Assistant Manager, Strategic Planning (SCDS/EL)

ST Engineering; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ST Engineering in Singapore is seeking a seasoned strategy professional to develop strategic viewpoints for discussions with the Lines of Businesses and the corporate strategy team. The role emphasizes analyzing market dynamics, shaping business strategies, and preparing insightful narratives for leadership discussions.

You will drive multi-year strategy cycles, consolidate inputs, and support execution across business units, ensuring coherent communication to Senior Leadership and external

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in strategic planning, management consulting, business development, or a similar role.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with ability to present to senior management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience with research (quantitative and qualitative).
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
• Strong stakeholder management across cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategic points of views and insights for strategy discussions/ brainstorming sessions with the different Lines of Businesses (LOBs) and with the corporate strategy team
• Help develop, frame and support execution of business strategies
• Analyze market trends, industry dynamics, competitor activity, and internal performance data to identify strategic opportunities and risks.
• Drive LOB Group Strategy Cycle including 5 year strategy plans and budget cycles, working very closely with each LOB's sales, business development and finance. This would include developing the business guidance, strategic framing and supporting the respective LOBs to develop and sharpen their strategies.
• Develop business cases and strategic recommendations based on thorough research and analysis
• Aligning and integrating presentations from respective LOBs into a coherent storyline for Senior Leadership
• Coordinate, consolidate and integrate the different sources of primary and secondary information for internal & external stakeholder communication (e.g. Senior Leadership presentations and key meetings with external stakeholders)

Skills

Analytical skills

Market research

Independent work

Strategic planning

Management consulting

Business development

Stakeholder management

Presentation skills

Communication

Organizational skills

Self-starter

Integrity

Education

Engineering or Business Administration degree

Job description

• Develop strategic points of views and insights for strategy discussions/ brainstorming sessions with the different Lines of Businesses (LOBs) and with the corporate strategy team
• Help develop, frame and support execution of business strategies
• Analyze market trends, industry dynamics, competitor activity, and internal performance data to identify strategic opportunities and risks.
• Drive LOB Group Strategy Cycle including 5 year strategy plans and budget cycles, working very closely with each LOB's sales, business development and finance. This would include developing the business guidance, strategic framing and supporting the respective LOBs to develop and sharpen their strategies.
• Develop business cases and strategic recommendations based on thorough research and analysis
• Aligning and integrating presentations from respective LOBs into a coherent storyline for Senior Leadership
• Coordinate, consolidate and integrate the different sources of primary and secondary information for internal & external stakeholder communication (e.g. Senior Leadership presentations and key meetings with external stakeholders)

Requirements:

• Exceptional analytical and creative problem solving skills
• Experience with research (e.g. quantitative and qualitative, primary and secondary)
• Comfortable operating independently
• 5 years of experience in strategic planning, management consulting, business development, or a similar role.
• Strong stakeholder management; works well across all teams such as business development, sales, marketing, finance, etc.
• Excellent written and verbal communication including senior management presentation skills. Ability to articulate concepts and complex ideas in clear and impactful manner
• Highly organized, and able to multi-task
• Intelligent self-starter with resilience and resourcefulness
• Possess high integrity and ethics, positive work attitude, versatile, hands-on and with good attention to details.
• Good degree in Engineering or Business Administration from a reputable university