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Shaw Industries · 9 hours ago

Director of Strategic Initiatives

positionDalton, GA
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
seniorityLead/Staff, Director/Executive
date5+ years exp

Shaw Industries is forming a small and impactful Internal Consulting team that will provide consulting and strategic analysis to business unit leaders and the Executive Leadership Team. The successful candidate will work closely with these leaders to identify business needs, build strategic documents, and maintain a competitive market analysis.

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Responsibilities

Working closely with the three main business unit leaders (Residential, Commercial and Turf) to identify business needs and analytics required
Help build out the 3–5-year strategy document by conducting environmental scans, documenting assumptions, and working with the ELT to turn this into insights and a well defined
Maintain appropriate assumptions supporting the strategy document, identify early warning indicators and data sets which would tell us if something were not developing as planned and adjust assumptions as appropriate. Highlight to leadership these changes
Maintain a live fact base for competitors and the market
Maintain data feeds from various data sources such as FRED, Census Data, and BLS. Use this data to support or challenge various assumptions and highlight to leadership
Develop a “point of view” concerning market sizes, Shaw market share, competitor’s information and customer buying behavior (in conjunction with the various marketing and customer / consumer insights teams)
Prepare Ad-Hoc studies when requested from the various business units and the ELT
Learn the business deeply and be prepared to take leadership roles within the various business units

Qualification

Strategic analysisFinancial analysisData analyticsMBAConsulting experienceLeadership potentialCommunication skills

Required

5 years' experience working in a strategic role for a multi-billion-dollar company, MBA and/or proven consulting experience with a “top tier” consulting firm (EY, McKinsey etc.)
Willingness to move to North Georgia or surrounding community (Chattanooga, North Atlanta) and be willing to work on site 80% of the time
Highly skilled in data analytics and various software programs to analyze data and turn data into insights
Proven communication skills with all key leaders of the company including ELT members
Ability to grow into senior leadership positions within the company within 2-3 years

Company

Shaw Industries

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Shaw Industries Group, Inc.
dateFounded in 1967
location
Dalton, Georgia, USA
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
https://shawinc.com

H1B Sponsorship

Shaw Industries has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
unknown
2001-01-08Acquired

Leadership Team

J
Jim Kirkpatrick
Executive Vice President and CFO
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