Lead Business & Change Strategic Planner Job Details
Job Ref:
113452426
Industry: IT
Job Type: Full Time
City: Southampton
Salary: £60000 - £70000/annum car, pension, health, holidays
Post Date: 27/08/2010
Job Description: Lead Strategic Planner required to driving business and change strategy forward within a high profile corporate in Hampshire. Paying upto £70k + benefits.
As part of the Strategy and Change ( IT / PMO ) Leadership Team this will be a critical role in driving business strategy, establishing priorities and providing a clear framework for functional unit plans across the multiple geographies of the business.
Responsibilities include -
- Deliver a business strategy and planning framework across multiple geographies.
- Managing key stakeholders across the group to ensure strategic alignment with overall strategic direction.
- Establishing an aligned strategic planning process that links to the business planning process managed and delivered by finance.
- Executive responsibilities in respect of participation and contribution to strategy and change leadership team and support to Head of Strategy and Change.
- As a member of the Strategy and Change leadership team contribute to shaping the future of the function in terms of organisational design and culture.
- Working closely with other relevant functions within the business to form, develop and embed the strategy.
- Proactive management of key stakeholders, dealing with difficult and complex stakeholder environments across the Group.
- Maintaining business perspective – both macro and micro.
- Drive business strategy and objectives, properly assessing strategic market risks across the multiple geographies of the business.
- Work actively with members to enable alignment of their individual strategic plans with the overall strategic plan.
- Enabling culture change by driving consistent policies, systems and processes.
- Acute awareness and management of risk, actively managing or escalating risk as appropriate.
- Ensure business planning and strategy budgets are developed in accordance with finance deadlines and standards.
- Work closely with the Change Agent team ( IT / PMO ) to ensure alignment of change and strategic direction for the business.
- Maintain and develop partnerships, internally with members and their senior teams to establish a consistent approach to strategic planning across the business.
- Maintain and develop partnerships externally with suppliers, trade bodies, press, benchmark companies and relevant specialists and regulators within area of responsibility.
- Develop direct reports through coaching, mentoring and delegation.
- Ensure a climate of continuous improvement is maintained across the business and that best practice is shared across all teams.
- Research industry data, competitor intelligence and ad-hoc market data.
- Gather and analyse data to support key initiatives.
You must be able to escalate communication well at all levels including board level, senior stakeholders & offshore teams for the delivery of IT, Business and Change Strategy with the ability to proactively manage, empathise and influence. Successful candidates will also naturally have a tenacious management style and have extremely good organisation skills to manage multiple teams.
This is a fantastic opportunity to have major influence in the success of one of the UK's best known companies, with superb working environment and company ethos.
Starting salary is circa £60 - £70k + benefits. The role is based in Southampton but close to Bournemouth, Portsmouth, Basingstoke, Bournemouth, Winchester, London etc.
Matchtech Group Plc is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy
Company Name: Matchtech Group Plc
Industry: IT
Job Type: Full Time
City: Southampton
Salary: £60000 - £70000/annum car, pension, health, holidays
Post Date: 27/08/2010
Job Description: Lead Strategic Planner required to driving business and change strategy forward within a high profile corporate in Hampshire. Paying upto £70k + benefits.
As part of the Strategy and Change ( IT / PMO ) Leadership Team this will be a critical role in driving business strategy, establishing priorities and providing a clear framework for functional unit plans across the multiple geographies of the business.
Responsibilities include -
- Deliver a business strategy and planning framework across multiple geographies.
- Managing key stakeholders across the group to ensure strategic alignment with overall strategic direction.
- Establishing an aligned strategic planning process that links to the business planning process managed and delivered by finance.
- Executive responsibilities in respect of participation and contribution to strategy and change leadership team and support to Head of Strategy and Change.
- As a member of the Strategy and Change leadership team contribute to shaping the future of the function in terms of organisational design and culture.
- Working closely with other relevant functions within the business to form, develop and embed the strategy.
- Proactive management of key stakeholders, dealing with difficult and complex stakeholder environments across the Group.
- Maintaining business perspective – both macro and micro.
- Drive business strategy and objectives, properly assessing strategic market risks across the multiple geographies of the business.
- Work actively with members to enable alignment of their individual strategic plans with the overall strategic plan.
- Enabling culture change by driving consistent policies, systems and processes.
- Acute awareness and management of risk, actively managing or escalating risk as appropriate.
- Ensure business planning and strategy budgets are developed in accordance with finance deadlines and standards.
- Work closely with the Change Agent team ( IT / PMO ) to ensure alignment of change and strategic direction for the business.
- Maintain and develop partnerships, internally with members and their senior teams to establish a consistent approach to strategic planning across the business.
- Maintain and develop partnerships externally with suppliers, trade bodies, press, benchmark companies and relevant specialists and regulators within area of responsibility.
- Develop direct reports through coaching, mentoring and delegation.
- Ensure a climate of continuous improvement is maintained across the business and that best practice is shared across all teams.
- Research industry data, competitor intelligence and ad-hoc market data.
- Gather and analyse data to support key initiatives.
You must be able to escalate communication well at all levels including board level, senior stakeholders & offshore teams for the delivery of IT, Business and Change Strategy with the ability to proactively manage, empathise and influence. Successful candidates will also naturally have a tenacious management style and have extremely good organisation skills to manage multiple teams.
This is a fantastic opportunity to have major influence in the success of one of the UK's best known companies, with superb working environment and company ethos.
Starting salary is circa £60 - £70k + benefits. The role is based in Southampton but close to Bournemouth, Portsmouth, Basingstoke, Bournemouth, Winchester, London etc.
Matchtech Group Plc is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy
Company Name: Matchtech Group Plc
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