Business Strategy Manager (Wine Jobs: Management & Administration)

  Irish Distillers Ltd.

  DUBLIN, Northern Ireland

JOB PURPOSE:

·         Lead/contribute to some key (cross-functional) strategic business topics

·         Lead the development, implementation & follow-through for the IDL Planning Cycle

·         Coordinate intelligence compilation and share key insights/recommendations, for IDL and for PR HQ (CIN)

JOB SCOPE:

·         Reporting to: Head of Strategy – part of the IDL International Marketing Team (IMT)

 

·         Key Internal Relationships;

·         IDL IMT

·         IDL Finance

·         PR Holding

·         Key External Relationships;

·         Nielsen / IWSR

·         Consultant cabinets

 

·         Key Responsibilities for this Role:

 

1.    BUSINESS TOPICS : Lead/contribute to some key (cross-functional) business topics. These topics include 

-       Market expansion (categories/geographies)

-       Value Creation (Pricing)

-       Long-term Vision

2.    BUSINESS CYCLE : Lead the development, implementation & follow-through for the IDL Plannning - 3YPlan/Budget :

-       Identification / selection of game-changing topics

-       Storyline : lead the architecture of the content and messages

-       Compilation of elements among various departments

-       Content rechallenge / data check

-       Formalization of the presentation

3.    BUSINESS / MARKET INTELLIGENCE : Coordinate intelligence compilation and share key insights/recommendations, for IDL and for PR HQ (CIN)

-       Market Intelligence :

o  Extract key insights from Nielsen/IWSR data and share with key IDL stakeholders

o  Manage the Euromonitor relationship; Evaluate offerings from alternative service providers

-       Competitor Intelligence : Develop & implement a competitor intelligence process and cascade relevant insights to key stakeholders

o  Gather information, take away key insights and share with key IDL stakeholders (Compack)

o  Attend & contribute to PR HQ CIN meetings

-       Trends :  Support the development of the Trend Book for relevant trends

Projects to be assigned based on workload, including

-       Jameson 2030 Vision – key accelerator pillars

-       IDL Prestige portfolio

-       Cross-functional topics : pricing/KPI cockpit

KEY SKILLS REQUIRED:

·         Ability to work under pressure and capable of managing multiple work streams simultaneously

·         Strong project management skills

·         Relationship building - excellent communication skills – able to communicate and influence cross-functionally and across all levels of the business

·         Superior analytical & business acumen skills – financial data, market data, business forecasts etc.

·         Basic level of Brand strategy & planning

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

·         Educated to degree level (Honours) in a Business School

·         5 years’ experience in Strategy/Business Development, ideally in a consulting firm

·         Experience in Asian business (especially China and India) is a strong plus    

·         Highly proficient in the use of MS Office:  Powerpoint and Excel (advanced skills) are essential. 

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

·         A highly motivated individual with a strong drive for results

·         Personable, with the ability to build relationships across all functions and levels of the organisation and deliver high levels of customer service.

·         Very high attention to detail – thorough approach to tasks with a high level of accuracy

How To Apply

https://pr.taleo.net/careersection/prext/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=MAR03349

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