Job Responsibilities

Research / Competitive Intelligence

• Identify and monitor key trends across company’s landscape and ecosystem
• Collect, analyze, and interpret data to form externally informed, actionable insights and enterprise wide outlooks that are then used to formulate corporate strategy

Strategic Planning

• Perform both internal and external strategic analyses to become better informed about current business conditions
• Funnel insights (industry, business, competitive analysis) to facilitate strategic plan development
• Develop scenarios centered around variations in business outlook and assess strategic responses including capital allocation

Business Partnering

• Perform the role of an in-house business consultant; Partner with teams across the local BUs to facilitate Deep-Dive analyses into selected topics
• Assess strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats; research and analyze relevant industries, markets, trends to identify strategies and transformation needs

Performance Management and Executive Communication

• Assist in executing the Strategic Plan by supporting transformation initiatives and by facilitating tracking and reporting of key performance metrics
• Identify performance gaps and facilitate coordinated actions to address issues
• Develop content that will be included in executive and board level presentations
• Support with improving the overall performance of the business units in scope

Skills

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics or engineering preferred
• 7-10 years’ total experience in consulting, business development, strategy, or strategic planning; familiarity with agriculture and food industry is a plus
• Should be proficient in Excel financial modeling and in creating PowerPoint presentations
• Market research and competitive analysis skills
• Experience in execution of initiatives and plans
• Demonstrated capacity to perform in a fast-paced work environment