Innovation Associate

Role & responsibilities

• Support Internal Stakeholders and Cross-Functional Teams across geographies for execution and participation in departmental Innovation initiatives by coordinating engagement activities, facilitating timely information flow, and tracking deliverables and participation metrics.
  
• Support Participants of Innovation Events by responding to queries, troubleshooting participation or online platform-related issues, and coordinating resolutions to ensure smooth user experience.
  
• Collect, consolidate, and maintain data for the departmental initiatives using Excel and assist in preparing structured reports and dashboards for stakeholder visibility.
  
• Assist in cross-checking received data for completeness and quality as per defined standards and support timely report preparation.
• Use Microsoft Excel extensively for data tracking and reporting, including VLOOKUP / HLOOKUP / XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, COUNTIFS, Pivot Tables, and basic charts, to support analysis and reporting needs.
  
• Support the preparation of periodic reports (daily, weekly, monthly) and assist in validating data accuracy, completeness, and alignment with defined requirements.
  

Preferred candidate profile

Core requirements (Must have)

• High degree of proficiency in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneDrive & Teams)
• Analysing Excel spreadsheets and preparing Pivot Tables and Graphs/Charts
• Strong people-orientation and ability to support people both in person and online across various levels and domains
• Working in a dynamic team environment and under time pressure
• Good fluency (verbal & written) in English is a must.
• Creating multi-media presentations in PowerPoint

Additional requirements (Nice to have)

• Spoken fluency in Hindi, Tamil & Kannada will be a plus.
• Basic knowledge of design software (Canva or Illustrator) for poster creation
• Basic Photo/video editing skills (Photoshop)