About the Role
The Manager - Strategy & Performance role is a pivotal position within the regional Chief Retail Officer organizational structure. This role focuses on analyzing business performance, preparing data-driven insights for senior management, conducting comprehensive market analyses to identify topline and bottom-line opportunities, and overseeing special projects to ensure the organization meets its profit and loss (PnL) targets.
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What’s on Your Plate?
Strategic Leadership & Planning
- Vision Execution: Translate Group-level goals into localized Grocery and Retail strategies across various markets.
- Annual Budgeting & OKRs: Lead the annual and quarterly planning cycles, establishing aggressive yet realistic targets for revenue, cost, and market share.
- Market Expansion: Assess new business opportunities, market entries, or service line extensions (e.g., service offerings).
Reporting Performance Management
- Analyze Data: Examine performance metrics to identify key trends, anomalies, and areas for enhancement.
- Prepare Reports: Develop comprehensive, insightful reports for senior management, emphasizing key drivers of change and actionable insights.
- Communicate Findings: Present findings clearly and concisely, translating complex data into understandable recommendations for decision-makers.
Conducting Analytical Deep Dives
- Country-Specific Analysis: Execute detailed analyses of various markets, focusing on identifying turnaround opportunities and areas for growth and profitability.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with multiple departments to understand and address cross-functional issues affecting business performance.
- Strategy Development: Formulate and recommend strategies based on analyses to enhance overall performance and meet business objectives.
Special Projects
- Launching New Products: Create business use cases for innovative ideas, collaborating on their implementation to ensure alignment with strategic goals and added business value.
PnL Management
- Budgeting: Work with local teams to design the yearly budget, aligning growth and profitability goals.
- PnL Management: Ensure consistent adherence to budgets across the organization while proactively seeking opportunities to surpass financial targets and improve overall profitability.
What Did We Order?
Preferred candidates will be:
- Bachelor’s Degree from a reputable institution in a related field (MBA is a plus)
- 5+ years of professional experience within the food delivery, e-commerce, or management consulting industries (experience in a subscription-focused business is a plus)
- Strong financial acumen; experience in P&L analysis, financial modeling, budgeting, and business impact analysis
- Proficiency with data tools: BigQuery, SQL, Looker, etc.
- Strong analytical and communication skills (both verbal and written)
- Experience with PowerPoint and Excel and/or Google Slides/Sheets
- Proven problem-solving skills, including structuring problems, performing detailed analyses, and translating data into actionable insights
- Demonstrated experience in stakeholder management, relationship management, or similar roles within the food tech industry or related sectors
- Experience collaborating closely with cross-functional teams is a plus.
