Business Manager Job in Livspace

About us

To be the worlds largest and fastest-growing real estate transformation platform, and, the no. 1 brand in the turnkey interiors, fit-outs and renovation space in India and Southeast Asia.

About Livspace:

Livspace is Indias leading interior design and renovation platform that connects interior designers, vendors, and homeowners. For homeowners, Livspace is their one-stop destination for end-to-end home interiors. Livspace currently serves nine metro areas in India and boasts a community of over 20,000+ happy customers and 2000+ interior designers.

The interior design space is a multi-billion dollar industry in India, expected to exceed $23 Bn by 2022. Singapore, similarly, is a highly attractive market for Livspace with a US$5 billion home-design industry that is growing at 10% year-on-year.

The foundersAnuj Srivastava and Ramakant Sharmaare former Google and Myntra (one of the top e-comm companies in India) executives, who are seasoned entrepreneurs and successful angel investors. Livspaces leadership team combines world-class talent and entrepreneurial experience gathered at some of the best companies in the world. The company is well-funded by marquee investors like TPG Growth, Goldman Sachs, Jungle, Bessemer, Helion Jungle and UC-RNT.

Working at Livspace

Livspace believes in an open, intellectually honest culture where everyone is given the autonomy to contribute and do their lifes best work.

Livspace currently employs over 3000 talented, passionate individuals, who all espouse the brands philosophy of good design for all. As a part of this dynamic team, you will have a chance to learn new things, build your managerial competence, be at the helm of an innovative tech startup, and problem-solve on how to enable employees and partners to innovate and deliver differentiated experiences. If you enjoy a good challenge and believe in getting things done, this is the right place for you.

About the role

As a Business Manager, you will be an entrepreneur, driving the PnL of your business along with your studio associate(s). You will be interacting with customers and plan the interiors of residential spaces with furniture, lighting, wall treatments, etc from our extensive Livspace catalog. You are the architect and visionary for clients, keeping their needs and preferences in mind. You will be responsible for designing their dream homes within a clients estimated timeline and project budget.

Responsibilities & Duties

• Own the business Profit & Loss / Financials, of the studio.

• Meet new clients and understand their requirements in detail trying to ensure that your interactions with LivSpace leads convert to successful and happy customers.

• Responsible for customer experience. Your role will range from client front-ending, brief understanding and validation to design projects development and coordination from concept to installation stages.

• Own your projects from start to finish. Manage customer negotiations and payment.

• Be the voice of Livspace and educate clients about our revolutionary interior design and execution capabilities

• Work closely with the client and your interior design team to finalize the home design, 3D designs, and GFC ( Good for Construction) drawings.

• Collaborate with your team and be accountable for all deliverables of team members.

Required Experience, Skills and Qualifications

• You are from the interior designing industry having experience managing and driving end-to-end residential projects. (Sales, Design, Execution).

• Past experience of owning and delivering 8-10 residential projects as a Project Lead, from Project conception to execution.

• Past experience working with a Studio or as a Freelancer.

• Thorough knowledge of costing and preparing project commercials (Bill of Quantity, Discounts etc).

• Strong visualization and conceptualization abilities.

• Effective communicator and efficient in program/stakeholder management.

• Highly enterprising in nature with an ability to handle risk/uncertainty (trait).

• Should be highly resourceful and action-based.

• Eye for detail. (Nothing escapes your scrutiny. No design detail goes wrong under your supervision.)