Corporate Strategy - Assistant Manager

Our client, leading Consumer goods company, seeks Assistant Manager, Corporate Strategy to conduct strategic projects including project framework, data collection, analysis, and effective communication of key findings. Conducts decision support activities including market analytics and reporting to ensure accurate information is available to key decision makers. Evaluates the viability of new business opportunities.


Corporate Strategy

·  Conducts decision support activities to ensure accurate information is available to key decision makers

·  Manages, creates and publishes regular and ad-hoc market reporting and analytics

·  Collaborates with customers and external vendors to develop and manage the corporate Database activity

·  Conducts strategic projects and/or manages analysts and vendors

·  Forms the key question to be answered, develops hypothesis and obtains buy-in from key customers

·  Develops a plan to obtain relevant data

·  Structures project into discrete components

·  Collects and analyzes data (primary and secondary)

·  Synthesizes data, hypotheses, and discrete components into a concise assessment

·  Develops and communicates key project findings to customers

·  Develops concise communications for executive staff delivery (e.g., internal  and Customer presentations,  etc.)

·  Supports retail channel marketing team with retail market reporting and analytics

·  Identifies conflicts and recommends solutions to prioritize the strategic project pipeline

New Business Development

·  Supports the initial exploration of new business concepts

·  Provides initial market scoping and sizing of business opportunities

·  Analyzes if business idea meets market need

·  Supports the detailed exploration of screened businesses

·  Conducts investigation and feasibility analysis of business (e.g., detailed market sizing; customer research; etc.)

·  Collaborates with New Business Sponsor to create a detailed business plan

People/Relationship Management

·  Participates in hiring, motivating, evaluating, and professional development of group

·  Provides coaching and mentoring to team members

·  Builds strong relationships with peers, Product Managers, and Senior Managers to best meet company goals and objectives

·  Manages and leverages relationships with vendors for a specific product/service (best price, best product, etc.)

·  Maintains professional relationships with peers in other corporations and outside organizations


·  Directly contributes to development of tactical and annual operating plans, defining goals and objectives for the Corporate Strategy department

Requirements

·  Completion of a Master’s degree or equivalent

·  Minimum of two years in strategy consulting or corporate strategy work.

·  Proven experience at producing detailed quantitative reports on a regular basis, as well as experience at successfully performing and ideally managing a comprehensive strategic planning project

·  Strong strategic, financial, and problem solving skills, as well as solid oral and written communications capabilities

·  Excellent organizational and detail oriented skills

·  Strong presentation and Public Speaking skills

·  Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications

·  Occasional domestic and international travelFor confidential consideration, please email you resume in Word, separate email, with current salary and daytime phone, to:

stevensgroup@earthlink.net