Hybrid US Strategy Director — Growth & M&A

Ahold Delhaize USA; Salisbury (NC); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Core locations: Salisbury (NC), Quincy

Job summary

Ahold Delhaize USA is seeking a Senior Strategy Leader to manage the team driving strategy development and support the US growth ambition. You will establish and communicate US priorities, interact with executive leadership, and coordinate with Global teams on planning and M&A efforts.

The role requires strong analytical and storytelling skills, with experience leading cross-functional projects, and a track record of delivering strategic initiatives that shape national programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, economics, or related field; MBA preferred.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience directly in strategy development, global initiatives, and program development; management consulting experience a plus.
• Experience managing a organization (multiple direct reports with teams of their own) delivering a wide range of high-quality deliverables.
• Demonstrated success in developing and executing strategic plans that deliver business results.
• Ability to develop compelling, executive level storylines in PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Works with the VP of Strategy and Consumer Insights to set US-level strategic priorities, targets, and metrics in partnership with executive leadership.
• Leads strategic development for large programs for the organization (manages the team working on these programs while owning some programs of their own).
• Leads the day-to-day US strategic planning cycle and orchestrates the annual planning process (interfacing with Global).
• Partners directly with Consumer Insights to embed the customer into strategy development.
• Supports US strategic narrative and works with communications to bring it to life.
• Supports the content, planning and execution of key events including executive forums, US town halls, annual US leadership meetings, etc.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Executive communication

Analytical skills

PowerPoint storytelling

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/finance/economics

MBA preferred

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Ahold Delhaize USA is seeking a Senior Strategy Leader to manage the team driving strategy development and support the US growth ambition. You will establish and communicate US priorities, interact with executive leadership, and coordinate with Global teams on planning and M&A efforts.

The role requires strong analytical and storytelling skills, with experience leading cross-functional projects, and a track record of delivering strategic initiatives that shape national programs.