Strategy Manager

Strategy Manager

Overview:

Our client a leading Belgian brand is seeking an experienced Strategy Manager to join their inhouse team. The ideal candidate will have a proven ability to lead crossdisciplinary teams providing key insights and innovative solutions to the organizations strategic challenges. This role involves working closely with senior management and reporting directly to the Head of Strategy. The fastpaced environment requires a candidate who is comfortable with rapid changes and ambiguity.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategy Development and Oversight:

• Manage relationships with business stakeholders clearly defining strategic challenges.
  
• Collaborate with clients to address toplevel organizational issues such as growth performance improvement market expansion/entry customer insights profitability management and M&A.
  
• Lead branding innovation marketing and communication strategies through insightful analysis and creative ideas.
  
• Oversee and assist in research processes.
  
• Create and pitch ideas for various levels of corporate development and implementation.
  
• Provide strategic management and oversight to an interdisciplinary engagement team (designers and strategists).
  
• Ensure strategic alignment and coach teams through change management.
  
• Support creative conception and design with strategic direction.
  
• Generate written content for marketing formats including client memos proposals branding strategy documents collateral and talking points.
  
• Mentor and manage junior team members.
  
• Infuse innovation creativity and inspiration into all engagements.
  

Relationship Management:

• Manage team workflow to deliver projects on time and within budget.
  
• Identify key engagement touchpoints for principal and/or director involvement.
  
• Establish smart timelines and milestones across multiple projects; adjust based on capacity cost and client needs.
  
• Oversee outside partners and vendors.
  

Qualifications:

• Several years of strategy experience from a top strategy firm.
  
• Experience in a strategy department or consultancy environment managing significant integrated strategy and/or innovation engagements.
  
• Expertise in the application and expression of various strategies (e.g. growth M&A market expansion/entry/exit pricing & profitability corporate identity packaging retail cause marketing).
  
• Experience in qualitative and quantitative research design and execution.
  
• Ability to distill business needs and research findings into actionable brand strategy.
  
• Sharp attention to detail.
  
• Exceptional written verbal and presentation skills. Fluent in English and Dutch and French.
  
• Superior organizational communication and analytical skills.
  
• A desire to work in a valuesdriven organization.
  
• Experience in coaching and mentoring junior staff.
  

If you are a seasoned strategist with a passion for driving change and innovation we encourage you to apply. Join our dynamic team and contribute to the success of a major Belgian brand.