Corporate Strategy Manager

Overview

USG is an industry-leading manufacturer of building products and innovative solutions. For over 125 years, Chicago-based USG has developed award-winning wall, ceiling, flooring, sheathing, and roofing products that enable customers to build outstanding spaces where people live, work, and play. With over 8,700 employees across North America and operations around the world, we are steadfastly committed to our core values: safety, innovation, quality, integrity, service, diversity, and efficiency.

We’re big enough that our professionals have the resources to make a difference, yet small enough that you’re not just a number. You’ll work on key initiatives and build strong relationships across the company that will position USG for growth into the future.

USG offers work-life balance, specialist and general/managerial career paths, promotion from within, exceptional benefits, and incredible long-term career opportunities for the right professional. Each year, we have hundreds of employees who celebrate milestone anniversaries with us.

• Capital Strategy & Analysis
  • Support the development and maintenance of a holistic low-cost manufacturing strategy for the USG lines of business
  • Produce summaries of industry and market trends and develop demand forecasts to inform capital investment decisions and priorities
  • Conduct quantitative and qualitative evaluations of potential capital investments across multiple dimensions, including:
  • • Current and future delivered cost position relative to competitors – Locations and capacity sizes to consider for investment
    • Potential raw material sources and delivery modes
    • Role of warehouses and/or distribution centers in supporting service level and cost objectives
    • Network optimization analysis
    • Comprehensive view across all USG product categories
  • Build financial models to support capital investment cases including ROI calculations, cash flow projections, and sensitivity analyses
• Profitability Improvement and Growth Strategy
  • Analyze profitability drivers across multiple dimensions (e.g., channel, geography, product, customer, mode)
  • Identify profitability themes and trends across all dimensions through external research, data analysis, and internal stakeholder interviews
  • Develop data-driven assessments of potential profitability improvement levers and strategic initiatives
  • Estimate potential financial impact, execution complexity, and risk associated with each opportunity
  • Support prioritization discussions with the business by preparing analysis and presentation materials
  • Partner with cross-functional teams (e.g., sales, manufacturing, and logistics) to track performance and adoption
• Strategic & Analytical Projects
  • Lead or support special projects at the direction of business unit leaders such as resource allocation analysis, competitive intelligence, market trend synthesis and implications, and operational efficiency improvement campaigns
• • Develop and maintain long-range operational forecasts regarding volume, market share, financial requirements, human capital needs, etc.

• Conduct market research and competitive analysis to identify and profile potential acquisition or partnership targets
• Support creation of financial models for potential targets to assess valuation, synergy size, and ROI
• Assist operational teams with post-merger integration planning

• Provide analytical support to business leaders on operational and strategic questions
• Support initiatives to improve service position (VOC, quality improvement)
• Drive internal process efficiencies and lead administrative activities for key BU activities
• Provide input into demand forecasts and other analytics related to production scheduling, profitability, and customer specific requests
• Collaborate with USG Corporation and members of shared services

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 2-4 years of experience in management consulting preferred
• Experience in B2B commercial environments with a manufacturing or industrial goods company preferred
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to structure analysis, breaking down complex business questions
• Collaborative working style…