Strategic Business Development Manager

4 weeks ago


West Midlands Combined Authority, United Kingdom Halfords Group PLC Full time

Job Purpose

As the strategy manager, you will own the definition of how our products, services and solutions solve customer needs in a credible and distinctive way. The nature of the role is to think ahead and agitate our teams to deliver longer term financial health for our business and our shareholders. Actively identifying and responding to longer term threats and opportunities that can be capitalised on for our business.

This role will also look to identify major initiatives happening per category across the retail/garages function and seek to align and position them as necessary, always considering that our customers will shop with the brand and the total offering, not the category.

  • Deliver end to end business cases for opportunities identified, as well as supply assumptions for finance/analysts to build robust models.
  • Critically evaluate strategic opportunities/ideas presented by key stakeholders in the business, as well as implement and unlock consistency of propositions/category launches across the retail/garages function.
  • Design solutions that enable scale and quickest route to markets, identifying synergies and cross over with other initiatives owned by our category and transformation teams.
  • Present strategic opportunities and business cases; communicate simply and succinctly to all levels in the business, including exec and other senior stakeholders.
  • Keep abreast of internal initiatives and challenges or guides as necessary to line in with a holistic and lined up plan across commercial and customer.

Skills & Experience

  • Background in strategic design and commercial business case development.
  • Able to cut through noise and complexity, to get to the heart of the matter, with little input and coaching from line manager.
  • Confident preparation of visually engaging content, that is simple and cuts through, for executive and senior level stakeholders.
  • A creative and innovative mind, strategic thinker & futuristic and broad as a thought leader/visionary.


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