STRATEGY DIRECTOR
Company: Consultative Search Group
Location: Northbrook
Posted on: October 19, 2024
Job Description:
A publicly traded industrial conglomerate seeks a Director,
Enterprise Strategy to join their dynamic team. The Director will
play an essential role in our enterprise efforts to deploy capital
via organic and inorganic investments to drive sustainable growth
and enterprise value. This role will collaborate with SVP, Chief
Strategy and Innovation Officer and the broader company strategy
community to shape our strategic direction, analyze new enterprise
growth opportunities, developing partnerships and coordinating
strategic initiatives.
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role below, then send your application for consideration.
Reporting into the SVP, Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, they
will lead the research and assessment to develop a strategic plan
along with building a well-defined pipeline of organic initiatives,
and M&A targets by identifying companies that align with
strategic goals and partnering with business leaders to develop
analytics and rationale to support acquisitions.What's unique and
exciting about this role:
- Being part of a strong company with a track record of
performance & stock appreciation
- Access to and frequent interaction with C-level and Executive
Leadership Team
- Internal career growth opportunities
- Enterprise level strategy development &
executionRESPONSIBILITIES
- Work with the SVP, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer,
Business Leaders and the Strategy Community to develop a robust
strategic plan that diversifies company's industry spaces and
supports the company's growth aspirations through expansion into
new markets, technologies and capabilities:
- Conduct primary and secondary research to build a deep
understanding of market spaces and acquisition targets that can
extend us into new spaces.
- Conduct market work to ensure we have early conviction in the
space: industry and market sizes, structure, scope and trends,
competitive threats relevant products, technologies, and services
for potential growth.
- Progress the work of establishing an enterprise growth
framework for targeted assessment.
- Evaluate, develop the financial analysis for, and pursue
investments that deliver against those core business strategies.In
partnership with the SVP, Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer
lead the development of a comprehensive strategic plan and
acquisition target list by cultivating a deep understanding of
market dynamics:
- Conduct thorough analysis of industry and market landscapes,
evaluating size, structure, scope, and trends.
- Identify and assess competitive threats and profitable business
opportunities for the organization, including potential growth
avenues encompassing products, technologies, and services.
- Craft visual market maps presenting key market segments and
opportunities, facilitating clear strategic decision-making.Develop
a robust pipeline through proactive engagement and cultivation:
- Collaborate with key stakeholders across the organization to
identify and vet companies aligning with strategic objectives,
fostering strategic partnerships in both established and emerging
market domains.
- Drive lead generation initiatives, nurturing relationships to
cultivate a diverse and robust pipeline that has a successful
conversion rate.Drive the advancement of company's innovation
capabilities, shaping toolkits and metrics to uphold excellence and
measure success:
- Establish comprehensive innovation metrics in collaboration
with business leaders, aligning internal benchmarks with industry
best practices to gauge performance and drive continuous
improvement.
- Foster a culture of innovation across the organization through
targeted training and coaching, empowering leaders and peers to
excel in innovation-driven initiatives and strategic
endeavors.QUALIFICATIONS
- A Bachelor's degree required, and MBA preferred.
- Minimum of 6-10 years of strategy consulting in Industrial
niches (should have reached engagement manager or equivalent
level), private equity or corporate strategy experience.
- Strong team leadership capabilities and communications skills;
an ability to work with and influence a variety of different
positions within an organization.
- Experience preferred in industrial engineered products
manufacturing or durable goods manufacturing.
- Experience conducting primary and secondary research on target
companies and their markets, channels, and competitors.
- Strong business and financial acumen with exceptional
analytical skills.
- Drive for Results: A self-starter who can manage multiple
projects and activities end to end. Has the capability and
willingness to "roll-up" their sleeves to achieve results; will do
so in a persistent and resilient way to work through
obstacles.
- Low ego and a strong team player. Lives the company Values of
Trust, Team, and Excellence.
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