Sr Manager Strategy

Lamb Weston•Eagle, ID

About The Position

The Sr Manager Strategy analyzes, coordinates, and facilitates research related to customers, competitors, and suppliers, identifying information sources, gathering and interpreting data, and presenting findings. The role supports acquisitions and divestitures, strategic planning, competitive intelligence, M&A activities, and competitive benchmarking, helping develop long-term business plans and implementation plans for strategic recommendations. The position calls for strong analytical rigor, problem-solving, and the ability to identify issues, translate data into insights, and develop recommendations across Lamb Weston.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree required.
At least 5 years of financial and quantitative expertise in a global environment.
Ability to address complex interrelationships among factors affecting business issues and articulate key business strategies.
Advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills.
Strong critical thinking and the ability to express ideas clearly, concisely, and logically.
Ability to make balanced and insightful decisions.
Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to see the big picture.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate at all organizational levels.
Confident presentation skills.
Ability to travel, potentially internationally.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree preferred.
Consulting experience preferred.
Experience in CPG foodservice or retail, and experience with Nielsen, Circana, Technomic, or essential data sets.
Experience with strategic financial management, market and business intelligence, business insights, relationship management, business planning, market segment and product optimization, and cross-functional resourcing.

Responsibilities

Generate and maintain processes and databases for gathering macroeconomic, market, sector, competitive, and product knowledge, and support follow-up analyses, content distribution, and competitive intelligence.
Partner with business unit and functional leaders on strategy development and seek input and collaboration from functions involved in Lamb Weston's strategic planning process.
Research new markets, identify key trends, and translate data into actionable insights.
Support investment and M&A opportunities, including evaluating inbound opportunities and developing business cases with Strategy and Finance leaders.
Research and collect information on markets and competition, conduct analysis, and update executive reporting.
Provide timely, relevant project information and tailored analysis to project teams.
Serve as the internal leader and go-to expert for business intelligence and market information.
Communicate findings and their implications to business leaders and others.
Liaise with the Business Intelligence Manager at Lamb Weston's European joint venture to ensure global data consistency.
Develop and execute presentations of business proposals, create models and business cases, and automate data collection to update plans and inform strategy.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts for health and dependent care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
Well-being programs, including companywide events and a wellness incentive program
Paid time off
401(k) plan with company contributions
Financial planning services
Employee stock purchase program
Health Savings Accounts
Life and accident insurance
Family-friendly employee events
Employee Assistance Program services, including mental health and concierge-type services