Strategy and Planning Manager

Centrica

Strategy & Planning Manager developing comprehensive strategic plans for Centrica's Business Unit. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure strategy execution and reporting progress to leadership.

Posted 6/17/2026full-timeWindsor • 🇬🇧 United KingdomJunior💰 £50,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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)

Requirements

What you’ll need

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

Benefits

Comp & perks

Real project & transformation experience in a FTSE100 organisation
A dedicated mentor to help you build commercial skills
Flexible working and travel to office locations when collaboration is needed
Access to our Employee Networks
A Buddy from our Ex-Military or Athlete communities

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Hard Skills & Tools

strategic planningcampaign planningproject managementdigital literacyExcelPowerPointMicrosoft PlannerMicrosoft ProjectVisioPowerBI

Soft Skills

stakeholder managementproblem solvingstructured thinkingdecision makingautonomyadaptabilityprioritizationefficiency optimizationcross-functional collaborationcommunication

Certifications

PM qualifications