Executive Director, Strategy (Hybrid)

Executive Director, Strategy (Hybrid)

Description

We are looking for a dynamic, talented Executive Director, Strategy to join our team specializing in M arket Insights & Strategy for our Filtration business headquartered in Nashville, TN. The role is designated hybrid and can be performed from yourhome office locationwith less than 20% overall travel.

In this role, the Executive Director, Strategy will make an impact in the following ways:

• Plans and directs the identification of major strategic opportunities that impact the company or industry
• Delivers recommendations and direction for addressing major strategic opportunities
• Establishes a plan for the Identification of major strategic opportunities that affect the industry or company
• Oversees multiple business strategy projects that produce recommendations for addressing major strategic issues, identify major growth opportunities and develop business plans for realizing these opportunities; projects may be within a business unit, across multiple business units, or involve the creation of a new business venture, such as a joint venture, equity alliance, acquisition, etc.
• Establishes and translates long-term strategic direction to teams in the design and development of strategic opportunities
• Ensures necessary partnerships with global teams to strengthen the strategy community across countries and business units
• Works closely with the CEO, COO, Business Segment Presidents and their Staffs, Board of Directors and key internal or external constituents
• Communicates complex strategy topics clearly and concisely to a variety of audiences through both written and oral communication
• Anticipates the needs of the business with a strategic mindset; applies strategic frameworks to analyze problems and develop solutions
• Provides quality assurance for manager-led projects
• Drives continuous improvement for the strategy function to drive consistency and sustainability
• Actively leads campus recruiting activities, including brand-building on campus through presentations, social interactions, and other activities on campus; interviews; interviews professional hires
• Determines incoming project prioritization and staffing assignments
• Develops, prioritizes, and manages the annual operating plan for strategy projects and the work team

Qualifications

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

Develops talent: developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization's goals

Ensures accountability: holding self and others accountable to meet commitments

Builds networks: effectively building formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization

Drives vision and purpose: painting a compelling picture of the vision and strategy that motivates others to action

Organizational savvy: maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related organizational dynamics

Attracts top talent: attracting and selecting the best talent to meet current and future business needs

Instills trust: gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity

Business insight: applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals

Communicates effectively: developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences

Drives engagement: creating a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives

Persuades: using compelling arguments to gain the support and commitment of others

Situational adaptability: adapting approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations

Balances stakeholders: anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders

Pricing: pricing strategy, and quote management and approval process, rebate management, price files and price sheets, commercial deal analytics

Global Perspective: taking a broad view when approaching issues, using a global lens. Influences multiple regions, with strong market positions in North America, Europe, China, Latin America and South Pacific

Strategic Mindset : seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies (support, evaluate, communicate)

Marketing Plan Management: develops marketing mix recommendations based on the 4 P's (Product, Price, Promotion, and Placement) to meet customer needs and achieve business objectives; guides and influences cross-functional implementation and creates framework to evaluate market responses and business performance

Maximizing Profitability: develops strategies that demonstrate the use of all marketing and sales levers (e.g. pricing strategies, promotions, volume based incentives, and value, feature, or benefit selling) to optimize profit

Strategic Problem Solving: drives solutions to strategic problems that fall outside of past experience through a top-down, hypothesis-driven approach with frequent iteration that evolved with diverse learnings gathered through the course of the project

Thought Leadership: demonstrates independence and insightfulness through objectively approaching problems with creativity and appropriate development and use of frameworks

Team Engagement: engages with project team members formally in team meetings and informally in a manner that helps draw out the best from all team members while respecting the diversity of the team

Strategy Core Project Output Creation: drives project output through an insight-driven approach that is founded on efficient and prioritized usage of the resources, and high-quality, credible research and analysis

Demonstrates Motivation and Sense of Ownership: feels and projects a high degree of motivation and sense of ownership for the project outcomes and the success of the Business

Education/ Licenses, Certifications

• College, university, or equivalent degree in Marketing, Sales, Business Administration, or related subject, required
• MBA or related graduate degree, highly preferred
• Minimum of Green Belt certification, required

Experience

• Significant strategy, managerial, and budgetary experience with 3-5 years of industry and strategy consulting experience in top consultancy environment
• Broad business understanding required
• Global experience required: Ability to work across multiple regions and adapt to differences in successful enterprise-wide strategy, including languages, cultures, and decision-making processes
• Works closely with Market Intelligence, Communications, Product Planning and Sales to build and execute a unified enterprise-wide strategy

Compensation and Benefits

Base salary rate commensurate with experience. Additional benefits vary between locations and include options such as our 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Cash Balance Pension Plan, Medical/Dental/Life Insurance, Health Savings Account, Domestic Partners Coverage, and a full complement of personal and professional benefits.

Cummins and E-verify

At Cummins, we are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer dedicated to diversity in the workplace. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, gender, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity and/or expression, or other status protected by law. Cummins validates right to work using E-Verify. Cummins will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.

Job STRATEGY

Primary Location United States-Tennessee-Nashville-US, TN, Nashville, Filtration Headquarters

Job Type Experienced - Exempt / Office

Recruitment Job Type Exempt - Experienced

Job Posting Nov 7, 2022, 8:40:05 AM

Unposting Date Ongoing

Organization Cummins Filtration

Req ID: 220008KV