Strategic Planner

Job Description

The Strategic Planner is a key leadership role responsible for shaping and advancing the organization’s long-term strategic direction. This role partners closely with executive leadership, business leaders, and cross-functional teams to support the Emerson Management Process and drive growth, innovation, and operational excellence. By translating market insights and business priorities into actionable strategies, the Strategic Planner helps ensure alignment between strategic objectives and day-to-day execution across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and ongoing refinement of the organization’s strategic plans, ensuring alignment with company purpose, values, and evolving market dynamics
• Partner with executive leadership to define strategic priorities, long-term objectives, and actionable plans that support sustainable business growth
• Support Emerson planning and governance processes, including preparation of materials and insights for President’s Council, Profit Review, and Growth Conference
• Conduct market, competitive, and industry analysis to identify growth opportunities, emerging trends, and potential risks
• Gather, organize, and synthesize internal and external data across Flow Controls markets, world areas, business units, and operations
• Systematically track and assess Fisher product market activity to inform long-term strategy and business direction
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and implement strategic initiatives aligned with organizational goals
• Communicate strategic insights and recommendations clearly and effectively to stakeholders at all levels
• Anticipate challenges to strategy execution and support change management efforts to drive adoption and alignment
• Help prioritize initiatives and projects based on strategic impact and business value

Qualifications

• You think strategically while remaining grounded in data and execution
• You build trust through collaboration and communicate complex ideas with clarity and influence
• You navigate ambiguity with confidence, adapt quickly to changing priorities, and bring energy and accountability to your work while delivering on commitments

Preferred Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, marketing, or a related field
• 2+ years of experience in strategic planning, business analysis, market analysis, or forecasting within a complex organization
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into meaningful insights and recommendations
• Effective communication and presentation skills across diverse audiences
• Authorization to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship
• MBA
• 3+ years of experience in strategic planning, business analysis, market analysis, or forecasting within a complex organization
• Experience working in a global, matrixed organization
• Knowledge of Flow Controls, Fisher products, or related industrial markets
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
• Familiarity with financial reporting metrics and operational performance indicators
• A proactive approach, strong ownership mindset, and commitment to meeting deadlines

About Emerson

At Emerson, we are motivated by a spirit of collaboration that helps our diverse, multicultural teams across the world drive innovation that makes the world healthier, safer, smarter, and more sustainable. And we want you to join us in our bold aspiration. We have built an engaged community of inquisitive, dedicated people who thrive knowing they are welcomed, trusted, celebrated, and empowered to solve the world’s most complex problems — for our customers, our communities, and the planet. You’ll contribute to this vital work while further developing your skills through our award-winning employee development programs. We are a proud corporate citizen in every city where we operate and are committed to our people, our communities, and the world at large. We take this responsibility seriously and strive to make a positive impact through every endeavor. At Emerson, you’ll see firsthand that our people are at the center of everything we do. So, let’s go. Let’s think differently. Learn, collaborate, and grow. Seek opportunity. Push boundaries. Be empowered to make things better. Speed up to break through. Let’s go, together.