Business Strategy Principal

FedEx Corporation; Plano (TX); Hybrid; USD 119,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

FedEx Corporation in a hybrid, multi-location setting is seeking a Business Strategy Principal to drive enterprise process transformation across the Order To Collect function, aiming to improve operational efficiency, customer experience and overall business performance.

The role blends customer-centered design, business consulting, process engineering, change management, and program leadership to execute complex initiatives in a matrixed organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative business field or closely related technical field.
• Seven (7) years related work experience in strategy development, competitive analysis, market research and corporate development/strategic value assessment activities.
• Experience supporting transformational strategic assessments.
• Advanced degree may offset experience requirements (Master’s equals two years).

Responsibilities

• Partners with consultants and internal teams to identify transformation opportunities for OTC.
• Builds business cases and financial analyses that support executive decision-making.
• Develops multi-year transformation roadmaps to achieve targeted business outcomes.
• Drives cross-functional alignment to ensure readiness for process transformation, tech assessment and D&T demand intake.

Skills

Business acumen

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Data modeling

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in quantitative business

Tools

Excel

Tableau

PowerBI

Job description

Provides leadership in the evaluation of strategic objectives, formulation of strategic direction, and influences decision making based on assessment of business trends and data analytics.

Essential Functions

• Plans, organizes, and develops recommendations grounded in deep understanding of the business, industry and market trends, consumer behavior, customer segments, and competitive strategy.
• Predicts changes in the current market and summarizes insights from proprietary and third-party data and information to create distinctive insights.
• Develops and implements complex business analyses, manages business case development, and business-at-risk assessments. Develops research methodologies to understand key strategic issues, identifies data sources (internal and external) and develops complex opportunity models using statistical and business intelligence (BI) tools.
• Develops strategic frameworks and manages processes to build business scenarios using strategic thinking and decision science analysis.
• Provides a point of view on key strategic issues across major dimensions of the business – commercial, operations, customer segments, technology, etc.
• Engages with leadership teams/key stakeholders on identified priorities supported with clear fact based recommendations and provides actionable insights to leadership teams to recommend course of action.
• Provides thought leadership to cross-functional teams working on strategic initiatives and acts as an internal consultant to senior management.
• Takes responsibilities to manage external consulting engagements with industry experts and takes on coaching and mentoring roles.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Job Summary

The Business Strategy Principal serves as a strategic partner responsible for driving enterprise process transformation initiatives across the Order To Collect function, to improve operational efficiency, customer experience and business performance. The ideal candidate combines customer centered design, business consulting, process engineering, change management, and program leadership capabilities to successfully execute complex transformation efforts across a matrixed organization.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Partners with consultants and internal teams to identify transformation opportunities for OTC
• Build business cases and financial analyses that support executive decision-making
• Develops multi-year transformation roadmaps to achieve targeted business outcomes
• Drive cross-functional alignment to ensure readiness for process transformation, tech assessment and D&T demand intake

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with major consulting firms or internal transformation office.
• Proven experience leading strategy assessments,org design, programs / transformation in Revenue Operations and Sales / customer facing functions.
• Ability to translate complex data into clear, executive-ready narratives and communicate clearly.
• Analytical Skills: Advanced proficiency in financial modeling, data visualization (Excel, Tableau, or PowerBI)

This is a hybrid position located inMemphis, TN; Plano, TX or Pittsburgh, PA. Candidates must live within 50 miles of the campus location. Employees will be required to work at the FedEx campus location several times per week.

This position may be eligible for relocation depending on business needs.

Minimum Education

Bachelor’s Degree in a quantitative business field or closely related technical specialized field of study.

Minimum Experience

Seven (7) years related work experience.

Work experience in functions focused on strategy development, competitive, customer, and industry analysis, market research, analysis of product performance, and support of corporate development/strategic value assessment activities.

Experience of supporting strategic assessments that are transformational in nature.

More advanced degrees may offset experience requirements. A related Master’s Degree equals two (2) years experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Demonstrated business acumen including understanding the impact of technology trends on business.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, problem structuring and problem solving skills.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills, including experience in databases, business intelligence (BI) tools, MS Office products and data modeling.
• Strong human relations skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

Pay Transparency: Salary level E28.

Pay: MEM range ($8.452.14-$11,420.38), PGH range ($8,896.99-$12,010.39), Plano range ($8,896.99-$12,010.93)

Federal Express Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer including, Vets/Disability.

Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the application process. Applicants who require reasonable accommodations in the application or hiring process should contact [e-mail].

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• Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
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