Strategy Manager

What You'll Do

• Assist the C-suite in developing comprehensive company strategies.  
• Support leadership in business development planning and tracking, which includesaligning priority clients and offerings. 
• Work with Business Operations Manager to create a live market and pricing intel hub that tracks competitor moves, brand procurement trends, feedstock signals, and projects gross margin across markets and seasonality. 
• Develop a perspective on the future gross margin position based on cost reduction initiatives. 
• Devise communication plans and investor-ready storytelling that translate complex operations, cost curves, and TAM data into decisive storylines.  
• Synthesize clear takeaways from complex information and make strategic recommendations using both qualitative and quantitative methods. 
• Create financial models, make strategic financial recommendations, capture value, etc.  
• Structure and solve ambiguous issues within sales, partnerships, and supply chain. 
• Manage and contribute to due diligence processes. 
• Manage budget justification and reporting tools to create a finance-approved framework tying brand activations to pay-back horizons and ROIC through automated dashboards. 
• Design implementation plans and leadspecific initiatives. 
• Collaborate on high-level strategic questions, providing data-backed trade-offs and hypothesis-driven solutions. 

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Engineering, or related field required. 
• 4+ years of relevant experience in creating and implementing business strategies, incorporating quantitative analysis, and building financial models. 
• 2+ years of experience at a startup in a related industry or at a consulting firm with clients in the CPG space. 

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or finance certification (e.g., CFA Level I+). 
• Ability to own long-term strategic initiatives with minimal guidance. 
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills for engaging various audiences and presenting information across different mediums. 
• Experience working with or managing teams in consulting, analytics, supply chain, logistics, engineering, or operations. 
• Strong attention to detail and superior time management skills with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet competing deadlines. 
• Ability to independently manage problems, develop solutions, and make proactive decisions. 
• Adaptable to changing work demands, comfortable managing ambiguity, and evolving priorities. 
• Advanced in Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel and Google Sheets. 
• Entrepreneurial mindset, results-driven, proactive, self-starter capable of operating independently with minimal daily direction. 
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build lasting relationships. 
• Growth mindset, strong desire to learn quickly and contribute to an industry-defining company.