General Responsibilities:
The key focus of the Manager, Business Strategy Planning is to drive the development and execution of business plans to ensure the company's long-term success.
You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, analyze market trends, and identify opportunities to enhance business performance.
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in strategic planning, market analysis, and business development.
Examples of Typical Activities:
Responsible for leading the development of comprehensive business and accounts strategies aligned with company goals and objectives.
Conduct thorough market research to identify industry trends, competitor activities, and emerging opportunities.
Analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) to drive key account plan and assess the effectiveness of current strategies and identify areas for improvement.
Provide data-driven insights to support decision-making processes.
Work closely with various departments, including marketing, sales, finance, and product development, to develop seasonal and annual plans.
Facilitate communication and collaboration across teams to drive the successful implementation of strategies.
Collaborate with the finance department to consolidate and communicate final seasonal forecasts to relevant departments.
Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) for strategic initiatives and regularly monitor and report on performance against these metrics.
Required Experience
A BS degree in Business, Economics, Finance or related field required; a minimum of 5-8 years of business planning experience.
Required Technical Competencies
Strong sales and presentation skills – verbal and written.
Strong Financial Acumen
Proficient in Project Management
Proficient with MS Office Suite
Flexibility to travel
Analytical skills relating to the 4 P’s – pricing, promotion, product and placement
Demonstrated ability to effectively interface with customer Senior Management.
Required Behavioral Competencies
Personal Leadership – Leads by envisioning the future, engaging others, energizing people and enabling self and others to develop and execute plans to deliver strategy.
Customer Focus – Makes customers and their needs a primary focus of one’s actions; develops and sustains productive customer relationships.
Developing Others – Plans and supports the development of individuals’ skills and abilities so that they can fulfill current or future job/role responsibilities more effectively.
Initiating Action – Takes prompt action to accomplish objectives; takes action to achieve goals beyond what is required; is proactive.
Managing Work – Effectively manages one’s time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently.
Sales Ability/Persuasiveness - Uses appropriate interpersonal styles and communication methods to gain acceptance of a product, service, or idea from prospects and clients.
Strategic Decision Making – Obtains information and identifies key issues and relationships relevant to achieving a long-range goal or vision; commits to a course of action to accomplish a long-range goal or vision after developing alternatives based on logical assumptions, facts, available resources, constraints, and organizational values.
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