GRIT Trainee, Strategic Planning, Commercial

Job Description:

Job Description

Get to Know the Team
The Singapore Merchant Team partners with restaurants, retailers, and service providers to help them grow on our platform across Food, Mart, Payments, and Ads. We focus on merchant acquisition, onboarding, and long-term success through data-driven account management, operational excellence, and cross-functional collaboration.
Get to Know the Role
This is a 6 months full-time onsite role based in Singapore as part of the GRIT Programme.
This traineeship offers a unique opportunity to support the Singapore Merchant Team while collaborating with cross-functional teams such as Marketing, MexOps, Food, and Payments Business Units. As a trainee, you will gain hands-on experience in daily operations, strategic planning, and project management across various business units.
The Critical Tasks You Will Perform
* Strategic Planning & Business Analysis
* You will assist in market trend analysis, and performance tracking to support data-backed decision-making.
* You will contribute to team strategies, marketing plans, and operational optimizations for key business initiatives.
* You will support the Merchant team in competitive benchmarking, opportunity mapping, and long-term business planning.
* Project Management
* You will support end-to-end project execution by coordinating with internal and external stakeholders.
* You will support sales pipeline updates and operational workflows to ensure seamless project delivery.
* Data Analytics and Insights
* You will learn SQL basics and apply data-gathering techniques to obtain relevant insights.
* You will contribute to performance tracking and reporting to aid decision-making.
* Administrative and Operational Support
* You will develop organizational skills through tasks such as data entry, business performance preparation, and report generation.
* You will assist the Merchant team in daily operations

Candidate Requirements:

Qualifications

What Essential Skills You Will Need
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work with complex data sets.
* Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
* Familiarity with financial modeling and data analysis software, such as Excel, google sheets or SQL