5 Senior Management Roles jobs in Desoto
Director of Strategic Planning
75201 Dallas, Texas
$180000 Annually
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This is a unique opportunity to join a forward-thinking organization as a Director of Strategic Planning. This is a fully remote position, offering flexibility and the chance to influence organizational direction from anywhere in the US. Our client is seeking a visionary leader to develop and execute long-term strategic initiatives that will drive growth and competitive advantage. You will be responsible for analyzing market trends, identifying new business opportunities, and formulating strategic plans to capitalize on them. This role requires extensive collaboration with executive leadership and department heads to ensure strategic alignment across the organization. Key duties include conducting feasibility studies, developing business cases, and monitoring the implementation of strategic projects. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and strategic thinking skills, coupled with a deep understanding of business operations and financial modeling. A proven track record of developing and implementing successful corporate strategies in a complex environment is essential. Strong leadership, communication, and influencing skills are critical for this role, as you will be expected to gain buy-in from various stakeholders. A Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) or a related field, along with 10-15 years of experience in strategic planning, corporate development, or management consulting, is required. Experience in diverse industries is a plus. This position is for an individual who is adept at navigating ambiguity, driving change, and fostering innovation. If you are a strategic mastermind ready to make a significant impact on a national scale, apply now to be part of our remote-first team.
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Director of Strategic Planning
75201 Dallas, Texas
$120000 Annually
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Posted 2 days ago
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Our client is seeking a visionary and results-oriented Director of Strategic Planning to lead the development and execution of long-term strategic initiatives for their organization in Dallas, Texas, US . This senior leadership role requires a sophisticated understanding of market dynamics, competitive landscapes, and organizational capabilities to formulate actionable strategies that drive sustainable growth and profitability. You will be responsible for conducting in-depth market research, competitive analysis, and internal assessments to identify strategic opportunities and threats. The Director will collaborate closely with executive leadership, department heads, and other key stakeholders to ensure alignment and buy-in for strategic plans. This role is crucial in shaping the future direction of the company, translating high-level goals into measurable objectives and implementation roadmaps. The ability to influence and guide decision-making across various levels of the organization is paramount.
Key Responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and manage the company's strategic planning process, including annual and long-term planning cycles.
- Conduct comprehensive market analysis, competitive intelligence gathering, and industry trend forecasting.
- Identify and evaluate strategic opportunities for growth, innovation, and market expansion.
- Develop business cases and financial models to support strategic recommendations.
- Collaborate with executive leadership and cross-functional teams to define strategic objectives and key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Translate strategic plans into actionable initiatives and implementation roadmaps.
- Monitor the execution of strategic initiatives, tracking progress against defined KPIs and making necessary adjustments.
- Facilitate strategic planning workshops and facilitate discussions among senior leaders.
- Communicate strategic plans and progress to internal stakeholders at all levels.
- Stay informed about emerging trends, technologies, and best practices in strategic management.
- Advise executive leadership on strategic implications of market shifts and competitive actions.
- Ensure alignment of departmental plans and resource allocation with overall corporate strategy.
- Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA), Finance, Strategy, or a related field.
- Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in strategic planning, corporate strategy, or management consulting, with a significant portion in a leadership capacity.
- Proven ability to develop and execute complex strategic plans in a corporate environment.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
- Demonstrated experience in market research, financial modeling, and competitive analysis.
- Proficiency in strategic planning frameworks and methodologies.
- Experience in managing cross-functional projects and driving organizational change.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Strong understanding of various business functions and their interdependencies.
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Analyst/Sr Analyst, Strategic Planning and Analysis
75219 Dallas, Texas
American Airlines
Posted 6 days ago
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**Intro**
Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you'll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you'll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!
**Why you'll love this job**
+ This job is part of the Long Range Planning team within the Strategic Planning & Analysis organization, part of the Revenue Division.
+ Responsibilities range from forecasting revenue and capacity to analyzing and optimizing the needs and deployment of strategic assets, analyzing airline alliances, solving complex revenue and loyalty analysis projects, and working on a variety of initiatives that support our commercial organization while constantly pushing forward and executing our company's commercial strategy.
