Founder's Office Associate

Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra (on-site) Department: Founder's Office / Office of the Managing Director Reports to: Managing Director Employment Type: Full-time

Kores India Limited is one of India's most enduring business houses. Founded in 1932, the company has grown into a diversified manufacturing group with businesses spanning Office Products & Stationery, Engineering, Foundry, Pharmaceuticals, Business Automation, and International Trade. Generations of Indians have grown up with Kores products — in classrooms, offices, and factories across the country.

Today, Kores is launching new consumer brands, commissioning new manufacturing facilities, expanding into international markets, and rebuilding itself as a professionally managed, AI-enabled institution. Artificial intelligence is being embedded across the organisation — from manufacturing operations to management decision-making.

The Founder's Office Associate works directly with the Managing Director as a trusted execution partner on the group's highest-priority initiatives. This is a high-visibility, high-ownership role that cuts across all divisions of the company. The Associate will move fluidly between strategy and execution — a brand launch one week, a plant-level operational review the next, and a board presentation the week after.

This role is designed for a future business leader. The right candidate will treat it as an apprenticeship in running a diversified enterprise, with direct mentorship from the Managing Director and exposure to senior leadership across the group.

• Drive strategic and cross-functional projects across divisions, from initiation through to measurable outcomes
  

• Prepare decision papers, business analyses, financial reviews, and board-level presentation material
  

• Support the Managing Director's governance agenda, including management committee processes, delegation frameworks, and performance review systems
  

• Champion the adoption of AI tools and workflows across the organisation, and apply them daily in research, analysis, and document preparation
  

• Act as an extension of the Managing Director's office in coordinating with divisional heads and functional leaders
  

• Track execution of key decisions and ensure follow-through across the group
  

• 2–5 years of professional experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, business operations, or a high-growth startup environment
  

• Demonstrated fluency with AI tools (such as Claude or ChatGPT) as everyday working instruments for analysis, writing, and problem-solving — candidates should be prepared to discuss concrete examples of work they have accelerated or built with AI
  

• Exceptional analytical and written communication skills; the ability to convert ambiguous problems into structured documents and clear recommendations
  

• High ownership, discretion, and low ego; comfortable operating with pace and ambiguity across very different business contexts
  

• MBA or equivalent qualification preferred but not mandatory
  

• Based in Mumbai or willing to relocate
  

• Direct, daily access to the Managing Director and the senior leadership of a multi-division manufacturing group
  

• Disproportionate responsibility early: real ownership of outcomes, not observer status
  

• A front-row role in the AI and professionalisation transformation of a 90-plus-year-old institution
  

• Competitive compensation commensurate with experience