Senior Manager Strategy (Remote / Virtual)

US Foods; Illinois; Remote; USD 100,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in foodservice distribution is seeking a Senior Manager Strategy to drive project work and support strategic initiatives. In this remote role, you'll leverage analytical skills to identify business opportunities, communicate findings, and collaborate with teams to implement solutions. The ideal candidate will possess strong project management and communication abilities, and have a background in analytics and strategy.

Benefits

Health insurance

Pre-tax spending accounts

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Short-term and long-term disability

Employee stock purchase plan

Life insurance

Qualifications

• 6+ years in analytical and project management roles.
• Experience in management consulting or corporate strategy preferred.
• Prior experience in distribution, retail, or CPG is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead project deliverables, collaborate with internal teams.
• Analyze business problems and provide data-driven recommendations.
• Create executive-level materials and present findings to senior audiences.

Skills

Analytical skills

Project management

Communication

Problem solving

Technical aptitude

Data analysis

SQL

Excel

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business / Engineering or related quantitative field

Job description

The Senior Manager Strategy is responsible for leading project work in support of strategic initiatives at US Foods. This includes identifying and quantifying business opportunities, analyzing data, communicating findings and providing recommendations to executive audiences, engaging with cross-functional teams and supporting implementation.

This position is remote / virtual which means the work can be completed from anywhere in the United States except Hawaii or United States Territories.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Project leadership : Own project deliverables, timeline, and success criteria; collaborate with internal analytics partners, business stakeholders, and management.
• Analytics and solution development : Leverage advanced methods and tools to analyze business problems; synthesize qualitative and quantitative insights and develop clear, concise, and fact-based recommendations.
• Communications : Create executive-level written materials and present to senior audiences.
• Field enablement : Develop training, standard operating processes, and tracking capabilities to enable field execution against corporate initiatives.
• Department support : Collaborate with members of the Strategy team and support consistent and ad-hoc project needs.
• Other duties as assigned by manager.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education / Training :

• Bachelor’s degree in Business / Engineering or related quantitative field required.

Related Experience / Requirements :

• 6+ years demonstrated successful experience in analytical and project management roles.
• Prior management consulting or corporate strategy experience preferred.
• Prior distribution, retail, CPG, or related industry experience preferred.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities :

• Demonstrated motivation to build consensus, lead workstreams, and drive progress on assigned projects.
• Clear, Concise, communicator able to interface with all levels of the organization.
• Strong written and oral presentation skills, including comfort presenting to senior management.
• Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently
• Strong analytical, problem solving and technical aptitude :
• Experience in data analysis and statistical inference
• SQL experience preferred
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
• Available for occasional travel as business requires (less than 5% of time)

The following information is provided in accordance with certain state and local laws. Compensation depends on experience, geographic locations, and other factors permitted by law.Compensation for this role has a base range of $100,500 and $199,300 in accordance with Colorado, New York, California and Washington state and local laws. This role is also eligible for an annual incentive plan bonus. Benefits for this role include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance. To review available benefits, please click here : .

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