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Head of Commercial Strategy in Sydney

Head of Commercial Strategy in Sydney

This sought after B2C ASX company is looking for an experienced Head of Commercial Strategy to join their thriving team and provide strategic planning, lead special projects and provide thought leadership. This is an integral role in driving the success of this organisation. You will be highly visible and work on some of the most significant strategic initiatives which impact our clients core customer proposition.  

Dual reporting to the Chief Commercial Officer and the GM of Strategy and Transformation, your responsibility is to foster external partners, monitor market trends and to identify potential business opportunities. By bringing your creativity, ambition and drive into this role, you can become a key contributor to the ongoing success of the company’s business unit and core business. 

Our client is an employer of choice who has a reputation for retaining their top talent by offering exciting internal opportunities. They are known for promoting from within. 

So whilst this opportunity is being offered as an initial 8-month position it is highly likely that the role will lead to a longer-term career somewhere within the business. 

Key Responsibilities include:  

  • Develop the team’s top strategic programs of work, from analysing the data and understanding the scope of each program to executing and delivering them on time.  
  • Provide guidance, helping them to create a comprehensive plan that keeps pace with the ever-changing business landscape.  
  • Drive initiatives across all departments and ensure that they are successfully scoped and orchestrated end to end.  
  • Provide leadership and direction to the Strategy Team under the guidance of the General Manager of Strategy and Transformation.  
  • Lead and develop a team of highly skilled strategy members comprised of top tier consultants and experienced strategists.  
  • Ensure that this team reaches its full potential while achieving successful strategic outcomes. 
  • Prepare strategy updates for the Executive Committee and Board that provide actionable insights, analysis, and strategic direction.  
  • Understand industry trends, market dynamics, potential opportunities, and any risks associated with pursuing strategic opportunities.  

Key Qualifications for this role include:  

  • Deep experience and knowledge of strategic problem solving and frameworks, delivering large-scale projects and change management  
  • Exceptional ability to influence, establish and maintain strong relationships with senior leadership team  
  • Outstanding written and oral communication    
  • Strong leadership, coaching and people development skills  
  • Organised and structured, able to coordinate multiple streams of work in parallel  
  • Driven & dynamic, pushes the boundaries and goes beyond the obvious  
  • Result-oriented, positive work ethic, collaborative and people-oriented mindset  
  • Minimum 7 years of experience in a top tier strategy consultancy or similar experience in a corporate strategy environment  
  • Retail / consumer market experience is required  
  • Outstanding academic record and social achievements; top tier MBA preferred 

If you are up for the challenge of delivering one of the biggest transformation programs in the industry, then this role may be for you! Send your CV to Anika Stokes at anika@oaktreetalent.com to be considered for this position. 

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Head of Commercial Strategy in Sydney

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    Strategy Manager in Sydney

    Strategy Manager in Sydney

    Our Consumer client is looking for a Strategy Manager in Sydney that can bring unique ideas and the best strategies that can increase the business units’ profitability and benefit the company’s projects. The goal of the Strategy Manager is to identify those areas of focus and develop strategies that are bigger, faster, and sooner than what the company typically works on.  

    Working under the General Manager, this role will be an integral part of major projects and will involve managing various work streams while supervising teams and providing strategic guidance. You will need to be able to manage multiple tasks at one time and have excellent problem-solving skills to ensure that goals are met in a timely manner. 

    In this role, your responsibilities will be to: 

    • Break down complex problems and create plans of action to solve them.  
    • Analyse large data sets and generate meaningful insights.  
    • Lead client meetings and mentor junior team members.  
    • Use your expertise and leadership skills to help the team reach their goals. 
    • Identify solutions for crucial business questions.  
    • Manage projects and key tasks. 
    • Bring forward strategic and creative ideas to help the company move forward.   
    • Ensure that all stakeholders are on board with the changes being implemented and make sure these have impactful outcomes. 

