Sr. Strategy Manager

Vuori; Carlsbad (CA); On-site; USD 148,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Savings and Retirement Plan

Employee Assistance Program

Generous Vuori Discount

Paid Time Off

Wellness & Fitness benefits

Job summary

Vuori in Carlsbad, CA is seeking a Sr. Strategy Manager to own enterprise strategy, market insights, and growth initiatives.

Reporting to the VP of Strategy, you will shape annual planning, 5-year models, pricing, and retail strategy across channels, partnering with product and channel leaders to drive measurable impact. The ideal candidate has 3+ years in consulting or 5+ years in corporate strategy, strong analytical and communication skills, and a deep understanding of retail and DTC business

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA preferred or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years in Management Consulting or 5+ years in-house corporate strategy.
• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills.
• Experience with consumer and market research.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Design annual strategic planning process with leadership touchpoints.
• Build 5-year customer model and sizing of key levers.
• Design enterprise planning framework and track quarterly results.
• Partner with SVP+ leaders to develop strategies and track impact.
• Conduct strategic situational assessment and derive actionable insights.
• Analyze consumer and competitive tools to track market performance.
• Build price elasticity modeling for pricing scenarios.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Communication

Collaborative

Problem solving

DTC / retail knowledge

Presentation

AI awareness

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA (preferred)

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Vuori is re-defining what athletic apparel looks like: built to move and sweat in but designed with a casual aesthetic to transition into everyday life. We draw inspiration from an active coastal California lifestyle; an integration of fitness, creative expression and life. Our high energy fast paced retail environment is reflected in the clothes we make. We aim to inspire others to take on all aspects of their lives with clarity, enthusiasm and purpose…while having a lot of fun along the way. We are proud to be an outlet for opportunity and for personal growth and success.

Job Description

We are looking for a strategic and energetic north star, who will prioritize collaboration, listening, and clarity regardless of audience. Reporting to the VP of Strategy, the Sr. Strategy Manager will be responsible for developing our enterprise strategy to win in a competitive marketplace and key functional strategies, with a particular focus on market & competitive tracking, apparel strategy, pricing strategy, retail experience strategies, and annual enterprise planning. Specifically, the Strategy Manager will support strategy creation through a robust situational assessment of consumer, competitive, and market insights, sizing new growth opportunities, driving to business implications, and establishing clear strategic frameworks to enable prioritization and clear strategic objectives.

The ideal candidate is a self-starter, is comfortable asking “why?”, and brings an understanding of the apparel industry and DTC business models, exceptional analytical and consumer insight skills, and a proven track record in contributing to growth strategies that create impact. This person will naturally exhibit excellent collaboration and communication skills and can roll up their sleeves alongside business partners to solve a strategic problem.

What you'll get to do:

• Design the annual strategic planning process with key leadership touchpoints
• Build our 5-year customer model, sizing key levers and ensuring we have strategies to drive impact
• Design an enterprise planning framework to focus our leadership on key enterprise imperatives & track quarterly results
• Partner with key product & channel SVP+ leaders to develop key strategies & track learnings and impact
• Deign consumer, competitive, and financial insights needed to complete a strategic situational assessment, the key first step of strategy development
• Analize our consumer & competitive tools to track our market performance & competitor moves as part of our quarterly business review
• Build price elasticity modelling for different pricing outcomes

Qualifications

Who you are:

• Energetic north star, bringing levity to the hard work
• Strategic mindset with a focus on driving results
• Tackles complex problems with ease, simplifies the complex
• Understands retail, apparel, & DTC business models
• Experience with consumer & customer research, qualitative & quantitative methods
• Experience with the strategic process from situational assessments to action plans
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to synthesize complexdata, draw actionable insights, and develop data-driven recommendations.
• Full knowledge of MS Office required including Excel, PowerPoint, Word
• Strong communication, research, presentation and creative skills.
• Strong understanding of AI to drive work efficiency
• 3+ years in Management Consulting or 5+ years of in-house corporate strategy functions
• Bachelor's degree, MBA preferred or equivalent years of experience

Additional Information

Our investment in you:

• Health Insurance
• Savings and Retirement Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Generous Vuori Discount & Industry Perks
• Paid Time Off
• Wellness & Fitness benefits

The salary range for this role is $148,000 per year - $190,000 per year. This role is bonus eligible.

Vuori is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.