Sr Manager Strategy

Lamb Weston•Eagle, ID

5d•$146,840 - $220,250

About The Position

The Sr Manager Strategy analyzes, coordinates, and facilitates research and analysis concerning customers, competitors, suppliers, markets, and products. The role supports acquisitions and divestitures, strategic planning, long-term business plans, competitive intelligence, and competitive benchmarking. It requires analytical rigor and the ability to identify issues, execute analysis, translate data into insights, develop strategic recommendations, and create implementation plans. The position maintains market and business intelligence processes and databases, partners with business unit and functional leaders on strategy development, researches markets and trends, and supports investment and M&A opportunities. It serves as an internal expert on business intelligence and market information, communicates findings and their implications to business leaders, and coordinates with Lamb Weston’s European joint venture to support globally consistent data.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree (BS/BA).
At least 10 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 and attention to detail, with an ability to see the big picture.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate at all organizational levels.
Proven presentation skills.
Ability to travel, with the possibility of international travel.
Ability to understand and apply business drivers, strategies, and modeling to inform opportunities and strategic decisions.
Ability to generate market intelligence, translate market data into business intelligence, and ensure strategies and plans are based on fact-based market data.
Ability to identify, acquire, and communicate customer and marketplace insights that support strategy and initiatives.
Ability to foster collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Ability to facilitate, develop, and implement comprehensive plans that deliver on objectives.
Ability to understand and apply product optimization, assortment, new item initiatives, and segment-based solutions in relation to strategic direction.
Ability to integrate knowledge of Lamb Weston, its customers, and the industry across functions, including supply chain.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree preferred.
Consulting experience preferred.
Experience in CPG foodservice and retail preferred.
Experience with Nielsen, Circana, Technomic, or essential data sets preferred.

Responsibilities

Generate and maintain processes and databases for gathering, analyzing, following up on, and distributing economic, market, sector, competitive, and product information.
Partner with business unit and functional leaders on strategy development and collaborate with participants 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; define and analyze relevant information; and update executive reporting.
Provide timely, project-relevant information and tailored analysis to project teams.
Serve as the internal leader and go-to expert for business intelligence and market information, and 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 consistency of data globally.
Support strategic planning, competitive intelligence, M&A, and competitive benchmarking activities.
Develop models, business cases, plans, presentations, and approaches to automate data collection and inform strategy.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
Flexible Spending Accounts for health and dependent care, Health Reimbursement Accounts, and Health Savings 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.
Life and accident insurance.
Family-friendly employee events.
Employee Assistance Program services, including mental health and concierge-type services.
Compensation and bonus incentive programs.