Chief Marketing Officer — Precision-Engineering Division

The mandate

The chair and executive committee are aligned that the immediate priority is weak differentiation and inefficient customer acquisition within a institutionally backed multi-site industrial manufacturing group. The immediate arena is the precision-engineering division during a working-capital release. For mandate 469, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The Chief Marketing Officer operating perimeter covers approximately ₹9,100 crore in manufacturing and commercial portfolio, with activity spanning several precision-engineering division customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Chief Marketing Officer Manufacturing remit carries direct influence over roughly 3,125 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The board and its investment committee want a Chief Marketing Officer who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the precision-engineering division. The Chief Marketing Officer Manufacturing seat must resolve a working-capital release, while preserving the underlying strengths of the precision-engineering division. For mandate 469, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The Chief Marketing Officer’s first year on the precision-engineering division is expected to end with brand preference, commercial contribution and disciplined marketing investment. In mandate 469, authority covers resources and leadership appointments; material trade-offs go directly to the board sponsor.

Why this seat is open

This is a newly created Chief Marketing Officer — Precision-Engineering Division seat, established because a working-capital release now requires one accountable executive rather than distributed ownership. The board has classified the appointment as urgent and intends to move from qualified shortlist to offer within 6–8 weeks. Interim governance protects the precision-engineering division, but it is not a substitute for a permanent appointee. The external search remains confidential to avoid unnecessary disruption before the appointment is agreed.

What you will own

• Set the Chief Marketing Officer value-creation thesis for the precision-engineering division, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately ₹9,100 crore in manufacturing and commercial portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Chief Marketing Officer Manufacturing organisation of about 3,125 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the precision-engineering division economics and execution constraints created by a working-capital release, with Chief Marketing Officer-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one Chief Marketing Officer operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the precision-engineering division; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Prove incremental commercial contribution using controlled evidence, not only reach, activity or brand awards in mandate 469.
• Build the Chief Marketing Officer’s three-year succession and capability plan for the precision-engineering division, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Manufacturing organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the precision-engineering division baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to weak differentiation and inefficient customer acquisition, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal Chief Marketing Officer portfolio and organisation choices for the precision-engineering division, install the new operating cadence, fill critical leadership gaps and deliver the first measurable release of cash, capacity or customer value.
• Months 10–12: Demonstrate a repeatable precision-engineering division trend against brand preference, commercial contribution and disciplined marketing investment, lock the following year’s capital and talent plan, evidence control sustainability and present a credible three-year value case with downside actions.

What the board will measure

• Delivery of the Chief Marketing Officer’s agreed first-year precision-engineering division value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A Chief Marketing Officer forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the precision-engineering division’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Chief Marketing Officer mandate’s highest-priority precision-engineering division risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical precision-engineering division talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the Chief Marketing Officer’s direct reports.
• A quantified Chief Marketing Officer-owned improvement in the precision-engineering division operating constraint behind a working-capital release, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 469: no unresolved high-severity escalation older than 30 days and no material surprise withheld from its agreed governance forum.

The person

You are currently a CMO, Marketing Director or Growth Leader in a institutionally backed Manufacturing or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the precision-engineering division, your Chief Marketing Officer track record includes a transition where the original plan was no longer sufficient; you can explain your choices, evidence and numerical impact. Candidates from industrial manufacturing, engineering, chemicals, automotive components or process industries will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this Chief Marketing Officer brief.

As a Chief Marketing Officer candidate, you bring 22–28 years of progressive Manufacturing or adjacent-sector experience, consistent with the 22-28 experience band. At minimum, you have carried a P&L, book, budget or accountable portfolio of ₹5,300 crore and led an organisation of at least 2,200 people.

For mandate 469, the board wants two transitions: a difficult precision-engineering division portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a working-capital release. As the prospective Chief Marketing Officer for this precision-engineering division, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 469 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Chief Marketing Officer role in Manufacturing is based in Vadodara; relocation is expected, although a structured weekly commute may be considered during the first quarter.

Non-negotiables

• Current or recent accountability at the level of CMO, Marketing Director or Growth Leader, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Manufacturing governance forum.
• Proven Chief Marketing Officer ownership of at least ₹5,300 crore and leadership of no fewer than 2,200 employees in a comparable precision-engineering division context.
• One completed Manufacturing or adjacent-sector example of weak differentiation and inefficient customer acquisition with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
• Sector credibility from industrial manufacturing, engineering, chemicals, automotive components or process industries; experience that is purely functional and lacks Chief Marketing Officer-level precision-engineering division consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Vadodara location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 469.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Chief Marketing Officer package is ₹2.2–3.0 crore fixed + performance variable, calibrated to the final precision-engineering division scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 469 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Chief Marketing Officer appointment in Vadodara, centred on the precision-engineering division, offers regular exposure to the board and its investment committee. A notice period of up to 6 months can be accommodated for the selected executive in mandate 469.

Confidentiality

The client name, precise footprint and transaction history are outside this brief for mandate 469. They will be shared with qualified candidates under a mutual undertaking, and the composite facts here must not be reverse-engineered or circulated for mandate 469.