Mgr, Corporate Strategy

Work Location Type: Hybrid 

As a leading industrial distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom, We Keep The World Working® by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide with products delivered through innovative technology and deep customer relationships. With 2023 sales of $16.5 billion, we’re dedicated to providing value for customers, fostering an engaging culture for team members and driving strong financial results.

Our welcoming workplace enables you to learn, grow and make a difference by keeping businesses running and their people safe. As a 2024 Glassdoor Best Place to Work and a Great Place to Work-Certified™ company, we’re looking for passionate people to join our team as we continue leading the industry over our next 100 years.

Position Details:

The Manager, Corporate Strategy will be a key partner in developing and refining corporate and business unit strategy. This individual will help craft the corporate roadmap and identify critical customer, competitive and macroeconomic trends impacting the business. This role will work closely with leaders across the organization on decisions that help improve our market share, profitability, and competitive advantage in a rapidly changing industry. This role will report to the Sr Mgr, Corporate Strategy and is a hybrid position with a requirement of working in our Lake Forest office three days per week.

You Will:

• Lead and coordinate the corporate strategic planning process including corporate development and business unit strategy across segments 
• Develop unbiased point-of-view on the critical issues facing our business at both the corporate or business unit level 
• Engage with P&L's or functional areas on high impact strategy projects 
• Bring relevant competitor and market perspective to internal leaders 
• Support executive team on regular cadence of internal or external communications 

You Have:

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field
• 2+ years of consulting experience from a strategy consulting firm, including generalist experience across multiple industries 
• Exposure to industrials within consulting preferred
• Experience managing multiple high-profile assignments. 
• Experience bringing structure to ambiguous problems, framing key questions and developing a work-plan to answer them. 
• Advanced analytical and quantitative skills and proficiency with excel (can perform complex functions) 
• Experience building presentations with PowerPoint (deck writing) with messaging appropriate for audiences at all levels 
• Experience in understanding complex customer needs, understanding competitive dynamics, and framing potential growth strategies 
• Experience in aggregating disparate market, customer, and expert information into a cohesive recommendation for executive leaders

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment that includes both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one’s employment.  With this in mind, should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.