Senior Manager of Strategy

Overview

Are you looking to make a connection to your career? Come to Molex where we create connections for life. We use innovation, engineering excellence, commitment to quality and reliability, and superior customer experience to improve communication, elevate experiences, and engage and inspire people everywhere. Molex is growing in the Optical Solutions Business Unit and is looking for a growth-minded person to join our team as a Sr Director of Strategy and Growth.

If you are looking for a way to be part of a great company, this may be the opportunity for you. In this role you will have the opportunity to work with highly dedicated professionals at Molex and bring your experience and knowledge to be recognized as a leader within the Fiber Optic Connectivity Group.

The Sr Director of Strategy and Growth will lead the Optical Solutions business unit's Strategic Choice and Profit Management Initiatives. This role is responsible for modeling future investment scenarios, driving evaluation of strategic choices, and driving decision making around profitable growth opportunities.

• Strategic Planning:
  Collaborate with Molex Corporate Strategy group around creating and maintenance of Optical Connectivity Group POVs across its product and business segments. Evaluate Market Segmentation and Sizing, Adjacencies, Profit Pools, and Investment Opportunities (both organic and inorganic). Also collaborate around creating and maintenance of Optical Connectivity Group early stage business/profitability estimates for M&A and Partnership opportunities, including joint venture creation.
• Pricing and Deal Excellence:
  Partner with PLM team to build pricing excellence around market/value based pricing compared to Molex cost position as a key set of decision tools for PLM. Also partner with PLM team to build pricing analytics tools, won/loss tracking, and value based pricing training.
• Portfolio Management/Analysis:
  Partner with PLM and R&D team to better prioritize product development based on projected economic value added. Build process for post-mortem analysis to improve future business cases.
• Portfolio and Solution Marketing:
  Work closely with marketing organization to ensure that our value propositions are well documented and communicated to customers. Work with Marketing organization as well with ROI associated with various marketing programs and initiatives.
• Understanding Costing across regions and systems:
  Drive a consistent approach across the entire business unit to better understand product costs. Understand cost pools and manufacturing processes that drive product cost.
• Customer Level profitability:
  Work to build out customer profitability view.

• Financial Planning and Analysis experience
• Experience with Strategic Planning and or Market Intelligence.
• Experience of 5 years or more in a global role
• Strong leadership, project management, and strategic planning skills. Excellent communication and interpersonal abilitie

• Telecom, Datacom, and Medical Industry Experience
• Fiber Optics Experience of 20 years or more
• Experience using large data sets for process and product improvement
• Deep understanding of financial aspects of optical technology, including fiber optics, optoelectronics, connectors, and wavelength management.

For this role, we anticipate paying $150,000 - $220,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

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