    Key Qualifications:  

    • 4+ years of experience with minimum 2 years of experience in a top tier strategy consultancy, investment bank, or corporate strategy team. 
    • Outstanding academic record and social achievements. 
    • Demonstrated deep experience and knowledge of strategic problem solving and frameworks, project and change management. 
    • Superb written and oral communication with excellent interpersonal skills 
    • Ability to influence all levels of the organisation. 
    • Analytics and quantitative modelling. 
    • Consumer market experience and retail experience is an advantage. 

    This company believes in building partnerships through collaboration, transparency, and trust. If you want a challenging role and at the same time build your career with training and development programs with an attractive remuneration package, this opportunity may be for you. You may reach out to Asha Walsh or send your CV to her at asha@oaktreetalent.com 

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    Strategy Manager in Sydney

    This Strategy Manager in Sydney is Exclusive to Oaktree and will take home an annual income of $140k to $160k + super + bonus.

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      Strategy Analyst in Sydney

      Strategy Analyst in Sydney

      Would you like to move into the innovative space of banking, deposits and payments? Work with an ex top tier leadership team on high impact projects! 

      This is a great opportunity for a Management Consultant looking to move into banking! 

      As a Strategy Analyst, you will be responsible for supporting and driving the company’s medium-term strategic agenda. You will work with other functions to manage and track business planning cycles. Additionally, as a member of the team, you will be responsible for overseeing all initiative spend and gathering feedback on benefits realization. 

      You will need the essential skills of traditional management consulting, such as analysis and hypothesis-testing, along with innovative problem-solving skills using technology and data to address the company’s customer base. 

      Key Responsibilities: 

      • Contribution to the 2-3 year strategy roadmap. 
      • Competitor and market deep dive analysis. 
      • Manage quarterly business planning cycles and prioritisation.  
      • Determining which customer segments are most deserving of investment.  
      • Considering the risk that may be associated with reaching these target segments, as well as the company’s regulatory obligations. 
      • Responsible for various tasks that support the business’s long-term goals.  
      • Helping to manage the quarterly business planning cycles and prioritization discussions. 
      • Overseeing initiative spend, and tracking benefits realisation.  

      Key Requirements for the position would be:  

      • 2 – 3 years of strategy or management consulting experience in a tier 1 consulting firm, strategy boutique firm, or industry corporate strategy role. 
      • Experience across a range of the Strategy service portfolio including market and industry dynamics assessments, corporate and portfolio strategy, business unit strategy, customer and segment strategy, capability and operating model strategy, and strategy execution services. 
      • Exceptional written and visual communication skills utilising PowerPoint, including strategy packs, executive team packs and board packs, with high quality using a hypothesis-driven approach. 
      • Excellent time management and organisation skills with strong attention to detail to meet milestones and expectations. 
      • Excellent collaboration skills with an ability to work with a wide variety of stakeholders in different parts of the business and at different levels of seniority. 
      • Customer-first mindset and interest in banking, finance, economics, customer experience and digital 
      • Strong learning orientation with a commitment to listening and learning from colleagues, experimenting with new ideas and approaches, and keeping up to date with the latest technical developments in data and analytics. 

      If this role is of interest, please contact Amy Savage at amy@oaktreetalent.com or drop your CV in the contact form section. 

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      Strategy Analyst in Sydney

      This Strategy Analyst in Sydney is Exclusive to Oaktree and will take home an annual income of $120k to $130k + super + bonus.

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        Head of Transformation based in Sydney

        Head of Transformation based in Sydney

        Our client is on the lookout for a dynamic Head of Transformation to join their forward-thinking, digitally focused Strategy & Transformation team. You will work closely with stakeholders enterprise-wide and at all levels of the organisation to achieve desired outcomes quickly and efficiently. Your strong business acumen and stakeholder influencing skills will be highly valued here.  

        In this position, you will work closely with the transformation & agile delivery teams to ensure successful execution. This entails overseeing portfolio management tasks, taking charge of key programs, and enacting strategic change initiatives to provide better business agility. You will be part of a team that encourages collaboration and celebrates diversity. You will be a key player in helping this sort after business reach their company goals. 

