Global Strategy Manager – IHG Hotels & Resorts Job Openings Denham

Overview

Position Title: Global Strategy Manager

Company: IHG Hotels & Resorts

Location: Denham, UK

Job Description

IHG Hotels & Resorts is one of the largest and most recognisable hospitality groups in the world with a family of 17 brands including InterContinental, Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza amongst many others. Approximately 350,000 people work across IHG’s hotels and our corporate offices in 100+ countries. We are a FTSE 100 company and are proudly listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Responsibilities:

• Scope, plan and structure the project
• Managing the project team which may include strategy team members and cross-functional team members
• Manage the analysis required, directly conducting analysis and/or supervising a Strategy analyst, and ensure that the analysis is comprehensive, accurate and instrumental in answering the key questions at hand
• Being the primary day-to-day driver of the content and output, accountable to the Global Strategy Director and main stakeholder/ client
• Engaging with stakeholders across the business to get their perspectives, share analysis and findings, and iterate on output as needed
• Support facilitation of approval and delivery of strategic initiatives which includes transition of ownership to the relevant regional / functional business
• Assist on critical business development activity (e.g. M&A) as appropriate
• Train and develop junior members of the team – junior and senior analysts – including providing skills training, coaching, development, and feedback

Requirements:

• 5-8 years in progressive work experience in strategy, consulting or corporate level experience with exposure to a broad range of business issues
• Demonstrated strategic thinking with a proven ability to analyse markets, performance data, and business issues and draw insight / conclusions using financial modelling / analysis
• Ability to work with and analyse large and complex data sets
• Demonstrated project management skills to assess and develop strategic plans based on business needs and assessments
• Strong interpersonal / communication skills, with the ability to build relationships across business units for collaboration, data requests, and joint analysis/ability to challenge with impact
• Ability to build strong network key to success, including engagement and relationships with senior leaders in the business