Corporate Strategy Director

Key Responsibilities

• Manage performance and issues across the entire company; proactively identify risks on key issues, analyze root causes, and develop actionable improvement plans to support management decision-making.
• Provide senior management with actionable insights based on facts and data rather than intuition or convention. Integrate a market driven perspective using market and customer signals as the starting point for strategic judgment into the insight generation process, and embed this data-driven, market-centric approach to discussion and decision-making across the Kraton organization and in collaboration with the shareholder.
• Operate regular reporting and escalation processes among business units, the CSO, and the shareholder within Kraton's governance reporting framework, and systematically manage communication channels to enable rapid decision-making and execution.
• Based on a deep understanding of the management culture, decision-making style, and reporting systems of both Kraton and the shareholder, align strategic priorities between the two companies, establish a data-driven common ground for discussion, and translate agreed strategies into actionable tasks and initiatives to drive implementation.
• Track and manage the progress of strategic initiatives and Transformation Office initiatives, assign tasks to line owners, and drive execution to deliver targeted results.
• Strengthen the team's overall execution through close collaboration with other members of the CS team and relevant Kraton departments, and conduct domestic and international site visits as needed to identify issues on the ground and build relationships.

Required Skills

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in the chemical or related industries
• Five plus years of experience in strategic planning or business management
• Minimum of 2 years of experience working at a company in Korea or Asia
• Must be bilingual English/Korean

Education, Certifications & Licenses

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Chemical Engineering, or a related field.
• Candidates with degrees in other fields may be considered with sufficient experience in the chemical industry or strategic planning.
• Preference will be given to candidates with a deep understanding of and relevant experience in the chemical and materials industries, and to those holding an MBA or professional certifications in strategic planning or finance (e.g., CFA, CPA, PMP).