Leads strategic initiative projects by identifying business opportunities, analyzing quantitative and qualitative data, developing recommendations, presenting findings to executives, and supporting implementation. The role manages timelines and deliverables, develops field enablement materials and processes, collaborates cross-functionally, and supervises up to two senior analysts.
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The Senior Manager, Strategy is responsible for leading project work in support of strategic initiatives at US Foods. This includes identifying and quantifying business opportunities, analyzing data, communicating findings and recommendations to executive audiences, engaging with cross-functional teams, and supporting implementation.The work for the Sr Manager Strategy position is completely remote anywhere in the United States except Hawaii or United States Territories.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Project leadership: Own project deliverables, timeline, and success criteria; collaborate with internal analytics partners, business stakeholders, and Strategy leadership.
- Analytics and solution development: Leverage advanced methods and tools to analyze business problems; synthesize qualitative and quantitative insights and develop clear, concise, and fact-based recommendations.
- Communications: Create executive-level written materials and present to senior audiences.
- Field enablement: Develop training, standard operating processes, and tracking capabilities to enable field execution against corporate initiatives.
- Department support: Collaborate with members of the Strategy team and support consistent and ad-hoc project needs.
- Other duties as assigned by manager
SUPERVISION:
- Team of up to 2 Senior Analysts
RELATIONSHIPS
- Internal: Strategy team and key internal stakeholders
- External: External customers and vendors, as applicable
WORK ENVIRONMENT (Select one)
- Remote: This role is fully remote, and the associate is expected to perform assigned responsibilities from a home-based environment.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- 6 years of demonstrated successful experience in analytical roles
- Strong analytical, problem solving and technical aptitude; experience in gathering and analyzing data with attention to detail and a high level of accuracy, completeness, responsiveness, and accountability.
- Demonstrated motivation to build consensus, lead workstreams, and drive progress on assigned projects.
- Clear, concise communicator able to interface with all levels of the organization.
- Strong written and oral presentation skills, including comfort presenting to senior management.
- Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.
- Experience in data analysis and statistical inference.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
EDUCATION
- Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, OR related quantitative field
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Master’s degree.
- Prior management consulting, corporate strategy, retail, or pricing experience
- Prior retail and/or pricing experience
- SQL experience
This role may also receive annual incentive plan bonus and long-term incentive program.
Benefits for this role may include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance. To review available benefits, please click here: https://www.usfoods.com/careers/benefits.html.
Compensation depends on relevant experience and/or education, specific skills, function, geographic location, and other factors as applicable by law (for example: state or local minimum wage thresholds). The expected base rate for this role is between
$110,000 - $175,000***EOE – Race/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Age/Genetic Information/Protected Veteran/Disability Status***
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