Strategic Planning Manager

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Own analytics for the Pultrusion business, including revenue, cost and profitability drivers and variance explanations
• Build and communicate market, competitive and customer demand trends and insights concisely
• Analyze internal data to understand underlying drivers of performance and translate those into actionable insights
• Support commercial decision-making through fact-based analysis, and scenario modeling
• Lead analysis of business-critical projects by defining milestones, owners, financial impact, risks, and other project needs across cross-functional teams
• Construct forecasts, business cases, sensitivity analyses, investment cases, make vs. buy or tolling models, and other business-critical efforts to support executive decisions.
• Support in reviewing supply agreements and other commercial contract discussions
• Lead forecasting, annual budgeting, and long-range planning efforts and prepare concise executive-level materials for customer discussions, and executive updates
• Leverage key relationships across cross functional teams to connect commercial priorities with capacity, inventory, and capital needs

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or Engineering required. Master’s degree in Business Administration strongly preferred.
• 4+ years of experience in finance, analytics, or strategy role in chemicals, materials, or related industry required.
• Problem-solving mindset with willingness and ability to roll up one’s sleeves and “get things done”
• Strong critical thinking, analytical skills, and attention to detail needed. Strong modeling experience, analytic judgment and understanding of financial math
• Ability to manage multiple parallel tasks with fluid timelines and deal with situations that are complex and ambiguous
• Demonstrated ability to simplify and present complex ideas and communicate actionable insights to senior leadership. Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Self-starter with high ownership, strong follow-through, and willingness to challenge assumptions constructively
• Comfort operating in a lean organization where the role requires both strategic thinking and hands-on execution