Strategy Manager

Primark; Reading; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company is seeking an experienced Strategy Manager to drive strategic alignment and partner with leadership to address corporate strategy questions. In this pivotal role, you'll lead innovative projects, conduct detailed analyses, and propose actionable solutions to enhance business performance, fostering a culture that values growth and ethical practices.

Benefits

Healthcare

Pension plan

27 days of leave plus bank holidays

Tax Saver Tickets

Fitness centre access

Subsidised cafeteria

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in business strategy within a large organization or consultancy.
• Strong experience in the retail sector, particularly in fashion.
• Experience in analyzing market trends and consumer behavior.

Responsibilities

• Act as an internal strategic advisor, addressing key strategic questions.
• Evaluate market data to identify opportunities for business growth.
• Lead strategic initiatives and collaborate cross-functionally.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Leadership

Presentation skills

Education

Degree in Business Administration or related field

Job description

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Purpose of the Role

We are looking for an experienced Strategy Manager to play a pivotal role in driving strategic alignment and delivering against the strategic priorities of the business. We have a significant growth and expansion agenda underway in which we are seeking a candidate to successfully partner with Primark’s leaders and managers to address key corporate strategy questions that will shape the future of the Primark business.

This exciting position will see a suitable candidate imagining new capabilities, developing actionable insights and delivering on strategic projects and initiatives. The successful candidate will also hold a strong portfolio, demonstrating excellent research, design, delivery and analytical skills.

What You’ll Get

People are at the heart of what we do here, so it’s essential we provide you with the right environment to perform at your very best.

Let’s talk lifestyle: Healthcare, pension, and potential bonus. 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more. Because Primark is all about tailoring to you, we offer Tax Saver Tickets, fitness centre, and a subsidised cafeteria.

What You’ll Do As a Strategy Manager

In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day:

• Act as an internal strategic advisor, responding to key strategic questions and challenges set by the Primark’s Leadership Team.
• Provide the critical thinking and analysis to breakdown opportunities and challenges to the future performance of the business in a quantified manner and take responsibility for identifying viable solutions with associated workplans.
• Work with information gathered from multiple sources across the business, evaluate true business requirement, ensure proposed strategic solutions and processes are reconciled with all relevant business inputs.
• Work comfortably within the commercial, as well as environmental and social context of the business. In both instances, provide balanced recommendations that consider both the financial and ethical implications and imperatives.
• Identify, communicate, and execute on new opportunities related to the firm’s businesses functions.
• Set aggressive goals and be accountable for continuously driving improved performance and leading the strategic agenda.
• Identify issues, develop hypotheses and communicate insights and recommendations to key decision makers.
• Establish and review the strategic priorities of key programmes and work cross-functionally with the relevant teams to translate them into actionable, quantitative plans.
• Work closely with external partners / consultancies to execute strategic projects and initiatives ensuring that solutions are relevant to, and understood by the business. Additionally, focus on developing the internal capability and capacity to ensure successful execution and adoption.
• Supporting the on-going development of the strategic vision and agenda of the business and the associated business roadmaps to realise this ambition
• Contributing to the planning and running of the annual calendar of strategic meetings with the Leadership Team / Senior Directors of the business
• Monitoring external data (market, competitor, customer) and industry trends to identify new areas of opportunity for Primark (e.g. around technology / innovation)
  
  

What You’ll Bring

Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued – so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:

• Substantial and proven experience of business strategy development within a large organisation and / or top-tier consultancy environment.
• Strong experience with the Retail sector and prior experience of advising senior management, to include a minimum 5 years’ experience working with or for retail companies (ideally within fashion/clothing).
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to provide clarity and direction to previously unexplored situations and topics.
• Effective and persuasive presentation skills, with the ability to present complex information in a comprehensible manner to all areas of the business.
• The ability to navigate complex multi-stakeholder environments and the strong interpersonal skills that are required to work cross-functionally and generate ‘buy-in’ from internal and external stakeholder groups.
• Substantial experience of conducting detailed data and financial analysis, with a good knowledge of relevant analytics tools and methodologies.
• Articulate and able to build a strong narrative argument, distilling lots of information into a clear and consistent story that will resonate with Primark management and executives.
• Ability to keep abreast of the continually evolving retail landscape and consumer behaviours, bringing market insights, data and thought leadership into strategic planning to continually push the business forward.
• Has a good understanding of organisational dynamics and business process and policies. Experience in dealing with strategic challenges posed by a growing retail business, fashion specific experience a bonus.
• Challenges the status quo and applies lessons learned to enhance future ways of working.
• High levels of personal integrity, given your exposure to sensitive data and projects.
  
  

About Primark

At Primark, people matter. They’re the beating heart of our business and the reason we’ve grown from our first store in Dublin in 1969 to a £9bn+ turnover business and over 80,000 colleagues and over 440 stores in 17 countries today. Our values run through everything we do. In essence, we're Caring and always strive to put people first. We're also Dynamic, bravely pushing the boundaries to stay ahead. And finally, we succeed Together.

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BR Req Number 145447BR

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Business Development and Sales

• Industries

  Retail

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