Corporate Strategy Analyst - Senior

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Job Summary:

Performs a variety of complex business strategy analyses to produce recommendations for addressing strategic opportunities for the business.

Key Responsibilities:

Participates in multiple business strategy projects as a key content contributor to the teams; projects may be within a business unit, across multiple business units, or involve the creation of a new business venture, such as a joint venture, equity alliance, acquisition, etc. Heavily involved in quantitative and qualitative analyses of industry trends, technology, market sizing, etc. to drive strategic decision making by upper management. Applies strategic frameworks to analyze opportunities and develop solutions; synthesizes environmental data, stakeholder analysis, and market force data as a part of the financial and business analysis necessary to develop insights and solutions to support strategic business decisions. Works closely with the Business Segment experts and managers and their staffs as well as key internal and external constituencies. Communicates complex strategy topics clearly and concisely to a variety of audiences through both written and oral communication. Conducts interviews with external parties and company managers, engineers, sales and other functions and synthesizes insights.

Qualification/Skillset:
Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Tier 1 or Tier 2 college
background in Supply Chain will be a big plus
Flair for analytics and business intelligence

Experience:
6-8 years of experience in planning, executing strategy projects; program management;

Program/Project Management
Manage projects to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope of project and ensure the end to end delivery.
Create detailed WBS (Work Breakdown Structure), Project plan, communication plan.
Set and track project milestones; Risk & issue tracking and mitigation/management.
Stakeholder management; vendor management

Competencies:
Balances stakeholders - Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders.

Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.

Develops talent - Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization s goals.

Self-development - Actively seeking new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels.

Demonstrates Motivation and Sense of Ownership - Feels and projects a high degree of motivation and sense of ownership for the project outcomes and the success of the Business.

Strategic Problem Solving - Drives solutions to strategic problems that fall outside of past experience through a top-down, hypothesis-driven approach with frequent iteration that evolved with diverse learnings gathered through the course of the project.

Strategy Core Project Output Creation - Drives project output through an insight-driven approach that is founded on efficient and prioritized usage of the resources, and high-quality, credible research and analysis.

Team Engagement - Engages with project team members formally in team meetings and informally in a manner that helps draw out the best from all team members while respecting the diversity of the team.

Thought Leadership - Demonstrates independence and insightfulness through objectively approaching problems with creativity and appropriate development and use of frameworks .

Values differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Education, Licenses, Certifications:
College, university, or equivalent degree required. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) degree preferred.
This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Experience:
Intermediate level of relevant work experience required.