Manager, Strategy Development & Market Intelligence

at  Kone

KONE is a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry: our job is to make the world’s cities better places to live. At KONE, our mission is to improve the flow of urban life. As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, KONE provides elevators, escalators, and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization, which add value to the life cycle of any building.
The Strategy and Transformation unit is responsible for driving KONE’s long-term success by identifying the right strategic priorities, ensuring a common direction and bringing the strategy to life together with KONE’s areas and other functions. Strategy & Transformation develops our strategy and operating model (KONE Way) and is responsible for driving large strategic transformations such as Business Platform Renewal.
KONE Strategy Development & Market Intelligence is a motivated team of professionals with backgrounds typically in working with strategy, management consulting and investment banking. We work with KONE’s most important and challenging strategic questions, supporting the Executive Board with analyses and insights, and shaping KONE’s strategic projects with our business leaders.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE POSITION:

• At least 3-4 years of relevant work experience, e.g. in the industry, management consulting, banking or equivalent
• Experience in managing projects and working with global matrix organizations, or otherwise highly complex situations
• Mature self-awareness and judgement, and constant willingness to grow, learn and get and give feedback
• Curiosity to understand the world around us and how it’s changing
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities utilizing quantitative and qualitative tools
• Excellent collaboration and influencing skills to enable effective teamwork and impact in a matrix organization
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Strong prioritizing and organizing skills, combined with drive to get things done
• Master’s degree (Economics, Engineering, MBA or equivalent) with outstanding performance
• Fluency in EnglishStrong command of PowerPoint, Excel
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  In case you were wondering, our team is not the end game, but rather a running start for a longer-term career at KONE!

• Develop and deploy corporate level strategy
• Identify and solve key strategic questions with various stakeholders
• Coordinate and manage multiple projects and working teams simultaneously
• Formulate and communicate insights and recommendations for management decision-making
• Engage various stakeholders and take ownership of aligning diverse views to come to a synthesis
• Work together with other Strategy team members; supporting, coaching and inspiringContribute to the continuous development of the Strategy team