Head of Strategy

Let’s create a more sociable future together

At Endeavour, we’re totally into what we do. With a portfolio that includes Dan Murphy’s, BWS, ALH Hotels, Pinnacle Drinks and more, we love to bring people together. Together we share our passion for our products and industry; it’s what inspires us to dream big, and continue to create new experiences for our customers and teams across Australia. If you thrive on positive energy, we want to meet you!

• Own and shape the Group strategy, focusing on high-value growth and critical business challenges.
• Work at the centre of Executive decision-making to influence outcomes across the portfolio.
• Lead and inspire a high-performing strategy team to deliver insight-led change at pace.

The Head of Strategy is a pivotal position within Endeavour Group. This role is responsible for driving the development of strategic plans and key projects across the Group and its various business units. The focus will be on identifying and targeting areas that offer the highest potential for profitable growth or represent the most significant business challenges. This work is distinct from 'Business As Usual' (BAU) operations, requiring dedicated resources to accelerate strategic thinking and delivery.

As the Head of Strategy, you will be responsible for developing and delivering the Group strategy, leading a high-performing team of strategy professionals. This role involves extensive collaboration with employees and leaders across the business. You will report directly to the GM of Strategy and join an experienced team focused on resolving the company's most critical commercial and strategic challenges. Success in this position requires drawing on solid business acumen and consulting experience.

Sound good? Read on.

Here is a taster of what you can expect in this role:

• Partner across the business to develop and refine Endeavour Group’s strategic plans
• Lead and develop a highly-motivated team of strategy professionals
• Manage and prioritise across multiple projects with different stakeholders and timelines
• Use your quantitative problem-solving and analytical capabilities to develop the fact bases that will inform decision-making
• Develop and communicate clear recommendations and influence stakeholders to catalyse positive change
• Inject creative and innovative thinking;
• Perform complex analysis and extract insights from that analysis
• Develop actionable insights by conducting data driven analysis to support senior decision making across the business
• Monitor market trends and the competitive landscape to help identify competitive threats and new business opportunities
• Create written communication materials to deliver insights and analysis
• Influence key stakeholders to deliver impactful change

Now let’s talk about you: 

• 10+ years of experience in a top tier strategy consultancy (Bain, BCG, McKinsey)
• Proven leadership experience
• Ability to work and excel in a high performing team environment
• Outstanding academic record and social achievements
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex projects
• Experience in quantitative modelling
• Superb written and oral communication with excellent interpersonal skills and ability to influence across an organisation
• Consumer market experience and/or retail experience is an advantage
• Experience and knowledge of strategic problem solving and frameworks

Key Stakeholders:  

• Senior and executive leadership (including C-Suite and Board)
• Strategy and M&A team
• Management consulting firms, investment banks, and other consulting firms as engaged
• Finance teams: brand and Group
• Customer insights team
• Data & Analytics team
• Endeavour Delivery Office
• Business unit leadership teams (e.g. BWS, Dan Murphy’s, Hotels, Pinnacle, Group)

The benefits are good too! 

• We offer flexible working in every sense
• An exclusive discount card for BWS, Dan Murphy’s, Woolworths, BIG W and other Endeavour Group brands, including our ALH pubs
• Monthly meeting-free days 
• Your health and wellbeing is your most important asset, and as one of our valued team members, it’s our first priority. You will have a range of free services to help you live well and support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing
• Endeavour Group is full of opportunities - use our dedicated learning and development options to grow an idea, yourself, and your career. This is just the start, so dream big.

At Endeavour, we value being a workplace where everyone’s welcome - if you meet a number of the requirements (and not all), we encourage you to apply.

We are together creators

With a portfolio that includes Dan Murphy’s, BWS, ALH Hotels, Pinnacle Drinks and more, Endeavour Group is big on sociability. Together we create the moments that bring millions of people together. And together we have more fun, create more opportunities, and score a lot more goals. We’re serious about creating a safe, inclusive and fun place to rock up to where equal opportunity is key, and flexibility is part of how we roll.  

We’re all about creating a more sociable future - for our customers and each other. If this job excites you - and you’re close-enough on the requirements, reach out, we’d love to hear from you.

You can learn more about working with us on LinkedIn or at endeavourgroupcareers.com.au.

Our Talent Team and Hiring Leaders kindly request no unsolicited resumes or approaches from Recruitment Agencies. Endeavour Group is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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