Director, Strategy

 

This role is known for driving the organizations long-range and strategic planning process, business development and strategy execution and communication to key partners and stakeholders. This role plays a key part in the support and growth journey of the company.

 

Long Range and Strategic Planning

 

· Support long-range and strategic planning process

· Align long-term corporate strategy with business unit strategy

· Translate long-term priorities into near-term initiatives

· Support development of core car rental growth and improvement strategy

· Support development of business model innovation strategy

· Strong problem-solving skills, including ability to gather facts, conduct analysis, and translate data into meaningful insights

 

Business Development & Strategy Execution

 

· Contribute to growth and innovation across the business taking a lead role in area of expertise

· Identify and manage stakeholders up to top management level, exploring their needs/issues/concerns and reacting to these by leading and coordinating the development of stakeholder engagement plans to support the communication of business information and decisions

· Undertake strategic and tactical risk modeling and scenario planning for business-critical decisions to support business strategy and to identify and mitigate risk in line with the risk appetite

 

Communication

 

· Demonstrate value and foster strategic dialogue

· Build inclusive and collaborate process and relationships with all senior leaders

· Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to understand business needs and be able to translate needs into solutions

 

Strategy

 

· Develop meaningful insights and recommendations through data driven analysis to help solve the company’s most challenging problems

· Focus on identifying the right initiatives, with EBITDA and target setting a downstream process from planning

· Have a clear perspective on adjacencies, including M&A

· Challenge norms on how things have always been done

· Contribute to growth and innovation across the business

· Provide research and impact analysis on important strategic topics including competitive strategy and disruptive trends

· Design prototypes and proofs of concepts that best fit the business needs