Strategic Planning & Innovation Director

Graybar Electric Company, Inc.; Chesterfield (MO); On-site; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee stock ownership plan

Medical, dental, vision

Life Insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid vacation & sick days

Paid holidays

Educational reimbursement

Job summary

Graybar is seeking a Director of Business Planning and Innovation to advance strategic priorities across an executive’s area of responsibility. You will translate priorities into action, align leaders, improve decision making, and deliver measurable business results.

You will lead cross-functional initiatives from planning through implementation, develop business cases, manage risks, and communicate complex insights clearly.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Preferred: PMP, Lean, Six Sigma, or related certification.
• Advanced degree.
• Experience supporting a senior executive or leadership team.
• Broad exposure across multiple business functions.
• Experience leading innovation or business change involving new technology, services, or operating models.
• Experience with enterprise systems, reporting tools, and project management tools.

Responsibilities

• Translate executive priorities into action plans with clear owners, timelines, and measures.
• Anticipate risks, address execution gaps, and oversee project management.
• Identify and evaluate opportunities for new ways of working, services, and business approaches.
• Develop business cases that assess expected value, feasibility, resource needs, and risks.
• Develop executive communications and organizational messaging that translate complex information into clear insights, recommendations, and actions.
• Collaborate with corporate communications, human resources and change management to ensure consistency in communications.
• Lead strategic and cross-functional initiatives from planning through implementation, aligning business units and corporate functions, resolving competing priorities and dependencies, managing risks, and delivering measurable results.

Skills

Strategy

Operations

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Advanced degree

PMP/Lean/Six Sigma certification preferred

Tools

Enterprise systems

Reporting tools

Project management tools

Job description

Graybar is seeking a Director of Business Planning and Innovation to advance strategic priorities across an executive’s area of responsibility. You will translate priorities into action, align leaders, improve decision making, and deliver measurable business results.

You will lead cross-functional initiatives from planning through implementation, develop business cases, manage risks, and communicate complex insights clearly.