Job Information
Steelcase Senior Strategy Consultant in Grand Rapids, Michigan
General Information
Country: USA State: Michigan City: Grand Rapids Office Location: 901 44th Street SE - - - - - Date posted: 12-Oct-2023 Business Function: Project Management Position Type: Full-Time/Regular
Description
We are hiring a Senior Activation Strategy Consultantto support the Director in translating Steelcase Inc-level business strategies into processes that drive strategic initiatives towards better financial and executional certainty, looking across functions and working as a cohesion point for the organization.
What You Will Be Doing:
The Strategy Activation Senior Consultant drives and oversees the execution of diversity of strategic initiatives under the Strategy Activation Team through the implementation of new transformation behaviors, Strategy Activation Team processes and Change Management capabilities support end-to-end value transformation. You will participate in managing and leading enterprise-wide strategic initiatives and large scale, high impact projects with moderate to high complexity. Utilizes project management fundamentals to facilitate a cross-functional team through the project management process to achieve desired goals and objectives of the Strategy Activation Team. Key partner with Strategic Initiative Owners (SIO). Works with strategic initiative teams to ensure that they define project charters, develop project timelines, monitor project budget(s), lead risk identification/management, communications planning, etc. Will provide input on the design of framework/models, tools, and training to help raise the overall SIO competency when it comes to PM skills and holding teams accountable to timelines, decisions, and responsibilities. Creates analytically rigorous solutions to escalated issues that are data-backed, time-efficient, and socialized with necessary stakeholders.
Your Future Team:
As a member of the Strategy Activation Team, you will have an exciting opportunity to work with leaders and teams across the organization to build and scale a new capability in Steelcase. You will directly influence culture and process changes to enable the delivery of high value results.
Who You Are:
Required Skills and Competencies
Adaptability: Managing effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work task or work environment; adjusting effectively to changing processes, requirements, and cultures.
Aligning Performance for Success: Focusing and guiding others in accomplishing work objectives.
Building a Successful Team: Using appropriate methods and a flexible interpersonal style to help build a cohesive team; facilitating the completion of team goals.
Building Strategic Working Relationships: Developing and using collaborative relationships to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals.
Building Trust: Interacting with others in a way that gives them confidence in one's intentions and those of the organization
Facilitating Change: Encouraging others to seek opportunities for different and innovative approaches to addressing problems and opportunities; facilitating the implementation and acceptance of change within the workplace.
Developing Others: Planning and supporting the development of individuals' skills and abilities so that they can fulfill current or future job/role responsibilities more effectively.
Planning and Organizing: Establishing courses of action for self and others to ensure that work is completed efficiently.
Sales Ability/Persuasiveness: Using appropriate interpersonal styles and communication methods to gain acceptance of a product, service, or idea from prospects and clients. Excellent interpersonal skills including written and oral communications; relationship building as well as presentation skills to present project concepts at all levels within the company.
Strategic Decision Making: O