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Responsible for serving as a strategic partner to senior leaders across White Cap in the development and execution of data-informed strategies aligned with enterprise priorities. Applies structured problem-solving to complex business issues and facilitates timely, high-quality decision-making that enables successful execution of strategic initiatives.

Major Tasks, Responsibilities and Key Accountabilities

• Manages the SMO (Strategy Management Office) initiative portfolio by reviewing workplans, tracking progress against milestones, monitoring KPIs, and identifying performance gaps that require leadership attention.

• Leads governance and operating rhythm activities, including steering committee meetings, workstream reviews, action-item tracking, and follow-up on key decisions.

• Identifies program risks, interdependencies, and potential roadblocks.

• Applies structured problem solving to develop recommendations that enable leadership to make informed decisions and remove barriers to execution.

• Facilitates execution across multiple functions by coordinating resources, clarifying ownership, and resolving dependencies or bottlenecks.

• Prepares executive-ready updates, presentations, status reports, and decision materials to support alignment among senior leaders, workstream teams, and stakeholders.

• Reviews, coaches, and provides guidance on analyses, presentations, and deliverables developed by SMO Analysts and Workstream Leads to ensure quality, consistency, and actionable insights.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Nature and Scope

• Consults with senior management on solution development for complex strategic and technical business issues. Independently solves unique and complex problems that have a broad impact on the business. Assignments are large scope, high impact, high cost, and high importance.

• Establishes operational plans for assigned area. Acts as a strategic advisor and uses expert skills to contribute to the development of strategic company objectives. Receives general administrative and business direction as needed. Typically operates with broad latitude in a complex environment.

• Guides and mentors staff at all levels, provides advice to senior management on complex and strategic issues, and may lead or manage complex projects with dotted line responsibility.

Work Environment

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

• Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Education and Experience

• Typically requires BS/BA in a related discipline. Generally 7+ years of experience in a related field. May require certification. Advanced degree may offset less experience in some disciplines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.  MBA or advanced degree preferred.

• Program management experience supporting large-scale cross-functional initiatives.

• Consulting, analytics and/or business operations experience preferred.

• Proven ability to synthesize data and develop a compelling business case and recommendations to drive decision making across senior stakeholders.

• Experience partnering with cross-functional leaders in a matrixed environment.

• Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships and communicate clearly with both technical an non-technical stakeholders and influence without authority.

• Strong problem structuring and analytical skills.

• Experience developing executive-ready materials.

• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and data analysis tools.

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