Sr. Manager, Strategy Management Office

White Cap Strategy Manager

A position at White Cap isn't your ordinary job. You'll work in an exciting and diverse environment, meet interesting people, and have a variety of career opportunities.

The White Cap family is committed to Building Trust on Every Job. We do this by being deeply knowledgeable, fully capable, and always dependable, and our associates are the driving force behind this commitment.

Responsible for playing a critical role in translating White Cap strategy into execution. Partners with senior leaders to operationalize strategic priorities, establish governance and routine, and drive alignment across functions. Leads the long-term success and growth of White Cap by ensuring strategic initiatives are clearly defined, resourced, tracked against set measurable outcomes.

Major Tasks, Responsibilities and Key Accountabilities

• Supports and partners with senior leaders to prepare and deliver White Cap's vision and strategy by developing supporting materials for board meetings and strategic management discussions.
• Provides regular, actionable performance reports to senior management to guide decision-making.
• Establishes measurement frameworks and scorecards aligned to strategic priorities and ensures strategy initiatives are aligned to financial measures and plans.
• Contributes to building and evolving the Strategy Management Office as a Center of Excellence for strategy execution; ensures internal practices are benchmarked and recommends enhancements.
• Conducts detailed market research to identify trends, customer needs, and growth opportunities within the construction materials distribution sector.
• Leads the operational execution of White Cap's strategies into actionable initiatives, roadmaps, and milestones and also tracks progress and report on progress and outcomes.
• Identifies risk and dependencies across initiatives and recommends mitigation strategies.
• Designs and manages strategic governance forums, review processes, and decision-making cadences.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Nature and Scope

• Solutions require analysis and investigation.
• Achieves planned results by decisions and actions based on professional methods, business principles, and practical experience. May recommend/make decisions regarding new programs/initiatives that have significant impact to the business and carry consequences in unsuccessful endeavors.
• Manages a larger team or multiple small teams through direction of subordinate management and/or supervisory staff.

Work Environment

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.
• Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Education and Experience

• Typically requires BS/BA in a related discipline. Generally 7+ years of experience in a related field. May require certification. Advanced degree may offset less experience in some disciplines.

Preferred Qualifications

• BS/BA, MBA or advanced degree preferred in a related discipline.
• 8+ years Consulting, Analytics, Strategy, Finance, Capital Markets, and/or business operations experience.
• 7+ years of experience in a management/supervisory capacity.
• Demonstrated success in strategic planning in evolving organizations.
• Proven ability to synthesize data and develop a compelling business case and recommendations to drive decision making across senior stakeholders.
• Proven experience working with all levels of associates within an organization and the ability to influence without authority.
• Program management experience supporting large-scale cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience partnering with cross-functional leaders in a matrixed environment.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships and communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong problem structuring and analytical skills.
• Strong project management and organizational capabilities, including experience preparing Board-level presentations.
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and data analysis tools.

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