        Your key responsibilities include:  

        • To maximise results, optimise the process of delivery, and improve the speed and quality of strategy delivery within the company. 
        • Plan and implement portfolio delivery efforts across the company to include operating model and change projects, ensure they are delivered efficiently and effectively. 
        • Ensure that everyone within the broader ecosystem is working collaboratively. 
        • Partner with Platform leadership and strategy to build, oversee, and deliver an annual operating plan.  
        • Embrace and drive agile ways of working across the business.  
        • Work with leadership to reduce risks associated with the planned initiatives include mapping informed business decisions. 
        • Work in tandem with the Senior Leadership Team, Platform Lead, and Strategy Business Partner to ensure they are delivering against the annual operating plans.  
        • Be aware of changing competitor strategies as well as wider economic trends and adjust accordingly. 

        Key qualifications in this role include: 

        • 5+ years in senior transformation leadership role in a reputable organisation.  
        • 3+ years of experience in an agile environment, ideally in a large business 
        • Relevant background in transformation, agile, organisational change, delivery 
        • Successful record of accomplishment in delivering complex programs and/or transformations 
        • B2C/ Consumer industry experience desired 
        • Excellent organisation, planning and coordination skills 
        • Exceptional stakeholder management skills, ability to build rapport and networks 
        • Energetic, confident, and charismatic leader with the ability to inspire teams 

        If you are passionate about business operations and have a strong interest in agile ways of working, then you will enjoy partnering with this organisation. Be part of a strong, high performing team, known for having a fun and collaborative culture, and be part of a team that loves solving complex problems. Send your CV to us to be considered for the position.  

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        Head of Transformation based in Sydney

        This Head of Transformation based in Sydney is Exclusive to Oaktree and will take home an annual income of $230k to $250k + super + bonus.

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          Head of Strategy based in Sydney

          Head of Strategy based in Sydney

          This client of ours is one of the top brands in Australia, they are growing and have a real focus on customer advocacy. 

          We have been engaged to help them hire a dynamic Head of Strategy to be based in Sydney.  

          This is an important role that requires a talented leader to support the GM of Strategy and Transformation and collaborate with the Managing Director of this department and other leaders to create and refine the strategic goals of the business. You will be expected to outline how strategies will complement the strategies within the larger ecosystem and identify a course of action for success. 

          In this position, you will lead a preeminent team that is responsible for ensuring the successful execution of projects that are aligned to the business’s strategic goals. As Head of Strategy, you will be the driving force behind some of the company’s most critical programs and responsible for delivering on the strategic objectives of the business. You will have a unique opportunity to shape the future of the organisation and make an impact on its success. 

          You will be highly visible in this role and there are multiple opportunities for progression and many examples of where others have climbed the ladder from key strategy positions. 

          Your Key Responsibilities include:  

          • Assist the leadership team in refining their overarching strategic plan.  
          • Develop and manage a portfolio of key strategic programs – from conducting diagnostics to delivering on the agreed-upon objectives.  
          • Identify and resolve issues, manage risks, and ensure projects are executed correctly and delivered on time. 
          • Foster collaboration throughout the company in order to ensure that initiatives are properly scoped and executed from beginning to end.  
          • Lead the Strategy for the business unit with the guidance of the strategy team.  
          • Develop and manage a team of top-performing strategists.  
          • Collaborate with GM Group Strategy to strengthen strategic capabilities across the organisation. 

          Key Qualifications include:  

          • Solid strategy background from a top-tier strategy consultancy firm. 
          • Proven leadership capabilities and experience and to manage and coach junior team members and strategy managers. 
          • Exceptional communication skills with the right balance between consultative and assertive styles. 
          • A pragmatic approach and the ability to deal with change and foster it. 
          • Experience in Retail, FMCG or Consumer Driven business sectors 

          If you think you have the necessary skills and ambition to lead this company’s strategy, then get in touch with Anika Stokes and send your CV if you are interested. With a role like this, you could shape the future of this organization and make a real difference. So don’t hesitate – take the opportunity and apply now! 

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          This Head of Strategy in Australia is Exclusive to Oaktree and will take home an annual income of $230k to $250k + super + bonus + benefits.

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