Assistant Manager - Business Analyst
MAS Holdings · LK
Assistant Manager - Business Analyst
(BASED AT ACTIVEWEAR - NAWALA)
The Activewear Value Stream delivers high-performance sportswear and athleisure solutions designed for technical functionality, durability and everyday versatility— serving sports, lifestyle and performance segments. With a strong focus on innovation, MAS is advancing wearable technology that tracks fitness and workout analytics while blending advanced sportswear with fashion and aesthetic appeal.
Operating across Sri Lanka, Jordan and Indonesia, and with development centres in Sri Lanka and Canada, Activewear serves a global customer base that includes Nike, Lululemon, Patagonia and Gymshark. The Activewear product range offers diverse solutions such as Knit, Fleece, Tees, Woven, Sweaters, Engineered Knit.
As a unified platform, the Activewear Value Stream combines global scale, speed and technical expertise, positioning MAS as a trusted partner for innovative, performance and lifestyle apparel.
Empower transformation by becoming a driving force of change at MAS. We are on the lookout for a dedicated individual to drive divisional strategic projects and facilitate the strategy formulation, implementation and evaluation process of the department by building, managing & leveraging stakeholder relationships / partnerships and provide the required strategic input via research and analysis to facilitate strategic decision making and support senior leadership & teams to collectively achieve organizational deliverables.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Manage special functional projects for the division, follow up on deliverables with timely and accurate enactment of same by liaising with internal / external stakeholders to obtain the necessary information to ensure all project initiatives are executed and achieved as per annual targets, in a timely and effective manner and contribute to the divisional hoshin strategy.
Drive the strategy formulation process of the department by interacting and coordinating with leadership, relevant functional leaders, external consultants to devise a comprehensive functional PO Matrix whilst addressing any concerns/ issues to ensure deployment of key policies and tracking progress of set A3 action plans with relevant stakeholders within the function in a timely and effective manner to achieve the organizational deliverables.
Oversee the annual LRP preparation process ensuring accurate vet/validation of the presentation decks and supporting documents to be presented to respective leadership boards/stakeholder groups of the organization and ensure monitoring of progress of initiatives in a timely and accurate manner.
Coordinate and oversee the annual financial budget preparation process along with the finance unit to ensure necessary budgetary provisions are made in line with achieving the set functional goals.
Support the development of performance measures (KPI’s) for functional leads and their respective structures whilst ensuring the strategic alignment in terms of divisional, Nike and IB expectations whilst ensuring timely achievement of set goals/ performance measures by conducting management reviews on an agreed cadence and providing strategic inputs for course correction.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
- Degree/Diploma in Business Management or Finance
- Post Graduate Degree in a relevant field
- 4+ years of relevant work experience
- Strategic Management
- Good Analytical Skills
- Good Negotiation and Communication skills
- Good PR Skills & Relationship Management
- Team work & Collaboration
- Fluency in English