Strategic Planning Manager

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Our client is looking for a Strategic Planning Manager to work closely with the CEO and executive leadership team, playing a pivotal role in shaping company priorities, driving strategic initiatives, and ensuring operational excellence during a period of significant growth and investment. This high-visibility role offers a rare opportunity to work directly with senior leadership, contribute to key business decisions, and influence the company’s long-term trajectory.

Main Responsibilities

• Executive Support: Provide day-to-day assistance to the CEO, including calendar management, meeting preparation, and follow-up actions.
• Strategic Coordination: Collaborate with leadership teams to track progress on company initiatives and ensure alignment with the CEO’s objectives.
• Communication: Draft high-level presentations, reports, speeches, and correspondence; act as liaison between the CEO and internal/external stakeholders.
• Operational Oversight: Monitor KPIs, produce performance dashboards, and deliver insights on operational and financial trends.
• Meeting Preparation: Develop agendas, talking points, and briefing materials for board meetings, investor calls, and internal reviews.
• Confidentiality & Judgment: Handle sensitive information with discretion and exercise sound decision-making at all times.

What Makes This Role Unique

• High visibility to C-suite and executive leadership, offering recognition and direct impact on strategic initiatives.
• Cross-functional collaboration across departments, fostering broad business exposure and professional growth.
• Clear opportunities for internal advancement based on merit and performance—past employees in this role have been promoted by the current CEO.
• Company undergoing rapid expansion with significant investment, new leadership, and a focus on upgrading executive capabilities and infrastructure.

Candidate Profile

• 2+ years in executive support, project management, strategy, or operations—ideally within manufacturing, industrial environments, or management consulting.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Industrial Management, Finance, or related field.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially PowerPoint.
• Ability to perform under pressure, manage multiple priorities, and maintain professionalism and discretion.
• Master’s degree or MBA.
• Experience in the steel or heavy manufacturing industry.
• Exposure to C-suite decision-making and board-level communication.
• Balance of tactical execution with strategic thinking.
• Familiarity with ERP systems.

If you are a proactive, detail-oriented professional with a passion for strategy and operations, and you’re ready to work alongside senior executives during a transformative phase of growth, this role could be your ideal next step.

• Seniority level Associate

• Employment type
  
  Full-time

• Industries Manufacturing

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