Job Title: Strategic Planner 5
Location: Beaverton, OR
Duration: 04 months contract
Pay Range: $(69.71 - 73.00)/hr on W2 all-inclusive without benefits
Hybrid: Monday - Thursday onsite, Friday remote
Job Description:
• The nature of the work is focused on short-term or long-term business direction, goals, processes, and purchases.
• General Analysis: Develops strategic plan(s) to ensure the continued successful growth and profitability.
• Conducts environmental scans, organizational positioning analyses and other studies.
• Identifies, investigates, evaluates and negotiates acquisitions/divestitures, licensing opportunities and strategic business alliances that are in line with the organization's long-range goals.
• Strategic Business Planning Process: Drive a planning process in which all gates and dates are clearly understood and that result in all Corporate planning deliverables being met.
• Monitor factors that would indicate the need for redirection of strategy.
• Measurement: Lead the process of developing strategic initiatives and objectives for the current year and the 3-year Strategic Plan at the Regional Level, and work with business units/functions to ensure objectives are aligned and integrated; Identify relevant measures and drive accountability for on-going performance against business and strategic objectives by preparing for and help leading Quarterly Business Review process.
• Typically requires a Bachelors Degree and minimum of 10 years directly relevant experience; experience should include comprehensive experience as a business/process leader or industry expert Note: One of the following alternatives may be accepted: - PhD or Law + 8 yrs; Masters + 9 yrs; Associates degree + 11 yrs; High School + 12 yrs.
Notes from Hiring Manager:
• On-site role at WHQ; typical work hours, WFH Fridays
• Minimum undergrad degree required
• 10+ years' experience in a strategic planning role
• Top must-have skills include the following:
• Strategic planning/thinking/forecasting
• Project management
• High impact written communication
• Desired soft skills:
• Ability to build relationships quickly
• Ability to navigate executive stakeholders
• Bias for action
• Previous client experience HIGHLY preferred due to short engagement length; those candidates will be prioritized
• Otherwise, experience in the apparel industry will be preferred
• ETW will support 1 strategic project (apparel classification playbook - how to manage a line of apparel that goes across multiple sports); can expect to help with building a lot of slide decks; will also provide ad hoc support to the head of apparel
• Will work directly with the product strategy team, cross functionally with apparel LT.