Manager, Corporate Strategy

Location: Akron, OH
Sponsorship Available: No 
Relocation Assistance Available: Yes 

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About the Position

As a member of the Corporate Strategy team, the primary function of the Manager, Corporate Strategy role is to manage, support and/or assist with the execution of key strategic initiatives, corporate planning efforts, or ad-hoc requests as required by the Senior Leadership Team.  Additionally, you will lead projects or individual work streams that contribute to solving high-impact problems and develop actionable solutions for the most challenging issues and opportunities facing the company, often in collaboration with function/business leaders.

 

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop market intelligence and insight on key industry trends (technology, intellectual property [IP], competitors, consumers, regulatory, etc.) and their strategic implications to Goodyear.
• Identify/Deconstruct business issues and develop strategic, analytical and financial frameworks to conduct analyses to derive strategic recommendations - Guiding the strategic direction of Goodyear and providing paths forward to grow the company's long-term business plans.
• Prepare presentation materials and financial models (that include a highly-developed business case) for the strategy recommendations coming from research conducted.
• Execute against time-sensitive requests from the SLT and cross-functional business partners.
• Assist in the execution of the global strategic planning process.

Required Education and Experience 

• Bachelors’ degree Required. MBA Desired
• 8 or more years of experience in Strategy Consulting related business analysis, functional-line experience with strategy, marketing, finance, operations or sales analytics with a history of demonstrated business success,
• Working knowledge of valuation modeling

Desired Skills and Abilities

• Highly analytical, motivated, decisive thought leader with excellent managerial skills and the ability to independently generate strategic insights.
• Strategic mindset, with an ability to think broadly, frame key questions, develop analytical frameworks and then create a workplan to deliver an answer and clearly synthesize the results.
• Outstanding project management skills, with ability to organize and prioritize work to deliver results against set expectations, timelines, budgets, etc.
• High emotional intelligence and verbal/written communication skills that educate, influence or help build consensus with key stakeholders.

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Goodyear is one of the world’s largest tire companies. It employs about 74,000 people and manufactures its products in 57 facilities in 23 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry. For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to www.goodyear.com/corporate. 

Goodyear is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual's race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.

 

If you need reasonable accommodation to complete the online application, or any other part of the employment process, please contact the Goodyear Candidate Care Line at 330.796.4500.

 

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