Group Dev and Planning Mgr

Crane Aerospace & Electronics; Washington; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Crane Aerospace and Electronics in Lynnwood, WA seeks a Sr. Strategy & Market Intelligence Manager to drive growth initiatives for Aerospace & Advanced Technologies.

You will partner with senior leaders to shape long-range plans and identify market opportunities across adjacent markets. Responsibilities include leading market assessments, supporting M&A activities, building long-term forecasts, and delivering executive presentations with data-driven insights to influence strategic decisions.

Qualifications

• Experience leading strategic planning for growth initiatives.
• Experience conducting market assessments for new markets and adjacencies.
• Experience supporting M&A activities including target screening and analysis.
• Ability to present complex data to executives with clear storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic planning for select businesses within the AAT segment.
• Conduct adjacent market analyses to identify expansion opportunities.
• Support M&A target identification, screening, and integration analysis.
• Develop long-term market forecasts and competitive analyses.
• Create executive-level presentations with insights and graphics.

Skills

Strategic planning

Market intelligence

M&A analysis

Executive comms

Team leadership

Cross-functional

Data analysis

Forecasting

Job description

Crane Aerospace and Electronics has an exciting opportunity for a Sr. Strategy & Market Intelligence Manager in our Lynnwood Washington location.

Located in the epicenter of United States aviation manufacturing, our Crane Aerospace & Electronics Lynnwood, Wash., facility delivers industry-leading aerospace & defense power and fluid solutions. Our products are rugged enough to fly 5 billion miles from Earth on NASA's New Horizons spacecraft and innovative enough to be featured on Eviation's Alice all-electric aircraft. You'll join a group of aerospace professionals committed to engineering excellence and work in a community tucked between the idyllic Puget Sound and Cascade Mountains. Start the next chapter of your career with Crane Aerospace & Electronics!

Job Summary:

The Senior Manager, Strategy & Market Intelligence will play a critical role in the execution of Aerospace & Advanced Technologies growth agenda. This position is an excellent platform for a successful candidate to position themselves for accelerated career progression within Crane.

The role reports directly to the Vice President of Strategy and Business Development for Crane's Aerospace & Advanced Technologies segment and will have visibility to a wide range of senior leaders across the company. Primary responsibilities will be:

• Lead and support strategic planning and development for select AAT businesses and newly acquired assets.
• Conduct adjacent market assessments to determine which markets Crane should expand into through M&A.
• Support M&A activities including target identification, screening, strategy presentations and analysis.
• Conduct market analysis and build long term market forecasts for strategic planning

The role will assess aerospace and defense markets as well as industrial technology focused markets with attributes like aerospace and defense.

Core Responsibilities:

M&A

• Identify and conduct proprietary assessments of market adjacencies to determine attractiveness for Crane.
• Identify and screen potential acquisition targets. Develop detailed profiles for acquisition targets and make recommendations for attractive targets to pursue.

Strategic Planning and Development:

• Lead and support strategic planning process of select businesses within the AAT segment, working with VP/GMs on the buildup of the annual strategic plan and presentation.
• Support creation of strategy and value creation plan for acquired assets. Conduct the research and analysis required. Coordinate input and insights across business teams. Drive creation of output.
• Conduct selective research and analysis to constructively challenge the Business Unit's "where to play" and "how to win." Help to ensure BU strategies are built on rigorous assessment of facts and data spanning market analysis, voice of the customer, competitive analysis, and more.

Market Intelligence and Analysis:

• Creation, consolidation, and monitoring of customer forecasts, competitor trends and performance, external forecasts, build rates, and A&D industry segment PMI rates used in long term planning.
• Conduct Market Share and Mekko Analysis of markets that AAT participates in, maintains the database of competitor information.
• Contributes to the quarterly competitive analysis presentation of Crane's peers and competitors, including assessment of growth, financials, product launches, new contract awards, and M&A. Presents to executive team.

Core Competencies:

• Analytical Skills: Attention to detail and ability to seek out, manage, synthesize and interpret large and conflicting sources of data in the development of clear marketing direction and strategy.
• Strategic Orientation: Must understand how to integrate market and competitive trends into presentations and reports that will help shape and influence the strategies of the business.
• Verbal and Written Communication Skills: Ability to generate executive level presentations with impactful graphics and commentary that tells the story.
• Organization and project management: Highly organized with effective time management and project management skills.
• Team Leadership: Leading by example and demonstrating high personal energy and influence in every interaction. He/she will be comfortable working with diverse teams in different environments and cultures.
• Collaboration and Influencing: Must be a good listener who uses fact-based persuasion and passion to influence key stakeholders. Gaining the support and involvement of key internal constituencies will be critical to success, as will influencing important decision makers.
• Results Orientation: Shall be a visible, dynamic, and engaged leader who is driven to deliver results. He/she must have the ability and determination to move projects and initiatives forward, using program plans and action plans to track progress.
• Personal Presence and Strong Interpersonal Skills