Strategy Manager, North America

What You Will Own

• Turn Strategy into Action
• Build and maintain North America market perspective including competitive insights.
• Identify commercial and operational priorities across the organization, including key customer segments, customers, sales channels.
• Partner directly with North America and global leadership to define and continuously refine strategic priorities.
• Bring clarity to a growing set of initiatives by helping the business prioritize what matters most.
• Translate strategy into executable plans with clear ownership, milestones, and outcomes.
• Drive Cross-Functional Execution
• Lead and coordinate cross-functional initiatives across commercial, operational, and support functions.
• Bring the right stakeholders together, ask the right questions, and drive decisions forward.
• Identify where work is stuck and proactively unblock progress through alignment and action.
• Ensure consistency in how initiatives are executed across sites and teams.
• Build Structure in a Growing Organization
• Create local strategic governance rhythms including actions, decision points, and escalation paths including KPIs and status reporting.
• Create visibility for leadership without adding unnecessary complexity.
• Strengthen Market and Business Insight
• Build and maintain a strong understanding of the North America market, including competitors, customer segments, and commercial opportunities.
• Identify where to focus resources for the greatest impact on growth and performance.
• Support M&A strategy development and help establish relationships in the local market.
• Lead Strategic Projects
• End-to-End Lead and coordinate cross-functional project teams for customer onboarding, product transitions, process improvements, standardization initiatives, and other operational priorities.
• Ensure projects follow a consistent lifecycle from kickoff to completion, including documentation, stakeholder updates, and lessons-learned review.
• Support capital projects through business cases, coordination and governance (technical ownership remains with engineering).
• Lead project reviews, steering committee meetings, and periodic leadership briefings.
• Coach and elevate project ownership capability across the organization.

  What Success Looks Like

  • Clear, aligned strategic priorities across North America.
  • Fewer disconnected initiatives and stronger focus on what drives impact.
  • Consistent execution of key initiatives across sites.
  • Leadership teams that are aligned, decisive, and moving faster.
  • High-visibility projects delivered on time with clear business outcomes.

    Qualifications

    • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, Business, or related field.
    • 3–5+ years of leadership experience in business strategy and project delivery.
    • Experience in food, packaging, consumer goods, or similar industries preferred.
    • Proven ability to lead projects and influence across functions.