This role requires managing a team of individual contributors to manage the organizations priorities ensuring alignment across teams driving critical initiatives and supporting the Retail Business Planning Director in decision-making processes. The Retail Business Planning Team Manager will work closely with senior leadership providing operational project management and organizational oversight. We are looking for a stitcher who has extensive experience with storytelling across both business and financial plans. The ideal candidate has strong business and financial acumen is organized strategic and possesses excellent management leadership and communication skills. 1) Team ManagementResponsible for managing team and workload. Guide the work of the Retail Business Planning team setting expectations and deadlines reviewing work and providing feedback. Build capabilities of individuals and teams through employee development involvement communication and coaching2) Organization-Wide Communication Lead the team to prepare presentations reports and strategic documents3) Presentation Development Support development of key internal communications and presentations including Retail Quarterly Business Reviews Executive Meetings Board of Directors Fiscal Year Plan and All Team Meetings. This work includes storytelling across both business and financial plans and initiatives 4) Leadership Meetings Support recurring strategic and operational meetings such as Retail Leadership Staff(s) Executive Assistant meetings etc. to ensure shared context awareness and alignment. Work with team to assemble and make the agenda available before meetings begins. Collect and prepare content. Ensure actions are tracked and completed. Source and curate content for regular activity reports5) Management System Elevate and improve on the Retail Management System including cadence of Leadership meetings and updates aligned with Retail Strategic Focus Areas. Ensure measurement against timelines and KPIs. Connect the dots across teams and workstreams that should intersect and collaborate. Elevate risks. Identifying areas of improvement across the Retail organization and make actionable recommendations. Present the Retail Leadership Team with detailed operations analyses 6) Special Projects Project manage special strategic initiatives for the Retail Leadership team from inception to completion and develop business insights and recommendations 7) Retail Strategy Develop and lead key ongoing Retail-wide analyses including researching and analyzing retail industries technology segments and business models and evaluating the merits and risks of complex alternatives. Work cross-functionally to incubate ideas and develop strategies that influence the future direction of Apples Retail investments. Craft compelling stories supported by data that bring strategies to life. Help transform the Retail Leadership Teams ideas into reality and monitor their progress
This role typically requires 10 years of work experience in strategy finance or business development role in a Retail-centric environment; 8 years related experience with a strategy consulting firm or investment bank and/or experience as a Chief of Staff at a large organization
Demonstrated people-leadership experience
Experience managing relationships and working cross-functionally within global organizations
Ability to understand and articulate the big picture to executive teams while maintaining exceptional attention to execution details
Excellent problem-solving and presentation skills with the ability to effectively facilitate complex meetings with executives and partners across multiple functions in an organization
Excellent program management skills with ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously
Excellent Keynote / Powerpoint and Excel skills
Bachelors degree or equivalent experience
3 years people management experience
Outstanding analytical skills and experience in collecting analyzing and tracking key business data
Relentless focus on details accuracy and quality
Exceptional influencer that knows how to connect the dots at the project team and organizational levels
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