About the role
Schneider Electric is hiring for the role of Services Strategy Manager!
Responsibilities of the Candidate:
- Formulates EM S&S One Services' strategy and strategic plan together with global business leaders to ensure strategic growth and profitability
- Accountable for development and implementation of long-term and short-term strategic plans
- Translates strategic ambitions to actions with detailed, multi-year strategic plan that help One Services' business achieve targeted business goals
- Leads and facilitates change management plans to align with strategic ambitions
- Drives transformation programs in the Services division by working with related teams including LoB, commercial, supply chain, execution, etc.
- Supports and manages the business division Corporate Strategy deliverables & Strategic Cycles, including business division strategic planning and reporting process, facilitating BU management in execution of various strategic initiatives; implementing BU transformation program; evaluating any new business portfolio for investment or divestment
- Partners with Portfolio management to drive implementation of strategic plans
- Supports BU's corporate development activities e.g. Ventures, M&A and partnership to understand the new market landscape, screen potential partners or targets, review profiles and facilitate business division management's decision-making on the strategic intent, fit, and attractiveness of possible activities and build business plans
- Develops data-driven analyses to optimize planning and translate into financial value. Prepares reporting and trend analysis for presentation to executive leadership
- Works with Division, Offer, Commercial, Execution, Operations, Segment teams and other business partners to guide operational responsiveness to challenges, and alignment with business imperatives
- Contributes to synthesis of market/competitive intelligence and market trends to identify new areas of growth, new trends in the market and evolving customer needs
- Develops executive-level presentation and communication in a high professional standard for global leaders for internal and external events and activities
- Influences C-level executives on a wide range of business issues, including risk management and implementation tactics
Requirements
- Bachelor or above degree in Business, Strategy or Services; MBA or advanced university degree highly desired
- Intensive experience gained in Corporate strategy, Management Consulting or Strategic Marketing roles in a global Services business
- Experience creating a long-term strategic plan for global, complex Service organizations that serve one or more industries
- Extensive knowledge of Recurring Services, Digital Services, Managed Services, Professional Services, AI-enabled and AI-native, XaaS; electrical distribution and sustainability will be a plus
- Intense experience working to develop and implement a Services growth or transformation strategy with direct involvement in creation, deployment and results
- Extensive experience in Strategic Planning for Services that translates business unit goals into actionable plans and strategies that reflect the requirements and opportunities
- Ability to balance long-term strategic planning with near-term strategy implementation
- Result-oriented, high energy, hands-on talent who functions well in a highly productive result-oriented team
- Able to lead effectively in a complex and political environment, and deliver results; able to influence without direct authority; able to balance between competing priorities and be flexible and creative; able to drive performance
- Demonstrated exceptional expertise in hypotheses and strategy formulation, conducting primary and secondary research, driving executive meetings, industry sector research report compilation/writing, and PowerPoint-based presentation
- Executive level presentation skills. Highly developed negotiation and influencing skills.
- Fluent in English