Manager - Corporate Strategy

This Manager- Corporate Strategy is primarily responsible for advancing corporate strategy priorities through strategic frameworks, market landscape analysis, build-buy-partner analysis, and financial analysis to enable strategic choices within the US Pharmaceuticals & Animal Health Group. Additional responsibilities on a secondary basis will include M&A target search, evaluation and commercial due diligence efforts for executing potential acquisitions and divestitures. All of this work will support ongoing development of Cencora's long-term business plan under the primary direction of the VP, Strategy & Corporate Development

• Assists the leadership with providing strategic direction for Cencora's business leaders in developing and executing strategic plans as well as identifying and evaluating acquisition targets.
• Maintains industry-wide perspective on major trends, including macro-economic, customer, regulatory, technology, distribution channel, product and competitive trends; identifies implications for Cencora.
• Follows competitive analysis and benchmarking to understand key areas of opportunity and development.
• Supports efforts to align and integrate Cencora Corporation's strategic priorities with business unit strategies; ensures consistency and quality; creates and communicates short and long-term strategic messages, both internally and externally.
• Works closely with the leadership to provide information, insights and recommendations to the Corporate Strategy & Development Office, Executive Management and the Board of Directors on business strategy, growth and opportunities.
• Leads projects and assignments, which require commitment from interdepartmental and external resources.
• Secondarily supports M&A activities including commercial due diligence complies with all appropriate policies, procedures, safety rules and regulations.
• Must be willing to travel up to 20% of the time. Performs related duties as assigned.

RequiresBachelors Degree generally obtained from a top tier school. MBA or Masters Degree preferred. Normally requires a minimum of three (3) years directly related and progressively responsible experience in one of the following industries of healthcare services, distribution, pharmaceuticals, medical devices/technologies, life sciences, or other related field including management consulting, private equity/venture capital or investment banking.

MINIMUM SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS:

• Extensive financial expertise; working knowledge of accounting
• Knowledge of management consulting frameworks
• Ideally knowledge of merger and acquisition activities including financial evaluations, due diligence, negotiations and closings.
• Ability to address the complex interrelationships among factors that influence the solutions to business challenges in order to articulate key business strategies. Knowledge of healthcare industry.
• Demonstrates strong critical thinking and expresses ideas clearly, concisely and logically
• Ability to make balanced and insightful decisions. Strong organizational skills; attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Knowledge of Pitchbook, Crunchbase, and/or SEC Edgar preferred.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with others.

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members' ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave.

To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more.

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*This Salary Range reflects a National Average for this job. The actual range may vary based on your locale. Ranges in Colorado/California/Washington/New York State-specific locations may be up to 10% lower than the minimum salary range, and 12% higher than the maximum salary range.

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.

The company's continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email hrsc@amerisourcebergen.com. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned