Manager - Corporate Strategy

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. 

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Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we're looking to add a Manager - Corporate Strategy in Chennai, India.

As a Manager within Corporate Strategy (CS) team, the candidate will work in a growing global team, providing industry and financial expertise and insights, working together with Flex CS leadership and internal stakeholders to deliver customized knowledge assets and expert advisory.

The candidate will work on corporate-level strategy projects and work streams and help lead the Corporate Strategy team to put strategy into action to drive growth, profitability and innovation for a dynamic and global corporation. Prepare and deliver high quality analysis & presentations to senior leaders and executives. Coach and provide guidance to analysts and associates on the team.

As a professional in this team, you will help internal and external stakeholders with deep expertise on competitor/industry benchmarking, evaluation and target assessment/due diligence on mergers, acquisitions, and dispositions; financial reporting and projections; strategic planning; and portfolio valuations and addressing organizational value optimization. In addition, candidate will be  perform valuation, market sizing leveraging corporate finance metrics, industry/market level financial technical analysis, planning and projection models and enterprise multiples for businesses, competitors, industry segments/sub-segments, niche entities/untapped verticals.

What a typical day looks like:

• Serve as a strategy business partner to Flex's senior executives
• Apply creative problem-solving skills to strategic initiatives; communicate insights and synthesize conclusions into recommendations that will be shared with key business group leaders
• Build financial models (i.e., Microsoft Excel); conduct high-quality business, market, and competitor analysis; and help identify and assess existing and new market initiatives
• Develop and deliver impactful presentations (i.e., Microsoft PowerPoint)
• Participate in and drive analysis for specific strategic initiatives with moderate direction and oversight, including potentially:
  • Working in partnership with a business unit or market segment on core strategic issues
  • Developing new market strategy including end-to-end assessment of issues such as attractiveness, go-to-market, risks, decision criteria, economic modeling, and business planning
  • Developing M&A strategy and identifying/evaluating potential candidates
  • Creating corporate strategy and vision
  • Building externally facing macro, market, and competitor analysis
• Contribute to the coaching and development of the Corporate Strategy Team
• Acts independently to determine methods and procedures on new assignments. May provide direction on large/critical projects.  Establishes own work schedule and priorities to achieve objectives.

The experience we're looking to add to our team:

• 8+ years of relevant experience required in consulting/strategy; Corporate Finance (3-5 years of valuation hand on experience) is an advantage
• Consulting background with functional expertise in Finance having managed end-to end front end client projects on topics of strategy and transformation
• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred
• Ability to build & maintain a strong network
• Ability to provide analytical insights
• Proficiency in MS Office, especially PowerPoint and Excel
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast paced, cross functional, global organization
• Digital marketing & branding experience
• Strong interpersonal skills, collaborative, team player
• Fluency in English, location preferably in Chennai

What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

• Health Insurance
• PTO

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