Director Global Strategy

Position Title: Director, Global Strategy 

Location: New York, NY (Hybrid / 3 days in office)

Reports to:  VP Global Strategy & Insights

About Wella Company

Wella Company is one of the world’s leading professional and retail hair companies. It is a beauty collective with a mission to enable consumers to look & feel like their true self. Its love brands, which include beauty icons such as Wella, Clairol, OPI, and ghd (all together Wella Company), are co-created by & designed for the beauty junkies of today & tomorrow. Wella Company and its brands are and will remain committed to a range of social causes as well as seeking to minimize their impact on the environment. For additional information about Wella Company please visit www.wella.com.

The Director, Global Strategy is responsible for leading key strategy projects that ensure Wella’s sustained market leadership and value creation. Reporting to the VP, Global Strategy & Insights, this individual will both support the development of our enterprise strategy and lead projects that support the execution of our consumer- and customer-centric growth agenda and future-facing business opportunities across brand, market, category, and capability extensions. Key responsibilities include:

• Lead strategic projects that deliver value to global and regional business teams, drive profitable long-range growth plans, and improve our competitive advantages
• Lead cross-functional partners through project scoping, research, workshops, and analysis to drive towards strategic recommendations
• Find growth and profitability opportunities through robust data analysis; communicate those opportunities to a range of stakeholders to drive action and insight
• Build communications/decks to create clarity across the organization; drive rigorous execution in-market
• Lead/support process for new capability builds as required
• Play a leading role in the Wella Company corporate strategic planning cycle, providing thought leadership, quantitative and qualitative analysis, recommendations, and material preparation for a range of stakeholders, including our investors and BOD
• Build functional Strategy excellence for Wella Co.
• Propose & adopt best-in-class frameworks, business case methodology, tools, and approaches
• Communicate strategies and concepts in ways that drive clarity, energy, and inspiration across the organization
• Act with speed & urgency to enable timely strategic decisions for the company
• Build relationships to ensure information flow and partnership

Qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience, including 2+ years of top-tier management consulting experience (required), with brand/corporate/PE experience a plus
• Undergraduate business degree or MBA strongly preferred
• Proven track record of leading small, cross-functional teams to drive outcomes
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; excellent communicator; quick learner
• Highly collaborative and relationship-driven
• Consumer and/or beauty experience is a plus 

We disclose the compensation range for positions in compliance with local law. Actual salaries will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to location, experience, skills and in comparison to internal incumbents currently in similar roles. Pay Range: $200,000-215,000 salary per year. The range listed is just one component of Wella Company's total rewards package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonus plan or variable pay, depending on the role. In addition, Wella Company provides a rich variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance, life and disability insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).

NOTICES

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, please email NA.Recruiting@wella.com. This email account will not respond to inquiries regarding the status of a candidate’s application.

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