Director Of Strategy – North America

Faerch North America

Reports to: Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer

Dotted Line Reports to: Managing Director North America
Location: United States

The focus for the role is to support the Managing Director of North America and the global CEO in ensuring successful delivery of Faerch’s North America priorities.

This is not a slide-building role. It is a hands-on transformation role for someone who can bring structure to ambiguity, challenge thinking, and move initiatives forward by aligning the right people at the right time.

What You Will Own

Turn Strategy into Action

• Build and maintain North America market perspective including competitive insights.
• Identify commercial and operational priorities across the organization, including key customer segments, customers, sales channels.

• Partner directly with North America and global leadership to define and continuously refine strategic priorities.

• Bring clarity to a growing set of initiatives by helping the business prioritize what matters most.

• Translate strategy into executable plans with clear ownership, milestones, and outcomes.

Drive Cross-Functional Execution

• Lead and coordinate cross-functional initiatives across commercial, operational, and support functions.

• Bring the right stakeholders together, ask the right questions, and drive decisions forward.

• Identify where work is stuck and proactively unblock progress through alignment and action.

• Ensure consistency in how initiatives are executed across sites and teams.

Build Structure in a Growing Organization

• Establish local strategic governance rhythms including actions, decision points, and escalation paths including KPIs and status reporting

• Create visibility for leadership without adding unnecessary complexity.

Strengthen Market and Business Insight

• Build and maintain a strong understanding of the North America market, including competitors, customer segments, and commercial opportunities.

• Identify where to focus resources for the greatest impact on growth and performance.

• Support M&A strategy development and help establish relationships in the local market.

Lead Strategic Projects End-to-End

• Lead and coordinate cross-functional project teams for customer onboarding, product transitions, process improvements, standardization initiatives, and other operational priorities.
• Ensure projects follow a consistent lifecycle from kickoff to completion, including documentation, stakeholder updates, and lessons-learned review.
• Support capital projects through business cases, coordination and governance (technical ownership remains with engineering).
• Lead project reviews, steering committee meetings, and periodic leadership briefings.

• Coach and elevate project ownership capability across the organization.

What Success Looks Like

• Clear, aligned strategic priorities across North America.

• Fewer disconnected initiatives and stronger focus on what drives impact.

• Consistent execution of key initiatives across sites.

• Leadership teams that are aligned, decisive, and moving faster.

• High-visibility projects delivered on time with clear business outcomes.

What Makes You a Strong Fit

A Driver of Execution

• You don’t just analyze problems. You move them forward.

• You are comfortable stepping into ambiguity and creating structure quickly.

• You have a bias toward action and help others make decisions when things stall.

A Connector and Challenger

• You know how to bring the right people together to solve complex problems.

• You ask the questions others don’t think to ask and surface what matters.

• You can challenge senior leaders constructively and influence without authority.

A Structured Thinker with Real-World Experience

• You bring strong analytical and problem-solving skills grounded in practical execution.

• You are able to connect commercial, operational, and strategic perspectives.

• You have experience leading cross-functional initiatives or transformations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, Business, or related field.

• 3–5 years of leadership experience in business strategy and project delivery.

• Experience in food, packaging, consumer goods, or similar industries preferred.

• Proven ability to lead projects and influence across functions.

Why This Role is Different

This role sits at the center of Faerch’s North America business and works directly with senior leadership to shape and drive execution.

You will have visibility, access, and the ability to influence how the business operates. More importantly, you will help create the structure and alignment needed to support the next phase of growth.

If you are someone who sees what others miss, brings order to complexity, and pushes teams toward action, this role offers a unique opportunity to make a measurable impact.