? We’re Hiring: Founder’s Office – Business Operations, MIS & Automation

? Location: Pune – On-site

? Company: Attron Automotive Private Limited

? Position: Full-Time / Internship with Full-Time Conversion

? Experience: 0–3 years

Attron Automotive is looking for a highly driven and structured individual to join the Founder’s Office and work directly with the founders and functional teams.

This is not a conventional strategy, research, or presentation-making role.

The selected candidate will work across Sales, R&D;, Procurement, Production, Finance, HR and Management to identify operational bottlenecks, improve team execution, establish reporting systems, create MIS dashboards and implement workflows and automations.

About Attron Automotive

Attron Automotive is a Pune-based electric propulsion technology company developing high-performance electric motors, motor controllers and proprietary control software for electric mobility, agriculture, industrial and defence applications.

We work across product development, engineering, manufacturing and customer programmes, making this an excellent opportunity to understand how a technology and manufacturing startup operates across functions.

Key Responsibilities1. Cross-Functional Team Coordination

- Work closely with Sales, R&D;, Procurement, Production, Finance and HR teams
- Track departmental priorities, commitments and pending actions
- Conduct structured follow-ups with team members and department owners
- Ensure actions are completed within committed timelines
- Identify delays, dependencies and unresolved bottlenecks
- Escalate critical issues to the founders with clear facts and recommended actions
- Improve accountability and coordination between departments
- Support weekly and monthly review meetings

1. Management Information System – MIS

- Create and maintain weekly, monthly and quarterly MIS reports
- Consolidate information from different departments into management-ready reports
- Prepare dashboards covering:
- Sales pipeline and customer status
- Qualified leads, quotations and order booking
- Customer project progress
- R&D; project status and turnaround time
- Delayed projects and reasons for delay
- Engineer workload and resource utilisation
- Procurement and material status
- Production planning and dispatch status
- Receivables and payment follow-ups
- Departmental KPIs
- Compliance and documentation status
- Key risks, bottlenecks and pending decisions
- Ensure reports are accurate, timely and decision-oriented
- Highlight exceptions and critical issues instead of merely compiling data
- Reduce manual reporting through automated dashboards wherever possible

1. Workflow and Process Improvement

- Study existing business and departmental processes
- Identify repetitive work, unclear responsibilities and approval delays
- Convert informal activities into structured workflows
- Define process owners, timelines, approvals, evidence and escalation points
- Create practical SOPs, checklists, trackers and templates




- Simplify existing processes and eliminate unnecessary reporting
- Monitor whether implemented workflows are being followed

1. Automation and Systems

- Identify activities that can be automated
- Build or coordinate automations for:
- Task assignment
- Follow-up reminders
- Approvals
- Escalations
- Weekly reporting
- Data collection
- Customer follow-ups
- Payment reminders
- Project milestone alerts
- KPI evidence collection
- Management dashboards
- Work with tools such as:
- Zoho Books
- Zoho Projects
- Zoho People
- Zoho Creator
- Microsoft Excel
- Google Sheets
- Power BI
- Power Automate
- Zapier, Make or similar no-code platforms
- Coordinate with internal teams or external developers for more complex system requirements

1. Founder’s Office Support

- Work directly with the founders on high-priority initiatives
- Convert discussions into structured action plans
- Track strategic and operational initiatives until closure
- Prepare review documents, analysis and management presentations
- Support business planning, internal reviews and investor MIS
- Maintain confidentiality while handling sensitive company information
- Reduce founder dependency in routine coordination and follow-ups

What Success Looks Like Within the first three months, the selected candidate should be able to:
- Understand the major workflows across departments
- Establish a structured weekly management reporting system
- Create a reliable company-level MIS dashboard
- Identify and prioritise key operational bottlenecks
- Implement three to five high-impact workflows
- Improve visibility of pending actions and delays
- Reduce repetitive manual follow-ups
- Improve accountability and reporting discipline across teams

Key Performance Indicators The role will be evaluated based on:
- Timely completion of weekly and monthly MIS
- Accuracy and completeness of management information
- Closure of departmental action items
- Reduction in pending and overdue activities
- Number of operational bottlenecks resolved
- Workflows successfully implemented
- Adoption of new processes by employees
- Automations implemented and time saved
- Improvement in reporting compliance
- Reduction in routine founder intervention
- Quality of analysis and recommendations
- Department-owner feedback

Who Should Apply We are looking for someone who:
- Is highly organised and execution-focused
- Can follow up firmly and professionally
- Is comfortable working across different departments
- Can convert unstructured information into clear reports and action plans
- Has solid analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Has excellent Excel or Google Sheets skills
- Can create dashboards and management reports




- Is comfortable learning business software and automation tools
- Takes ownership instead of waiting for detailed instructions
- Can work in a quick-moving and demanding startup environment
- Communicates clearly with employees, managers and founders
- Pays strong attention to accuracy and deadlines
- Is comfortable handling confidential information

Preferred Background Candidates from the following backgrounds may be suitable:
- Business Operations
- Founder’s Office
- Chief of Staff Office
- Project Management
- Management Consulting
- Industrial Engineering
- Operations Management
- Business Analytics
- Engineering Management
- Manufacturing Operations
- Startup Operations

An engineering background combined with strong business and analytical skills will be preferred because the role involves coordination across technical, manufacturing and commercial teams.

Tools and Skills

Required:

- Advanced Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets
- Data analysis and reporting
- Dashboard creation
- Strong written and verbal communication
- Project and task management
- Structured problem-solving
- Presentation preparation

Preferred:

- Power BI
- Zoho Creator or Zoho Analytics
- Power Automate
- Zapier or Make
- Basic understanding of APIs and integrations
- Experience creating SOPs and workflows
- Experience working in a startup or manufacturing organisation

Important This role may not be suitable for candidates looking only for:
- Strategy assignments
- Market research
- Investor presentations
- Consulting-style recommendations
- A purely analytical desk role

The role requires hands-on execution, continuous follow-up, coordination with employees and ownership of implementation. You will not only recommend improvements—you will be expected to ensure that they are implemented and followed.

Why Join Attron?

- Work directly with the founders
- Gain visibility across every major business function
- Understand how an engineering and manufacturing startup operates
- Build systems that directly influence company performance
- Take ownership of high-impact projects from the beginning
- Develop exposure to electric mobility, automotive technology and manufacturing
- Opportunity to transition into a larger operations, programme management or Chief of Staff role

Selection Process
1. Initial profile screening
2. Discussion with the founder
3. Practical business operations assignment
4. Final interview

The practical assignment may include analysing an existing business process, identifying bottlenecks, designing a workflow and creating a basic MIS or dashboard.

How to Apply

Interested candidates can send their CV along with a brief note covering:
1. Why this role interests you
2. One process, dashboard or automation you have previously created
3. Tools you are comfortable using
4. Your current location and availability
5. Whether you are applying for the internship or full-time position

Please send your application to [email protected] with the subject: Application – Founder’s Office | Business Operations & MIS

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