Senior Manager Corporate Strategy

McLean, MD - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 2 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description:

The Corporate Strategy team leads critical strategy development strategic planning value creation and portfolio transformation projects working with Mars Leadership Team global segments corporate development global functions and other senior business leaders. The Corporate Strategy Senior Manager is responsible for driving key strategy projects to frame insights and enable choices and actions that deliver on Mars Inc. strategic & value creation objectives. The senior manager is viewed as an expert strategist and analytical leader within the team who independently manages senior stakeholder relationships while collaborating with other strategy team members.

This role will have the opportunity to gain a broad-based understanding of Mars across categories segments and business units. It is expected that this role will blend strong internal capabilities with
creative external perspectives.

What are we looking for

Minimum of Bachelors degree in Business Finance or related. MBA is preferred.
3 years of experience in Corporate Strategy Corporate Development Finance or related.
Strategic thinking & insights coupled with strong financial acumen
Skilled in advanced analytics with ability to model and synthesize complex financial information and comfort with large data sets and analysis
Fluency with external market data sources (e.g. Euromonitor Nielsen etc.)
Excel and PowerPoint excellence
Superb communication skills
Project / process management
Knowledge of CPG industry or Mars business specifically a plus

What will be your key responsibilities

Lead strategy projects related to portfolio strategy value creation and financial strategy and key business transformation priorities that are on the Mars Leadership Team (MLT) agenda
Lead efforts to answer enterprise-level strategic questions including decisions on Mars Incorporateds long-term priorities investments and operating model
Lead competitive intelligence and deep dive analysis into market and competitive developments or consumer behaviors and/or analysis of significant current industry events as they happen
in real-time
Partner with business units or functions on strategic projects to accelerate the business performance of Mars - projects span portfolio / growth / brand strategy operational excellence
transformation M&A etc.
Support the preparation of Board materials and Leadership Team presentations
Support strategic knowledge and capability curation across the strategy community

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Job Description:The Corporate Strategy team leads critical strategy development strategic planning value creation and portfolio transformation projects working with Mars Leadership Team global segments corporate development global functions and other senior business leaders. The Corporate Strategy S...