Manager, Strategy & Execution

Scandinavian Tobacco Group Tobacco Service B.V.; United States; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) is seeking a Manager in Strategy & Execution to lead high-impact, cross-functional projects that advance Focus2030. You will work with the Head of Strategy and business leaders, shaping strategic initiatives, trade-offs, and KPI dashboards while ensuring execution alignment across the organization.

You will enjoy working across borders in a hybrid role, collaborating with executives and teams to drive growth, efficiency, and strategic clarity in a global consumer

Qualifications

• 3-4 years of strategy and/or management consulting experience.
• Experience in a corporate environment is a plus.
• Problem and decision structuring with frameworks.
• Experience in CPG and/or Retail sectors.
• Demonstrated project management experience and attention to detail.
• Strong stakeholder management and teamwork.
• Strong analytical skills including complex analyses in Excel.
• Understanding P&L / cashflow modelling is a plus.
• Understanding data structuring principles and multiple data sources is a plus.
• Good slide development skills for C-level messaging.
• Learning and growth mindset; supporting team development.
• Experience using GenAi tools with prompting and evaluation.
• Professionally fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Project managing complex, cross-functional projects.
• Creating insightful analysis (gathering, testing, combining, summarising, visualising).
• Developing frameworks to simplify problems and decisions.
• Working with experts and stakeholders to refine recommendations.
• Running workshops with senior leaders.
• Building slide decks to tell a compelling message.
• Managing and supporting the development of more junior team members.

Skills

Strategy consulting

Project management

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Excel

GenAI tools

English fluency

CPG/Retail experience

P&L / cashflow

Data structuring

Slide development

Growth mindset

Job description

• Work model:Hybrid / Full time

Do you want to lead projects that influence the future direction of global business? Are you curious about how to keep a strategy alive across a global organization? Are you excited by working closely with experienced leaders to solve the most challenging problems in our business? Then you might be who we are looking for!

You will be part of our Strategy & Execution team and work on high-impact, cross-functional projects that help drive STG's strategy forward. You will work directly with the Head of Strategy and the rest of the team, partnering closely with business leaders and subject matter experts across the organization. You can expect to spend your time both supporting the Executive Board decision-making, and working with the business to drive execution. Your contributions will drive strategic initiatives, bring new clarity to complex problems, align stakeholders through challenging trade-offs and ultimately help STG deliver our strategic ambitions. Our team are the stewards of the Focus2030 strategy, and you will play a core part in keeping the strategy alive in the business while remaining responsive to market changes and execution learnings.

This would be an ideal role for an associate-manager level consultant looking to transition into a corporate role so they can take longer term ownership of their projects and see them come to life.

What your day will look like

As a Manager in the Strategy & Execution team, you can expect to work across a wide range of projects and initiatives. Example projects could include:

• Preparing materials for the Board of Directors strategy days
• Developing a methodology to define future market roles
• Building a business case to optimise our product portfolio to maximise growth and operational efficiency
• Supporting a business team to prioritise their focus areas for the strategy period
• Reviewing our progress to delivering our strategy for the Exec Board
• Creating a new Exec Board KPI dashboard to continuously monitor the success of strategy execution
• Developing a comms plan for Focus2030

Your role will vary from developing content yourself to collaborating closely with others, depending on the project or business needs. Your role will often include:

• Project managing complex, cross-functional projects
• Creating insightful analysis (gathering, testing, combining, summarising, visualising)
• Developing frameworks to bring simplicity and clarity to complex problems and decisions
• Working closely with experts and stakeholders to identify and refine recommendations
• Running workshops with senior leaders
• Building slide decks to tell a compelling message
• Managing and supporting the development of more junior team member(s)

What you’ll bring

• You will bring a minimum of 3-4 years of strategy and/or management consulting experience
  • Experience in a corporate environment (permanent or secondments) is a plus
• Problem and decision structuring – experience building frameworks to simplify challenges and decisions to enable the business to move forward
• Experience in Consumer-Packaged Goods and/or Retail sectors
• Demonstrated project management experience and attention to detail
• Strong stakeholder management and team working experience
• Demonstrated strong analytical skills including experience delivering complex analyses in Excel
  • Understanding P&L / key accounting principles / Cashflow modelling is a plus
  • Understanding of data structuring principles and leveraging multiple data sources a plus
• Good slide development skills (storyboarding, content development, polishing) for C-level messaging
• A learning and growth mindset – developing yourself and supporting the development of the team around you
• Experience and curiosity in using GenAi tools to accelerate and improve your work, including effective prompting, iterativerefinementand critical evaluation of AI outputs
• Professionally fluent in English

What you’ll learn

• There will be a strong investment in your development where you need it, with a variety of experiences and supportive coaching
• This could include:
  • Deepening your experience in the CPG / Retail sector
  • Refining your presentation skills, to communicate complex topics in a clear and effective way
  • Leading projects that are critical to our strategy success
  • Strengthening your stakeholder management skills in a complex, cross-functional, international organization
• This role will give exposure to senior leaders across business globally and equip you to be a transformation leader with extensive experience working alongside C-suite
• Our Strategy department, which brings together teams focused on strategy execution, consumer insights, business intelligence, data, and sustainability, will provide you with an opportunity to broaden your expertise across these disciplines too

Working at STG & What to expect

At Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG), we are so much more than what meets the eye. We combine the strength of global brands with the entrepreneurial mindset that allows people to make a real impact. Hereyou'llhave the opportunity to grow your career, collaborate across borders, and help shapewhat'snext. At STGyou'llfind more than a role—you'llfind opportunities to grow, collaborate across borders, and make a meaningful impact.Our Strategy team brings together over 15 nationalities and 20 languages, for a culturally rich and diverse environment.

We work flexibly and understand the importance of balancing work with your personal life. At the same time, collaboration is a key part of how we work, so you can expect to be in our office in Gentofte or Alcantra at least 3days per week.

Our recruitment process

Before starting our hiring process, your application will be reviewed by a member of our Talent Acquisition team. We assess each application against key competencies and requirements for the role. If your experience and skills are a good match,you'llbe invited to continue through our hiring process, which will likely follow the following steps:

• Team Interview
• BehaviouralAssessment
• Leadership Interview with case study

Scandinavian Tobacco Group is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

“Please be informed that this Direct Search is conducted exclusively by Scandinavian Tobacco Group. We do not accept applications from agencies, and we will not provide compensation for unsolicited CVs.”