Koch Industries

Senior Manager, Market and Customer Strategy

Koch Industries$140K — $180K *
Lisle, IL 60532In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, operations, industrial/supply chain management, or business.
  • 5+ years in management consulting, strategy, or related analytical roles.
  • Experience in market analysis, sizing, and competitive assessments.
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence without direct authority.
  • Strong financial acumen for business case development and scenario analysis.

Responsibilities

  • Lead analyses on market/customer issues, providing actionable recommendations for leadership.
  • Conduct market assessments, aligning findings with corporate strategy.
  • Develop competitive strategies and translate insights into actionable plans for the organization.
  • Plan strategies for key segments and customers, supporting business cycles.
  • Collaborate with Product Management to align market needs with product direction.
  • Build financial business cases for strategic initiatives in partnership with Finance.
  • Support new product launches with positioning, pricing, and market entry strategies.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans.
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
  • Life insurance, disability coverage, and retirement plans.
  • Paid vacation and time off.
  • Educational assistance and support for adoption and infertility.
  • Flexible work environment to accommodate personal and work needs.
Full Job Description
Your Job

Molex is seeking a Senior Manager, Market and Customer Strategy to support OCG's growth and customer experience by turning market, customer, and competitive insight into clear priorities, business cases, and actionable plans in partnership with Sales/BDM, Product Management, Operations, Finance, and Corporate Strategy.

Location: This is an onsite role based at our global headquarters in Lisle, IL.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

What You Will Do

  • Lead structured analyses on priority market/customer questions; deliver clear recommendations and decision support for leadership.
  • Conduct market and segment assessments, including market sizing and scenario forecasts; align assumptions with Corporate Strategy as needed.
  • Develop competitive perspectives and translate implications into actions for OCG (portfolio, positioning, customer approach).
  • Lead planning for priority segments and strategic customers (growth goals, key plays, success measures); support quarterly/annual planning cycles.
  • Partner with Product Management to link market/customer needs to portfolio direction (roadmap implications, gap analysis, investment tradeoffs).
  • Build business cases for strategic initiatives and investments (financial impact, scenarios, risks) with Finance and cross-functional leaders.
  • Support new product commercialization: value proposition/positioning, launch readiness inputs, and pricing recommendations in partnership with the Pricing team (Revenue Operations).
  • Develop ecosystem and SI strategy for hyperscaler-driven programs: prioritize partners, define engagement models, and build partner play business cases with Sales/BDM.
  • Create concise executive materials for reviews and decision forums; ensure clear handoffs to execution owners.


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, operations, industrial / supply chain management or business.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in management consulting, strategy, strategic planning, or similar analytical roles.
  • Market analysis, market sizing, and competitive assessment capability experience.
  • Exprience leading cross-functional work and influencing without direct authority.
  • Financial acumen to incluse business cases, scenario analysis and executive communication.


What Will Put You Ahead

  • B2B manufacturing/technology experience; electronics/interconnect a plus.
  • Experience with strategic customers and linking insights to product/portfolio decisions.
  • Advanced Excel and PowerPoint; SQL/Python helpful.


For this role, we anticipate paying $140,000 - $180,000per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

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About Koch Industries

Koch Industries, Inc. is an American privately-held multinational conglomerate corporation based in Wichita, Kansas. Its subsidiaries are involved in the manufacturing, refining, and distribution of petroleum, chemicals, energy, fiber, intermediates and polymers, minerals, fertilizers, pulp and paper, chemical technology equipment, ranching, finance, commodities trading, and investing. Koch owns Infor, Invista, Georgia-Pacific, Molex, Flint Hills Resources, Koch Pipeline, Koch Fertilizer, Koch Minerals, Matador Cattle Company, i360, and Guardian Industries. The firm employs 120,000 people in 60 countries, with about half of its business in the United States. The company is the largest non-Canadian landowner in the Athabasca oil sands. With annual revenues of $110 billion by 2014, the company is the largest privately held company in the United States. In 2007, it was ranked as the largest privately held company. If Koch Industries had been a public company in 2013, it would have ranked 17th in the Fortune 500. The company was founded by its namesake, Fred C. Koch, in 1940 after he developed an innovative crude oil refining process. Fred C. Koch died in 1967 and his majority interest in the company was split amongst his four sons. In June 1983, after a bitter legal and boardroom battle, the stakes of Frederick R. Koch and William "Bill" Koch were bought out for $1.1 billion and Charles Koch and David Koch became majority owners in the company. Charles owns 42% of the company; trusts for the benefit of Elaine Tettemer Marshall and Elaine's children, Preston Marshall and E. Pierce Marshall Jr., own 16% of the company. The heirs of David Koch, who died on August 23, 2019, own the balance, 42%, of the corporation.
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