ROLE DESCRIPTION
This Operations Strategy Manager will report to the Senior Director Operations Strategy for the Industrial Solutions Segment. As a member of the Industrial Solutions Operations Strategy team, you will contribute to our growth strategy, competitiveness, and operations performance by working on strategic decisions and key business issues. The end goal is to make operations the key reason why we succeed in the market.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Solve complex operations problems by building a robust hypothesis and plan in collaboration with the business unit teams.
- Develop strategies and approaches to fulfill complex operational project assignments in creative and meaningful ways.
- Support development of robust strategic plan.
- Benchmark and identify key trends across markets, industries, and competitors that affect our operations in various businesses.
- Create analytical models to address key operations questions and translate output into clear stories.
- Lead the overall fact base creation and communication process.
- Develop playbooks and maturity models to standardize best in class practices and train teams on those topics.
- Establish, monitor and coordinate effective execution of various projects using a strong project management framework leading to successful execution.
- Contribute to the professional development of larger operations team.
PREFERED SKILLS & COMPETENCY
Success in the role requires strong business acumen and strategic mindset, drive to solve complex business problems, exceptional communication and presentation skills, ability to collaborate seamlessly with team members at multiple levels in the organization, and the skills and tenacity to achieve results without formal authority.
Experiences
- Experience in strategy formulation and implementation within a complex organization.
- Experience in managing strategy and strategy implementation projects through their lifecycles.
- Experience working at a top tier General Management Consulting Firm and serving diversified industrials or high-tech clients.
- Having work experience in manufacturing of 5 years focused on problem solving and process development or supply chain will be an added advantage.
Problem Solving, Analytics, Work Structure and Management, and Communications
- Ability to structure and solve complex problems using a hypothesis-driven approach.
- Ability to structure work, manage strategy projects, and provide thought leadership to the team members.
- Proficient in sourcing and analyzing complex data.
- Clear and concise oral and written communication - ability to synthesize and effectively communicate key messages.
- Excellent active listening skills.
- Thought leadership and business sense.
- Ability to architect and create insights through strategy tools, frameworks, and processes.
People, Teamwork and Leadership
- Experience managing individual contributors.
- Able to work effectively at all levels in an organization.
- Able to work with and through others and to influence others to move toward a common vision or goal.
- Being hands-on, staying connected to the ongoing strategy deployment and helping manage implementation when necessary.
- Strong relationship builder.
- Executive presence; not through arrogance, but rather collaboration and influence.
- High cross-cultural awareness.
- Orientation towards people development, tailoring projects and work priorities to help nurture talent and extended through regular coaching and feedback.
Passion and Drive
- Drive to create a safer, sustainable, productive and connected future.
- Passion for technology
- Intellectual curiosity to ask probing questions, make discoveries and always continue to learn.
- Drive to find the right answer.
- Intellectual rigor.
Values
- Integrity, Accountability, Inclusivity, Innovation and Teamwork.
- Commitment to excellence.
- Passion for technology.
- Passion for talent development.
- Results driven.
