Enterprise Strategy Manager

Company Overview:

At Quaker Houghton, we are experts in the development, production and application of chemical specialties, process fluids, lubricants, and coatings for the manufacturing industry. We have been an integral part in the growth of the world’s largest industrial companies and to this day our experience and expertise show in the actions and dedication of our Associates worldwide. Today, we have a global presence, with our corporate headquarters located in Conshohocken, PA. Quaker Houghton is a global publicly traded company with a unique collaborative culture that supports career growth for its associates and offers competitive compensation and benefit programs.

Summary of Position:

Enterprise Strategy Senior Manager is responsible to drive the strategy of the organization, which will help the organization maximize growth, solve issues, create value, and improve business performance. This role is deeply skilled in business and, as a thought partner to the functions, provides objective advice and expertise to maximize growth while removing cost from the organization. The ESM plays a critical role in providing strategic advice to the organization to help improve growth, performance, and efficiency. It continues to challenge and evolve the enterprise strategy through analyzing emerging industry trends, expansion opportunities, competitive threats, viability of outside business partners, and sources of capital. It directs and oversees the development of long-term growth and profitability goals. The role will drive development, unification of, and alignment of the annual strategic planning across the enterprise while developing partnerships with all functions to ensure proper strategy development, planning, & execution. In any given year, this role will balance strategy development and execution with strategy process development and continuous improvement.

What will you do?

• Being a thought leader to establish credibility, influence strategic change, and obtain buy-in to enable smooth adoption of changes across the enterprise.
• Partners with the Strategic Product Lines managers, End Market leaders, & strategic theme leaders to build and maintain a robust medium and long-term organic enterprise strategy.
• Partners with the M&A team to align inorganic growth candidate funnel with enterprise strategy.
• Audits current procedures and operations at both the enterprise and functional levels and offers design recommendations for improvement.
• Utilizes data-driven methodologies to analyze strategic business performance metrics and process improvement options effectively.
• Conducts periodic status reviews of strategic goals and objectives to identify roadblocks to progress at all levels of the organization – initiative leaders, Enterprise Management Office, and Executive Leadership Team.
• Aids in overseeing the execution of strategy related projects to ensure quality thinking and strategic soundness.
• Establishes and retains relationships with external industry analysts and outside consultants.
• Responsible to develop and ensure adherence to the enterprise-wide long-term strategic planning process for the company with working protocols. In alignment with the process, works closely with the enterprise leaders to ensure appropriate development of corporate-wide strategic KPIs and tracking/monitoring processes.
• Leads, influences, and negotiates across different functions and disciplines to drive a focused enterprise-wide agenda and follow a unified processes for long-term planning.
• Working with the finance function, helps to align the strategic planning process with the annual finance-driven annual budget process for the company.
• In partnership with the HR function, facilitates change management and assists in clarifying organizational work transitions.

Education, Experience and Training:

• Bachelor's degree (B.A.) in finance, business administration, or relevant field. MBA preferred, Certification(s) in enterprise planning management a plus
• Management consultant certifications a plus

Required Skills and Competencies:

• Minimum 5 years of strategic planning experience
• Corporate development background
• Minimum 2-3 year of experience in a complex, global, public strategy organization
• Prior experience in consultancy a plus
• Creative and strategic thinking
• Superb analytical & problem-solving skills
• Strong strategy planning