Senior Manager, Strategic Planning

Ref: AS6531619

St Albans, Hertfordshire

£60,000

• Permanent
• Integrated Planning
• Consumer Goods Strategy
• Commercial Insight

About the candidate

A seasoned strategic planning professional with strong experience across consumer goods, food service and retail environments. They have managed end-to-end planning cycles across complex, multi-functional organisations, bringing together analytical insight, commercial thinking and clear communication to support senior decision-making.

They are confident working with leadership teams and cross-functional stakeholders, helping to align strategic priorities, improve planning processes and turn data into practical actions. Adaptable, collaborative and commercially minded, they thrive in fast-paced settings where they can make a meaningful impact.

What makes them great?

• Improves planning performance: Enhanced a planning framework within a mid-sized consumer goods business, delivering around a 20% improvement in planning efficiency.
• Supports revenue growth: Produced market and competitor insight that helped shape product launch strategies, contributing to around a 15% sales uplift during key promotional periods.
• Brings clarity to decision-making: Streamlined reporting and data inputs within a regional retail environment, improving metric accuracy and visibility of portfolio risks.

Areas of expertise

• Integrated planning: Experienced in coordinating end-to-end planning cycles across varied portfolios, ensuring teams have clear, actionable insights.
• Commercial analysis: Skilled in reviewing market trends, competitor activity and performance data to support product and growth strategies.
• Stakeholder engagement: Strong track record of building relationships with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to keep strategic initiatives moving.