**What you'll do**
+ Develop and monitor the effectiveness of revenue strategies and initiatives including pricing, yield, network planning, sales, finance, AAdvantage, and marketing actions
+ Foster relationships and lead discussions with stakeholders across the company that are focused on driving long term value to American Airlines (including Sales and Revenue Management organizations, Customer Insights & Loyalty, Network Planning, joint business partner airlines, and operations groups)
+ Analyze the performance of existing partnerships, evaluate new partnerships and craft creative solutions that drive continuous improvement from American Airlines' inorganic network
+ Utilize statistical analysis, predictive modeling or other analytical methods to analyze data and develop practical solutions to business problems
+ Present analyses, strategies and results to all levels of the organization
+ Ensure that the entire Strategic Planning & Analysis organization has the appropriate level of tool knowledge and that we are prepared for the future
+ Align teams around commercial strategies, key objectives and success metrics, maintaining clear communication across teams, and ensuring cross-functional actions are completed
+ Tailor communication of complex ideas to both junior and senior-level audiences
+ Perform validation of models to ensure adequacy, define data requirements, and gather and validate information, applying judgement and statistical tests
+ Develop performance measurements and analytical tools to improve profitability and planning / forecasting processes
+ Develop reports and proposals, such as market assessments, business plans, financial performance plans, network profitability plans, fleet plans, capital expenditure requests, etc.
+ Analyze data derived from various areas, such as booking activity, fleet analyses, market trends, ROI analyses, performance and budget analyses, profitability statistics, previous campaign results, site statistics, marketing efforts, revenue
**All you'll need for success**
**Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience**
+ Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience/training
+ Minimum 3 years of related work experience, or Master's degree in a related field
**Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience**
+ Advanced knowledge of data analysis tools including Excel, Tableau, SQL, and SAS
+ Experience in airline Network Planning, Revenue Management, Commercial, or analytical field
**Skills, Licenses & Certifications**
+ Eager to solve complex problems and puzzles in a constrained and dynamic environment
+ Ability to leverage understanding of the airline business and commercial goals to draw insights, drive results, and create innovative solutions
+ Adaptive to new ideas and business processes in an ever-changing marketplace
+ Ability to perform in cross-functional groups with minimal supervision to drive outcomes which benefit the entire airline
+ Skilled at sharing knowledge to develop the expertise of the team as a whole
+ Advanced Microsoft Office skills
**What you'll get**
Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:
+ Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
+ Health Benefits: On day one, you'll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that's just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
+ Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself - that's why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
+ 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
+ Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more
**Feel free to be yourself at American**
From the team members we hire to the customers we serve; inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Employee Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world. Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life's journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY/ AFFIRMATIVE ACTION POLICY
American Airlines maintains a continuing policy of nondiscrimination in employment. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity and access for all persons, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a disabled veteran or other protected veteran, in all phases of the employment process and in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. This policy of nondiscrimination shall include, but not be limited to, the following employment decisions and practices: hiring; upgrading; promotions; demotions or transfers; layoffs; recalls; terminations; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; selection for training, including apprenticeship; and recruitment or recruitment advertising.
Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you'll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you'll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!
**Why you'll love this job**
+ This job is part of the Long Range Planning team within the Strategic Planning & Analysis organization, part of the Revenue Division.
+ Responsibilities range from forecasting revenue and capacity to analyzing and optimizing the needs and deployment of strategic assets, analyzing airline alliances, solving complex revenue and loyalty analysis projects, and working on a variety of initiatives that support our commercial organization while constantly pushing forward and executing our company's commercial strategy.
**What you'll do**
+ Develop and monitor the effectiveness of revenue strategies and initiatives including pricing, yield, network planning, sales, finance, AAdvantage, and marketing actions
+ Foster relationships and lead discussions with stakeholders across the company that are focused on driving long term value to American Airlines (including Sales and Revenue Management organizations, Customer Insights & Loyalty, Network Planning, joint business partner airlines, and operations groups)
+ Analyze the performance of existing partnerships, evaluate new partnerships and craft creative solutions that drive continuous improvement from American Airlines' inorganic network
+ Utilize statistical analysis, predictive modeling or other analytical methods to analyze data and develop practical solutions to business problems
+ Present analyses, strategies and results to all levels of the organization
+ Ensure that the entire Strategic Planning & Analysis organization has the appropriate level of tool knowledge and that we are prepared for the future
+ Align teams around commercial strategies, key objectives and success metrics, maintaining clear communication across teams, and ensuring cross-functional actions are completed
+ Tailor communication of complex ideas to both junior and senior-level audiences
+ Perform validation of models to ensure adequacy, define data requirements, and gather and validate information, applying judgement and statistical tests
+ Develop performance measurements and analytical tools to improve profitability and planning / forecasting processes
+ Develop reports and proposals, such as market assessments, business plans, financial performance plans, network profitability plans, fleet plans, capital expenditure requests, etc.
