Strategic Planning Manager

🚨 NEW DIRECT HIRE OPPORTUNITY | Strategic Planning Manager 🚨

📍 Greater St. Charles, MO Area

I’m partnering with a manufacturing client in the Greater St. Charles area that is adding a Strategic Planning Manager to their team due to an upcoming transition within leadership.

This is a highly visible role supporting executive leadership on strategic planning, operational analysis, forecasting, margin improvement initiatives, and special projects that directly impact the business.

This is NOT just a “sales planning” role. They need someone who can take complex business and operational data and turn it into:

👉 “Here’s what the data is telling us”

👉 “Here’s the risk/opportunity”

👉 “Here’s what we should do next”

The role reports into a senior leader who is heavily involved across the business, so they need someone who can:

✔ Work independently

✔ Ask smart questions

✔ Take direction well

✔ Handle both strategic thinking AND tactical execution

✔ Jump into special projects when needed

Examples of the type of work:

• Forecasting & business planning

• KPI development & operational metrics

• Margin and profitability analysis

• Cross-functional business reviews

• Supply chain and sourcing analysis

• Executive-level presentations

• Scenario modeling & business cases

• Special projects that can range from operational planning to supply chain investigations

One recent project involved tracing raw material sourcing across manufacturers to validate compliance requirements internationally. So yes… definitely a role for someone who likes solving problems and digging into details. 🔎

What they’re looking for:

• MBA strongly preferred

• Experience in manufacturing, materials, chemicals, supply chain, strategy, finance, or operations analytics

• Strong Excel skills (VLOOKUPs, pivot tables, macros, modeling)

• Someone comfortable in a lean, fast-moving environment

• Able to balance tactical execution with big-picture thinking

Additional notes:

• No direct reports

• Onsite role

• Team-oriented but fairly independent environment

• Prefer local candidates

If this sounds like you — or someone you know — send me a message. Happy to share more details confidentially.

No C2C or 3rd party recruiters