Role -

To help shape BUs portfolio composition and competitive strategy by being an advisor to the General Managers. The Strategy Manager will work directly with Directors of Strategy to create shareholder value by helping address the most important strategic questions for the Auto/ICT/Sensors business, including:

- Manage and execute projects to help identify new growth opportunities through the identification of attractive market spaces, determining what it takes to win, assessing competitive position and business models, and then helping the organization to align on the strategic direction and execution plan

- Support the development and update of the Business Units strategy that drive above-market organic and inorganic growth working closely with leadership to ensure both cross-functional involvement and real-time input as the external environment (e.g., technology, customer needs, regulations, competitors, etc.) evolves.

- Ensure that the business strategies he/she develops clearly articulate the business choices, are well-defined, lay out talent and resource requirements, and are implementable

- Help support the strategic planning process and deepen strategic capabilities across the organization

- Drive change designing and implementing projects to execute on strategic objectives.

- Support and enhance talent management for the strategy organization, including talent acquisition, development, and retention objectives.

RESPONSIBILITIES - 

- Identifying, analyzing, and resolving important strategic issues facing the business units

- Developing timely, well-informed analysis of technology, regulations, competition (both existing and emerging).

- Developing and documenting a deep understanding of different customer segments and their associated needs. Ensure segmentation is robust, actionable, and simple for the business to understand.

- Analyzing industry structure, business models, competitive dynamics, and market attractiveness and its likely evolution to inform strategy development and priority setting

- Bringing expertise and techniques (e.g., scenario planning, wargaming) designed to identify and make better decisions under uncertainty. Understand and quantify its impact across all business assumptions

- Identifying the impact of changes in the external environment on strategy & determine potential courses of action.

- Identifying and assessing inorganic opportunities acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, alliances, licensing relationships, etc.

- Assist in the synthesis of businesses strategic priorities and building the execution plans.

Desired Candidate:

- Bachelors degree, preferably in Engineering

- MBA or another advanced degree from a top program is a plus but not required

- 4+ years of cumulative business experience, 1+ years in a major top tier General Management Consulting Firm with a focus on automotive / sensors Tier 1 clients is preferred, or previous corporate strategy experience in automotive / sensors Tier 1 industries

- Understanding of the theory and tools of strategy formulation as well as the practical implementation of strategy within a complex organization

- Operational track record of dealing with strategic business issues including microeconomics, industry structure, new technology, operations strategy, and finance

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