+ Analyze data derived from various areas, such as booking activity, fleet analyses, market trends, ROI analyses, performance and budget analyses, profitability statistics, previous campaign results, site statistics, marketing efforts, revenue
**All you'll need for success**
**Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience**
+ Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience/training
+ Minimum 3 years of related work experience, or Master's degree in a related field
**Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience**
+ Advanced knowledge of data analysis tools including Excel, Tableau, SQL, and SAS
+ Experience in airline Network Planning, Revenue Management, Commercial, or analytical field
**Skills, Licenses & Certifications**
+ Eager to solve complex problems and puzzles in a constrained and dynamic environment
+ Ability to leverage understanding of the airline business and commercial goals to draw insights, drive results, and create innovative solutions
+ Adaptive to new ideas and business processes in an ever-changing marketplace
+ Ability to perform in cross-functional groups with minimal supervision to drive outcomes which benefit the entire airline
+ Skilled at sharing knowledge to develop the expertise of the team as a whole
+ Advanced Microsoft Office skills
**What you'll get**
Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:
+ Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
+ Health Benefits: On day one, you'll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that's just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
+ Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself - that's why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
+ 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
+ Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more
**Feel free to be yourself at American**
From the team members we hire to the customers we serve; inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Employee Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world. Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life's journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY/ AFFIRMATIVE ACTION POLICY
American Airlines maintains a continuing policy of nondiscrimination in employment. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity and access for all persons, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a disabled veteran or other protected veteran, in all phases of the employment process and in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. This policy of nondiscrimination shall include, but not be limited to, the following employment decisions and practices: hiring; upgrading; promotions; demotions or transfers; layoffs; recalls; terminations; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; selection for training, including apprenticeship; and recruitment or recruitment advertising.
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Corporate Planning & Management, Strategic Sourcing, Associate - Dallas
75215 Park Cities, Texas
The Goldman Sachs Group
Posted 3 days ago
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Corporate Planning & Management, Strategic Sourcing, Associate
The Corporate Planning & Management (CPM) Division unifies Finance & Planning, Spend Management, Operational Risk and Resilience, and CPM Engineering teams to deliver business planning and analytics, expense management, third party risk management, and governance strategies across the firm. CPM have 5 operating pillars.
Role Overview
Professionals in CPM have an analytical mindset, exhibit intellectual curiosity and are from diverse academic backgrounds. This role sits within the Spend Management pillar.
The role requires collaboration with different functions across the firm on a regular basis, an ability to work independently, and ability to interact with senior professionals across the firm. It also entails in-depth analysis and reporting for senior management, requiring diligence and a commercial mindset. The candidate is required to work closely with global counterparts. Should have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Job responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Work collaboratively to deploy category management techniques to develop multi-year global strategies which support the delivery of the firm's commercial and operational objectives
- Partner with business and functional leadership to understand short, medium, and long-term third-party requirements including demand management
- Support Procurement strategy creation and execution of key initiatives
- Identify and implement best practices in procurement, commercial and vendor management
- Drive supply side initiatives to reduce or contain risk, and / or create commercial and revenue generating opportunities
- Ensure appropriate contract structures / types, pricing models, vendor incentive models, service level agreements, performance indicators and cost models are applied consistently across vendors
- Partner with internal and external legal counsel to ensure proper forms of Agreement are utilized, contractor conformance with the terms and conditions of the Agreements, and refinement of Agreements as required
- Manage compliance with and provide reporting on the firm's commitments in relation to ESG
- Facilitate sharing knowledge, experiences and best practice within and across global Strategic Sourcing team
- Support compliance to the Firmwide Third Party Risk and Control Framework and associated programs
- Engage with Risk Partners across the organization (e.g., compliance, technology), as needed, to review control requirements and drive resolution of Strategic Sourcing issues
- Role based Dallas with potential for travel as required
Qualifications:
- Bachelors
- Minimum five years' experience in Strategic Souring and Category management, particularity in the indirect spend with a preference in corporate services sourcing, including but not limited to workplace-related services such as hospitality, property management and document management services.
- Must have strong technical, strategic and project management skills as well as a strong foundation in supply chain management, sourcing and procurement, project management vendor management legal and contracting or operational risk management
Competencies:
- Functional Expertise - Understanding of strategic procurement, category management approach and procurement value proposition
- Strategic Mindset - Needs to be able to effectively create category strategies with the ability to influence and guide key stakeholders with sourcing decisions. Needs to clearly understand and articulate the Procurement value proposition and demonstrate clear strategic thinking / intent within work product
- Technical Skills - Demonstrates strong technical skills required for the role, pays attention to detail, takes initiative to broaden his/her knowledge and demonstrates appropriate financial/analytical skills
- Drive and Motivation - Successfully handles multiple tasks, operates at pace, takes initiative to improve his/her own performance, works intensely towards extremely challenging goals and persists in the face of obstacles or setbacks
- Client and Business Focus - Strong stakeholder engagement skills. Effectively handles difficult requests, builds trust, long-term relationships with clients, helps the client to identify/define needs and manages client/business expectations
- Teamwork - Gives evidence of being a strong team player, collaborates with others within and across teams, encourages other team members to participate and contribute and acknowledges others' contributions
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience of successfully negotiating complex, high-profile contracts, including incentivized service level agreements
- Excellent client management skills and experience in leading projects involving a range of stakeholders.
