Director, North America Portfolio Strategy (Finance)

At Suntory Global Spirits, we craft spirits of the highest quality and deliver brilliant experiences to people around the world. Suntory Global Spirits has evolved into the world's third largest leading premium spirits company ... where each employee is treated like family and trusted with legacy. With our greatest assets - our premium spirits and our people - we're driving growth through impactful marketing, innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit. Suntory Global Spirits is a place where you can come Unleash your Spirit by making an impact each and every day.

What makes this a great opportunity?

• Impact: Drive a variety of high-impact, high-profile portfolio and marketing strategy projects to deliver our regional growth aspirations
• Leadership/People Management: Lead a team, providing vision to team and aligning different teams to same strategy; ensuring right people are in the right roles to be successful
• Senior-Leader Exposure: Regular communication with, and presentation to, senior level audience, including the North America and Executive Leadership Teams; Close partnership with North America Marketing leadership
• Strategy Development: Drive a variety of high-impact, high-profile portfolio and marketing strategy projects to deliver our regional growth aspirations spanning all functions across the North America organization
• Complex Problem-Solving: Opportunity to structure a clear process to address an ambiguous question/objective, and how to influence without authority
• Stakeholder Management: Positioned to influence and interact closely with every business function (Marketing, Sales, Finance, Supply Chain, Legal) providing clear visibility to how broader groups need to work together effectively
• Regional Perspective: Develop understanding of market dynamics and drivers of growth across the US and Canada
• Process Improvement: Opportunity to create the infrastructure for the organization to work efficiently and effectively, by establishing processes and working with cross-functional leaders to develop tools that drive coordination and transparency, bridging the gap between functionality and usability
• Professional Development: The team is built and led by former management strategy consultants and is focused on building successful leaders. This role could be an entrée to a number of different positions within Suntory, or could be an impactful transition from consulting into a fast-paced corporate environment

Role Responsibilities

This position will report to the Vice President, North America Strategy with significant exposure to the North America Leadership Team. The North American Portfolio Strategy team tackles the NA organization's highest-priority portfolio and marketing strategic initiatives, identifies continued near and long-term growth opportunities, and helps shape the NA portfolio strategy. Projects range from assessing emerging growth opportunities to portfolio strategy to long-term strategic planning inclusive of the following responsibilities:
• Lead and shape major portfolio and marketing strategic initiatives, including category growth strategies, organizational marketing capability improvement, and cross-functional implementation efforts
o Test hypotheses through analytical rigor, collaborating cross-functionally across the company to ensure inclusion and integrity
• Help drive annual strategic planning and integrated business planning processes
o Identify key portfolio opportunities and risks
o Conduct financial and commercial assessments of various growth options
• Develop and deliver data-driven insights for delivery to executive teams
• Lead and develop a high-performing team
• Work effectively in a team environment, both within the Strategy team, North America Marketing team, and with business unit partners/stakeholders throughout the organization

Qualifications

Competencies - Organizational, Role Specific & Leadership
Organizational Competencies
• Entrepreneurial Approach
• Creating Innovative Solutions
• Beating the Competition....Together Role Specific Competencies Strategic thinking/Planning Problem solving/Resolution Analytical Business acumen Presentation skills Organization & planning Persuasiveness/Impact Leadership Competencies (if applicable)
• Delivers impactful results with integrity
• Thinks and acts like an owner
• Inspires engagement, passion and performance
• Builds a winning team

At Suntory Global Spirits, people are our number one priority, and we believe our people grow together in diverse and inclusive environments where their unique insights, experiences and backgrounds are valued and respected. Suntory Global Spirits is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, military veteran status and all other characteristics, attributes or choices protected by law. All recruitment and hiring decisions are based on an applicant's skills and experience.

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