Senior Manager, Strategy

5 months ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Coca-Cola Full time

**Position Overview**

This role supports these essential strategic priorities and leads the organization in developing and providing strategic consultation on company goals and priorities. We’re looking for someone with a strategic mindset that wants to make a global impact.

**What You’ll Do for Us**
- Oversees the detailed, quantitative analysis work associated with developing meaningful insights to address business biggest challenges.
- Partners and collaborates inside and outside the department with Functions/Operating Units/Platform Services based on the priorities of the enterprise and the department.
- For priorities identified, support the process to deliver expectations (Enterprise Strategy, Enterprise-Wide Initiatives or Enterprise Learning)
- Leverage analysis and insights produced by Platform Services/Operating Units/Functions and produces ad-hoc analysis required to support rotating priorities (Enterprise Strategy, Enterprise-Wide Initiatives or Enterprise Learning).
- Assist in the development of communication plans designed to ensure transparent communications with key internal and external stakeholders during the strategic planning process.
- Assistance in establishing a strategic planning process structure for how to best receive and incorporate input from leadership and stakeholders on the strategic plan.
- Provide guidance on key elements and structure of the related implementation plan, including performance indicators and accountability systems.
- Identify opportunities and implement recommendations to leverage knowledge sharing.
- Provide recommendations to aid in organizational effectiveness through the strategic planning process and implement approved recommendations to improve the organizational efficiency.

**Qualifications & Requirements**
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Strategy, or related field
- 5+ years’ experience focused on Corporate & Business Unit Strategy, Strategic Planning, Growth Strategy, Commercial Strategy, and Business Transformation.
- Experience working with senior executives crafting and implementing strategies for growth and margin improvement at the corporate, business, or brand level.
- Superior critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Exceptional interpersonal, team-building, and oral and written communication skills; outstanding integrity, initiative, creativity, and passion.
- Ability to work in an ambiguous environment.
- Problem solving, process mind-set and analytical skills with great attention to detail
- Ability to rotate across priorities, leverage relationships with key business partners, comfortable in working closely with OUs/Functions/Platform Services.
- Outstanding communication skills (both written and verbal).

**What We Can Do For You**
- ** Purpose Driven**: Purpose driven approach that empowers our people to protect the environment and communities we serve while delivering safe & quality products**.**:

- ** Global Connections**:Allows you to develop, enhance and maintain global connections that allow us to move faster and learn from others.
- ** Community of Belonging**:We’re an organization that believes our ability to continually grow and build the right atmosphere where people feel safe and empowered, lets you bring your best self to work.

**Skills**

Influencing; Customer Experience (CX); Continual Improvement Process; Business Transformation; Collaborative Leadership; Business Processes; Project Management; Industry Networking; Trend Analysis; Agile Methodology; Microsoft Office; Process Management; Communication; Long Term Planning; Corporate Storytelling



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