- Track record of being a team player collaborating with others within and across teams
- Proven, strong communication, interpersonal and organizational skills
- Professional and measured approach that has creditability within industry and with peers
- Strong executive-level communication/presentation skills
- Impeccable attention to detail and excellent problem solving and analytical skills
- Strategic thinker with strong implementation ability
- Proficient with the suite of Microsoft Office software
- Experience of Sourcing procure to pay tools (Ariba, Fieldglass, PMweb)
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Corporate Planning & Management, IT Strategic Sourcing, Analyst/Sr. Analyst- Dallas
75215 Park Cities, Texas
Goldman Sachs
Posted 3 days ago
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Corporate Planning & Management, Spend Management - Technology Software, Analyst/Sr. Analyst, Dallas
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities and investment management services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals. The firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other major financial centers around the world.
Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer. Seniority level
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Dallas, TX
Divisional Overview
Job Description
Corporate Planning & Management Spend Management Technology Software
Dallas, TX
Divisional Overview
The Corporate Planning & Management (CPM) Division unifies Finance & Planning, Spend Management, Operational Risk and Resilience, and CPM Engineering teams to deliver business planning and analytics, expense management, third party risk management, and governance strategies across the firm.
Spend Management encompasses the functions responsible for managing all aspects of the firm's spend with third parties - advising commercial agreements and driving operating efficiency. Departments include Strategic Sourcing, Procure to Pay, Integrated Travel and Expense, Infrastructure and Transformation and Sustainable Operations.
Role Overview
Professionals in CPM have an analytical mindset, exhibit intellectual curiosity and are from diverse academic backgrounds. This role sits within the Spend Management pillar.
The Strategic Sourcing team within Spend Management is responsible for driving the execution of strategic priorities, including firms operational efficiency and supplier diversity targets, as it relates to the Firms relationships with vendors. We partner with Engineering leadership as well as various stakeholders across the firm on all software/SaaS, hardware, storage, telecommunications, multi-media, and co-location engagements. As a result, we are actively involved in the entirety of the vendor relationship lifecycle from procurement to payment.
The Strategic Sourcing professional is a highly commercial role that requires extensive internal and external interfacing with a number of constituents, implementation of best practices and sound judgement to arrive at the right outcomes for the firm.
Job Responsibilities Will Include, But Are Not Limited To
- Lead/participate in contract and commercial negotiations for technology-related products and services globally, with focus on software agreements, including both internally-hosted as well as vendor-hosted arrangements (SaaS/PaaS), while following vendor engagement model and adhering to firms vendor-related policies and practices.
- Collaborate with various risk management partners, such as Legal, Finance, Information Security, Compliance, and others to ensure firm's vendor management policies and procedures are adhered to.
- Create financial analysis of pending transactions, including review of vendor financial viability as well as total cost of ownership and return on investment analyses. May involve interfacing with outside research companies to create benchmarking models and identify cost savings opportunities.
- Serve as an advisor to the business/technology groups in the areas of licensing and commercial/contractual/vendor risks, among others.
- Liaise across Engineering leadership, business and relationship managers to identify and escalate vendor/client sensitivities, commercial and relationship opportunities.
- Responsible for tracking of and reporting on strategic vendor management activities, spend and other trends of strategic vendors, understanding impact across firm/business units.
- Relevant Bachelors degree or equivalent qualification with an excellent academic record
- 1-3 years of experience in Technology commercial and contract negotiation
- Analytical capabilities and financial modeling experience
- Excellent communication and interpersonal (written and verbal) skills, strong attention to detail and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to lead across team members and drive assignments to completion
- Ability to multi-task & deliver under pressure
- Solid work ethic and high level of motivation
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Commercial and contract negotiation experience focused on software/SaaS licensing contracts
- Prior experience with the SAP Spend Management suite of products, including Ariba
- Prior experience in the financial services industry
- Prior experience with well-known enterprise vendors
- Prior technical experience or in-depth understanding of technical concepts
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities and investment management services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals. The firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other major financial centers around the world.
Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer. Seniority level
- Seniority level Entry level
- Employment type Full-time
- Job function Business Development and Sales
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