Management Trainee – Business Execution & Operations (VP’s Office)

Pudumjee Paper Products Ltd. is a global leader in designing and manufacturing customized specialty-grade paper solutions with over 60 years of expertise. With a commitment to sustainability, we focus on creating eco-friendly and technologically advanced paper products tailored to meet diverse customer needs. Our extensive range includes food packaging papers, pharmaceutical-grade papers, decor grades, crepe tissue, towels, and high-opacity low grammage printing papers. Leveraging our research-driven approach, we address complex needs in the rapidly evolving world of packaging applications, delivering exceptional value for clients and fostering long-term business sustainability.

This role is designed to assume end-to-end execution responsibility for priorities led by the Vice President. The Management Trainee will be systematically trained to manage the same operating levers handled by the VPbusiness reviews, cross-functional initiatives, partner coordination, people follow-through, and overall operating cadencethereby enabling the VP to focus on new business development and strategic growth initiatives .

This is a high-ownership operating role , not a coordination, analytics-only, or presentation-driven position. Performance will be assessed strictly on the ability to drive progress, close actions, and deliver measurable outcomes .

• Translate VP-level strategic priorities into clear action plans with defined ownership and timelines
• Plan and run weekly and monthly business reviews end-to-end
• Track key performance indicators, execution slippages, and corrective actions with rigor
• Escalate issues only after developing and proposing viable solutions

• Review sales performance across regions, channels, and business partners
• Drive disciplined follow-ups on targets, distributor productivity, and incentive mechanisms
• Ensure consistency and rigor in sales review processes, including data timeliness, action closure, and outcome tracking

• Convert marketing strategy into executable field-level actions
• Track campaign performance, ROI, and quality of on-ground execution
• Ensure alignment between marketing objectives and sales realities

• Own cross-functional initiatives such as product launches, pilots, and improvement programs
• Coordinate inputs across sales, marketing, supply chain, and finance teams
• Track initiative milestones, decisions, and delivery against committed timelines

• Support manpower planning, role clarity, and performance tracking in partnership with HR
• Ensure KRAs, goals, and performance outcomes are reviewed and acted upon
• Drive follow-through on people-related actions without repeated escalation

• Support customer and business partner engagements from discussion through execution
• Coordinate commercial terms, contracts, and compliance with internal and external legal teams
• Track obligations, approvals, and closures to completion

Within six months , the Management Trainee is expected to:

• Independently run business and sales review forums
• Own multiple cross-functional initiatives end-to-end
• Act as the single point of execution and follow-through for VP-led priorities
• Materially reduce the VPs involvement in day-to-day operational execution
  

• MBA from a premier Indian business school
• 14 years of work experience in consulting, leadership programs, startups, or other high-ownership roles
• Demonstrated ability to execute with discipline, not merely analyze
• Comfort working directly with senior leadership in high-accountability environments