Lear Corporation

Corporate Strategy Lead

Lear Corporation

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Southfield • Missouri • United States

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Support the annual strategic planning process, ensuring alignment with Lear’s long-term value creation objectives, growth priorities, and competitive strategy.
  • Develop insights and recommendations that directly contribute to total shareholder value creation, including revenue growth, margin expansion, capital efficiency, and portfolio optimization.
  • Prepare strategic materials for Executive Leadership Team and Board of Directors meetings, including business performance insights, market developments, and transformation initiative progress.
  • Conduct deep macro-environment analysis (policy/regulation, geopolitics, economics, technology) with a focus on implications for shareholder returns and long-term competitiveness.
  • Lead market assessments, including market sizing, growth outlooks, and customer opportunity mapping.
  • Maintain robust competitive intelligence, including tracking peer strategies, technology roadmaps, and financial performance.
  • Support enterprise portfolio strategy, including assessments of business attractiveness, competitive positioning, capital allocation, and long-term transformation priorities.
  • Lead or contribute to strategic initiatives such as Operational strategy (cost competitiveness, manufacturing footprint optimization, productivity improvement) and Commercial strategy (customer strategy, go-to-market models) aligned with future mobility trends.
  • Develop business scenarios and recommendations that balance strategic, financial, and operational considerations.
  • Partner with Finance, Engineering, Operations, Sales, and Product Management to align strategy with execution. Manage multiple strategic projects simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery and high-quality, data-driven output. Communicate complex insights clearly to senior leaders and influence strategic decision-making at the enterprise level.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in strategic planning, financial planning, or business / product planning within Fortune 500 companies or top-tier management consulting firms
  • Strong analytical skills, including: Market research and market sizing / modeling
  • Quantitative analysis and data synthesis
  • Financial data analysis and business analytics
  • Demonstrated experience leading or supporting cross-functional strategic initiatives
  • Experience in the automotive, mobility, industrial or technology sectors
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Economics, or related fields
  • MBA or other relevant advanced degree a plus
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Flexible work hours
  • Paid time off
  • Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
strategic planningfinancial planningbusiness planningmarket researchmarket sizingquantitative analysisdata synthesisfinancial data analysisbusiness analyticsportfolio optimization
Soft Skills
analytical skillscommunicationinfluencecross-functional collaborationproject managementstrategic decision-makinginsight developmentleadershiptimely deliverydata-driven output
Certifications
Bachelor’s degreeMBA