Dairy Management Inc. Looking for Vice President, Strategic Business Planning at Rosemont, IL Full Time

Dairy’s journey starts on the farm, and the road we travel demonstrates our unwavering commitment to sustainable nutrition, as our farmers provide lasting and meaningful nourishment to people, the planet and our communities, both urban and rural.

We are a nonprofit organization located in the greater Chicagoland area and we’re always looking for talented people to join our team who share the passion and motivation to promote the goodness of dairy.

Position Overview (office-based in Rosemont, IL with hybrid flexibility; relocation is not available for this position):

The Vice President, Strategic Business Planning at Dairy Management, Inc. “DMI” will work in direct partnership with DMI’s executive leadership team (spanning expertise across sustainability, innovation, reputation, and exports) and CEOs of the broader federation of 15 state/regional organizations and affiliated enterprise organizations to lead and implement the system-wide strategic planning and reporting process. This high-visibility position will ensure planning and implementation of the Unified Marketing Plan “UMP” strategies and tactics to achieve desired business objectives. This role will lead the budgeting and calendarization of the UMP, modernization of the process and tools to report and communicate performance impacts, and internal and external progress updates and measurement reporting.

Key Accountabilities

Planning:

• Inspire three-year planning vision and engagement and lead strategic planning framework through communication with leadership nationally and locally, taking a big-picture approach to how the industry is changing, identifying areas of opportunity to evolve our plans and overall opportunities for dairy
• Work with cross-entity CEOs and cross-functional partners to create accountability for more effective and efficient planning and measurement processes, including:
• Schedule and facilitate planning meetings
• Effectively communicate timelines, objectives and deliverables for planning initiatives
• Lead integration and coordination of the individual plans for the business’s shared priorities: Sustainability, People, Innovation, Reputation and Exports
• Guide all planning-related deliverables, intranet and collaboration sites, decks, write-ups for USDA, etc.,

• Build a unified plan draft document for leadership to help refine, ensuring:
• Goals and objectives in the UMP are clear and measurable; and
• The plan leverages collaboration across teams, functions, national, and state/regional organizations

Measurement:

• Refine established measurement framework linked to UMP objectives, working with senior leadership and local states/regions to finalize alignment on key metrics/measurement goals and objectives
• Work with leadership team to implement an UMP “scorecard” for measurement goals and reporting performance against the plan; drive the training and implementation of scorecard approach across all UMP organizations
• Work with department heads and project leaders to generate, analyze and summarize performance and impact for key projects
• Track progress against the UMP objectives, supporting continuous improvement and accountability of plan execution

Reporting:

Working across multiple functions and entities, create efficient and meaningful ways to coordinate reporting efforts, summarize and share learnings and implications to ensure a unified approach to measuring and reporting against objectives, including:

Lead with a storytelling-based approached to reporting performance against objectives:

• Craft the performance narrative of the UMP based on what’s been executed and the impact of deployed tactics
• Build storytelling tools and decks with the support of DMI’s creative services team to share findings and impact of results with CEO and federation leaders
• Coordinate discussions to identify gaps in the plan, help connect the dots across functions nationally and locally, and support dialogue to address key issues and identify solutions

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

Education & Experience:

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university, master’s a plus

Min 7+ years in corporate planning, strategic planning and/or business analytics functions (CPG background preferred)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Experience supporting senior leadership, executive presence
• Strong work planning and project management skills
• Problem-solving skills, solutions-oriented
• Ability to think critically and connect the dots across teams
• Works collaboratively in a team environment
• Strong written and verbal communications, ability to facilitate/navigate many stakeholders and provide clear direction
• Ability to work across national/regional organization structures
• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint, Microsoft Office suite

Benefits

We know that in order to meet our goal of growing dairy demand, we need the best people. We offer competitive compensation and generous benefits to help our employees balance their work and personal lives. Our Rosemont office is conveniently located across from O’Hare Airport and is accessible to the CTA Blue Line and Metra transit.

Our comprehensive health and welfare plans offer medical, dental, vision, life, short-term and long-term disability and flexible spending accounts (health care, dependent care, transit and parking). We also offer generous maternity and paid paternal leave plans. Our 401k provides up to a 10% match and includes a Roth account. DMI reserves the right to change or end its benefits plans or programs at any time.

Dairy Management Inc.™ is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer committed to the principles of diversity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, ethnicity, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Dairy Management Inc.™ (DMI) is funded by America’s 29,000+ dairy farmers, as well as dairy importers. Created to help increase sales and demand for dairy products, DMI and its related organizations work to increase demand for dairy through research, education and innovation, and to maintain confidence in dairy foods, farms and businesses. DMI manages National Dairy Council and the American Dairy Association, and founded the U.S. Dairy Export Council and the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy. DMI works with state and regional promotion organizations to implement these programs across the country.

We regret it is not possible to communicate with candidates except those who most closely match our requirements. Thank you.