Background: Fortune 300 Organization within the Grocery Retail space seeks a Senior Manager of Retail Strategy to join its Analytics & Strategy group. The Senior Manager will collaborate with internal strategic partners to develop innovative short and long-term business and customer strategies. Additionally, the Senior Manager of Retail Strategy will take full ownership of the implementation of these strategies by providing program and project management support.
What Will You Do:
- collaborate with internal strategic stakeholders to develop both innovative short and long-term retail grocery strategies with the goal of increasing market share, customer retention, and loyalty
- collaborate with analytical teams on measurement plans to gauge strategy success
- natural ability to take data driven insights to formulate innovative strategies, expert in data storytelling, and have the aptitude to influence strategic senior decision makers
- take full ownership of strategy implementation; including building project timelines, navigating complex business challenges and providing program / project management support to ensure timelines are adhered to by internal / external stakeholders
- deliver executive level presentations to illustrate incremental value of strategies, the implementation processes to execute strategies, and provide ongoing project status
- maintain a pulse on macro-economic data and trends in order to determine long term business drivers and help develop innovation and strategy (i.e. navigating a post-COVID world, changes in supply chain, competition, consumer behavior, etc)
More Info:
- this is a very senior individual contributor role where the candidate must be absolutely polished and comfortable leading meetings and developing executive level presentations
- Ability to influence senior leadership on business strategy is a MUST
- hybrid retail strategy and program / project management role
- excellent benefits including strong total compensation
- 100% Remote role
Responsibilities/Experience:
- Must have 10+ years of experience leading strategic projects and its implementation
- Proven experience leading strategy sessions, strategy implementations, and providing program / project management support
- Proven experience with strategy formulation within B2C is a MUST
- Business transformation and change management experience
- Strong data story-telling i.e. ability to transform data and provide strategic recommendations
- Expert presentation skills and the ability to influence strategic decisions among senior executives