Strategy Manager

Location: Geneva 6, Geneva, Switzerland
Date Posted: May 15, 2020

Job Description

Description

Job Purpose:

The Strategy Manager will play a critical role in the success of the Parts Pricing and Sales Variance Department driving key strategic initiatives and actions interdepartmentally within Global Aftermarket Services and across the enterprise.  A member of the department leadership team, this position will provide important and strategic input and facilitation and be a key enabler for the Department Head. This position is appointed to measure, analyze and improve strategically selected outcomes, experience and extended OPACC-C of pricing actions.

• Leading strategy development to improve results for department and division positively impacting Services growth targets


• Planning and directing all projects viewed as critical to department and the enterprise


• Managing metrics, dashboards and supporting management tools in place to monitor performance of price actions and develop processes to prioritize price reviews.


• Prioritizing critical issues and required information to facilitate efficient decision-making


• Organizing and facilitating leadership meetings, ensuring clear action items and timely follow-up.


• Planning and overseeing the competitive pricing intelligence processes.


• Managing, along with the Pricing leadership team and key business partners, profitable growth governance


• Responsible the communication of major price plan with the sales, industry and key stakeholder groups


• Evaluating all related factors impacting global price increase and managing the decision process


• Coordinating and developing annual business plan, department expense budgets, results and rolling business management with Business Resources


• Attending various executive/department meetings to keep a pulse on the business and help connecting the dots with others across the company


• Planning leadership events, off-sites, and strategic planning/accountability reviews


• Ensuring clear communication of objectives, expectations and manages accountability, assigning duties according to capability


• Working collaboratively with stakeholders in determining the structure, defining the approach and delivery of pricing training.


• Assisting in onboarding key team members


• Providing strategic guidance to Department Head, often leading (or co-leading) strategic initiatives that are outside of functional groups.                                                                


• Identifying improvement opportunities and enterprise-wide implementation of those improvements


• Responsible for driving internal and external communication that supports and accelerates impact of the department


• Employee may also be responsible for performing other job duties occasionally as assigned


• Exceptional networking skills, being accessible, responsive and focused on delivery and execution


• Effective champion for the aftermarket parts pricing, with demonstrated credibility in the organization, able to be persuasive and influence without authority


• Limited travel required (less than 30%).


• Managing and supervising staff responsible for project management, training, governance, communication and competitive intelligence (3 to 6 direct reports).  

This position is open to Swiss, C permit, B or G work permit holders with European citizenship. Relocation support may be considered on a case by case basis for a European incumbent. 

Qualifications

• Requires bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited institution


• Ten years progressively responsible job-related experience, including project management and/or leadership, preferably with experience within pricing, aftermarket and dealer network


• Prior supervisory experience

Top candidates will also have:

• Exceptional organizational, analytical and project management skills


• The ability to manage ambiguity, work autonomously, and multi-task in an agile and fast-paced environment


• Consistently meeting ambitious deadlines and deliver high-quality work on schedule


• Strong facilitation skills


• Ability to distill high level communication into meaningful context and actions


• Demonstrated ability to navigate and positively influence in a large matrix organization and work closely with senior management


• Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal and analytical skills; the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences and varying levels of the organization.


• Understanding of and credibility in the field of marketing


• Proven ability to diagnose and find innovative solutions to unique and complex problems on a regular basis


• Knowledge of competitors and industry pricing trends


• Maintains positive and can-do attitude and approach to work


• MBA or Master's degree