Strategy and Planning Manager

Responsibilities

• Translate strategic ideas into a comprehensive Strategic Plan for the Business Unit
• Work with Strategy, Commercial, Operations and Tech teams to understand business vision, ambition and objectives
• Coordinate cross-functional input and alignment to ensure the plan is executable
• Report progress against the Strategic Plan to the MD and Centrica Business Leadership Team
• Deliver high quality stakeholder management across the spectrum of senior and peer stakeholders to ensure buy-in
• Continuously challenge and improve ways of working seeking to optimise efficiency whilst delivering commercial success
• Operate in a complex, ambiguous environment, solving problems that are not clearly defined
• Apply structured, logical thinking to bring clarity to ambiguity
• Make informed decisions on planning approach, milestones, sequencing and prioritisation
• Work autonomously to identify risks, issues & dependencies, taking proactive action
• Adapt plans in response to changing priorities or emerging information
• Balance competing priorities and trade-offs (e.g. speed vs rigour, ambition vs deliverability)

• Deep experience within strategic and campaign planning
• Proven ability to translate high-level strategy into concrete plans, milestones and deliverables
• Experience leading planning processes, turning strategy into a fully executed, successful plan
• Exceptional digital literacy; ability to structure complex strategic inputs into clear, useable datasets and plans
• An ability to design the planning system – not just operate it
• Expert use of Excel and Powerpoint, building robust planning tools and exec-ready visualisations
• Experience in project management toolsets:
  Microsoft Planner, Project, Visio/Miro, PowerBI
• Strong ability to integrate and exploit AI to maximise efficiency and output
• PM qualifications or experience operating within environments using methodologies such as Agile or Scrum is desirable

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• strategic planning
• campaign planning
• project management
• digital literacy
• Excel
• Power Point
• Microsoft Planner
• Microsoft Project
• Visio
• PowerBI

• stakeholder management
• problem solving
• structured thinking
• decision making
• autonomy
• adaptability
• prioritization
• efficiency optimization
• cross-functional collaboration
• communication

• PM qualifications