Job description

Strategy Specialist – Dollar Tree

An unmatched opportunity to work directly with the Senior Leadership Team of North America’s leading operator of discount variety stores
Bring YOUR perspectives, passions, ideas, and insights…. And as one of the most profitable, innovative, and resourceful Fortune 111 companies in the retail space, WE will give you the platform and growth opportunity to enhance your leadership skills, while driving real business decisions and results.
Headquartered in Chesapeake, VA, enjoy coastal living while working at the brand new, state of the art Dollar Tree Campus. The area is known for its history & museums, arts & culture, beaches & boating, and music & entertainment.

We are looking for a top performing MBA with outstanding skills and credentials to fill our Strategy Specialist role. This is a high impact, high visibility position reporting directly to our Chief Strategy Officer in helping to set and execute the strategic agenda for Dollar Tree.

You will be an integral part of our Strategy team which advises the company’s Senior Leadership team and propels the company towards its long term goals by delivering a variety of critical initiatives related to the customer experience, growth, operational efficiency, competitive insights, and future trends. It’s a big opportunity for you to take ownership of major initiatives and partner cross functionally to learn all areas of Dollar Tree and Family Dollar retail (Merchandise, Logistics, Store Operations, Marketing, Real Estate, Human Resources, etc.) and to drive the business . The work is as interesting and challenging as a top management consultancy, but also emphasizes execution and bottom line results – perfect for aspiring business leaders.

Not only is this an exciting position, but it is also the first step of a management development program. After 2-3 years in Strategy, you will have the opportunity to rotate through other functions within the organization to get hands-on management experience.

Responsibilities:
Work with Dollar Tree and Family Dollar leaders to understand their issues, create strategies for change, win buy-in for recommendations and collaborate closely with others throughout the organization to successfully implement recommendations
Support strategy initiatives by managing large and complex work streams and providing rigorous analytics, facilitation, hands-on in-store testing of new concepts and opportunities, consumer research, and secondary research. Includes understanding/ modeling economics, identifying potential risks and challenges for implementation and prioritizing opportunities.
Present findings and recommendations to the CEO and Senior Executive team
Transform underlying analysis into implemented solutions. Influence the organization and create alignment to bring solutions to fruition.
Analyze company financial and operational performance (e.g., drivers of historical performance, trends over time).
Develop process improvements to increase effectiveness of strategic planning and cross-functional partners in Merchandise, Planning, Marketing, Finance and other areas of the business.
Understand customer behavior and trends.
Assess market characteristics and trends (e.g., market segment sizes, growth rates, market shares of key competitors and how they are changing over time and why, critical recent developments and sources of competitive advantage).
Help identify and analyze company platforms for growth.
Help support and strengthen skill development of your business partners
Mentor more junior members of the team

Minimum Qualifications:
Undergraduate degree with proven success and analytical abilities. (Minimum GPA of 3.6.)
Minimum of 3 years of business experience post undergraduate
MBA (Minimum GPA of 3.6).
Strong, demonstrated leadership abilities. Able to work closely with leaders to frame and evaluate problems, and facilitate buy-in for recommendations and implementation plans.
Excellent analytical and problem solving skills. Able to generate and evaluate hypotheses.
Able to manage large work streams to success. Self-starter, multi-tasker, well-organized.
Strong written and verbal communication skills and strong presentation skills.
Demonstrated initiative, independent thinker and worker.
Team player in a collaborative environment.
Able to elevate the skills of those around you
Detail-oriented. Comfortable working with numerical data and information.
Deadline oriented. Ability to anticipate and address conflicts, to skillfully negotiate, and deliver great outcomes.
Advanced skills in Microsoft Office products, especially Excel and PowerPoint
Must be willing to relocate to Hampton Roads, VA #LI-TM1

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