Director of Strategic Initiatives

Shaw Industries · Dalton, GA · 2 wk ago

Business DevelopmentFull-time

Working closely with the three main business unit leaders (Residential, Commercial and Turf) to identify business needs and analytics required.
Help build out the 3–5 year strategy document by conducting environmental scans, documenting assumptions, and working with the ELT to turn this into insights and a well-defined business plan.
Maintain appropriate assumptions supporting the strategy document, identify early warning indicators and data sets which would tell us if something were not developing as planned and adjust assumptions as appropriate.
Highlight to leadership these changes.
Maintain a live fact base for competitors and the market.
Maintain data feeds from various data sources such as FRED, Census Data, and BLS. Use this data to support or challenge various assumptions and highlight to leadership.
Develop a “point of view” concerning market sizes, Shaw market share, competitor’s information and customer buying behavior (in conjunction with the various marketing and customer / consumer insights teams).
Prepare Ad-Hoc studies when requested from the various business units and the ELT.
Learn the business deeply and be prepared to take leadership roles within the various business units.

5 years’ experience working in a strategic role for a multi-billion-dollar company, MBA and/or proven consulting experience with a “top tier” consulting firm (EY, McKinsey etc.).
Willingness to move to North Georgia or surrounding community (Chattanooga, North Atlanta) and be willing to work on site 80% of the time.
Highly skilled in data analytics and various software programs to analyze data and turn data into insights.
Proven communication skills with all key leaders of the company including ELT members.
Ability to grow into senior leadership positions within the company within 2-3 years.

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