Manager - Strategy

Description

Primary responsibilities

The Manager of Portfolio Strategy supports the VP, NA Portfolio Strategy and North America leadership team by developing the NA portfolio strategy across brands and functions and supporting stakeholder engagement on strategy development, deployment, and implementation. This includes developing strategic blueprint for NA ELC portfolio supported by in-depth innovation and category/ subcategory analyses, and marketing financial planning. Additionally, the role includes leading NA End to End readiness analyses across Innovation and Marketing to drive connections across functions and enable speed in decisions and action across the Brands and Region. This role requires gravitas and motivation to be a change champion in the Region.

Key Accountabilities

Support The Development Of The North America Strategy Presentation In Collaboration With Brands, Functions, The North America Strategy Team And North America Leadership

• Lead overall NA strategy development process and coordinates with NA brands and functions, and with Corporate Strategy
• Lead specific sections of the strategy development and presentation
• Ensure proper communication, understanding and alignment on the Strategy across stakeholders
  
  

Lead development of North America strategic blueprint and End to End readiness analyses:

• Perform in-depth SKU level analyses of innovation, category/subcategory, and marketing financial plan across all brands in ELC portfolio to inform Regional blueprint
• Identify top marketing programs across Brands in Region and determine sales and investment gaps / opportunities to achieve blueprint; develop annual top marketing programs report to track performance
• Manage brand calendar planning and create portfolio marketing calendar; communicate portfolio calendar with key stakeholders across Region
• Lead End to End analyses across Innovation and Marketing to drive connections across functions; elevate any gaps/challenges to enable speed to decision to drive execution excellence
  
  

Support in the execution of the North America strategy and Corporate transformation initiatives in the Region:

• Helps translate the strategy into action plans (including identifying / prioritizing / staging key initiatives and developing KPIs) to support business-led change across ELC portfolio
• Lead regional implementation of global marketing transformation projects and be a change champion
  
  

Support Key Milestone Corporate Meetings And Business Planning By

• Provide input into key milestone Corporate and Business Planning meetings – eg, Global Category strategies, Cross Brand and Functional Business Alignment meetings
  
  

Qualifications

Qualifications

• BS in quantitative or business management field
• 5-7 years of experience in a strategic / analytical role with combination of strategic vision and analytical skill with practical project management and execution skill – top flight Consulting or Consumer / Retail / Marketing / Transformation preferred
• Understanding of the Consumer / Retail / Beauty industry and requirements; interest / passion for Brand Marketing
• Strong intellectual capital and curiosity paired with strong emotional intelligence and “servant leadership” to drive complex change efforts and results through influence and relationships
• Outstanding quantitative and analytical skills (expertise in Excel, modeling, and ideally in more advanced tools) with ability to synthesize large amounts of data into meaningful insights and recommendations
• Excellent communication and presentation skills (verbal, written and visual) with ability to focus on key business questions and convey messages clearly and concisely (including to senior audiences)
• Strong problem solving skills; pro-activeness in identifying challenges and finding solutions
• Ability to work independently but also to manage / interact effectively with multiple stakeholders (including senior stakeholders)
• Be able to multi-task, quickly ramp up and manage multiple different topics in parallel, effectively prioritize work, coordinate across multiple stakeholders, and proactively find solutions to address business issues
• Positive mindset and eagerness to learn and drive value
• Mastery in all Microsoft applications (esp. Excel, PPT, Word)