manager with strong financial
understanding who can look at the entire Group and identify:
- Where are we making money?
- Where are we losing money?
- Which products/divisions have the best margins?
- Where is working capital blocked?
- How can procurement costs be reduced?
- How can logistics costs be optimised?
- Which inventory should be reduced?
- Which customers/products are commercially attractive?
- How can EBITDA and PBT be improved?
- What operational changes are required to improve cash flow?
The candidate should be comfortable moving between financial statements,
factories, warehouses, suppliers, logistics operations and business reviews.
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Key Performance Indicators
The performance of the individual will be assessed based on measurable
improvements in:
- Revenue and business growth
- Gross margin and contribution margin
- EBITDA / PBT
- Working-capital efficiency
- Receivables and collections
- Inventory turnover
- Procurement savings
- Logistics-cost optimisation
- Reduction in operational leakages
- Cash-flow improvement
- Division-wise profitability
- MIS quality and timeliness
- Achievement of business and operational KPIs
Compensation
Around ₹20 LPA, depending on the candidate's experience, capability and
overall suitability.
The compensation structure may be designed to include a performance-linked
component, with additional upside for measurable improvements in business
profitability, cash flow, cost optimisation and overall Group performance.
Overall Objective
The primary objective of the GM – Finance & Operations is to bring together
the financial and operational aspects of Spartek Group and ensure that every
business division operates with better profitability, stronger cash flow, tighter
cost control and greater operational efficiency.
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The person should function as a key business partner to the Managing
Director, helping management make better decisions based on financial and
operational data while also driving execution across the Group.
The ultimate objective is simple: improve revenue quality, margins, cash flow
and P&L performance across every Spartek business vertical.
Pay: ₹1,800,000.00 - ₹2,100,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
