BRP Inc.

Strategic Planning Manager, Manufacturing Operations

BRP Inc. • $100K — $120K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, business administration, finance, economics, or related field; MBA preferred
  • Significant experience in strategy, strategic planning, or management consulting, particularly in manufacturing
  • Strong understanding of manufacturing operations and their connection to financial and strategic dimensions
  • Excellent analytical skills for structuring complex issues and formulating clear recommendations
  • Ability to present complex analyses in a compelling way to senior management
  • Proven ability to influence and align stakeholders in a global matrix organization
  • Fluency in French and English for international collaboration

Responsibilities

  • Conduct analyses and competitive studies to shape manufacturing strategy and inform long-term vision
  • Lead strategic planning processes and collaborate with various functions to translate ambitions into actionable priorities
  • Deploy the strategy across the global manufacturing network to ensure consistent alignment of objectives
  • Establish the Strategic Planning Centre of Excellence with standards, tools, and training programs
  • Develop narratives and executive presentations to communicate strategy and recommendations to senior stakeholders

Benefits

  • Annual bonus based on financial results
  • Generous paid time off
  • Pension plan with collective saving opportunities
  • Fully paid leading healthcare coverage
  • Flexible work schedule with variations for summer
  • Holiday season shutdown
  • Access to educational resources
  • Discounts on BRP products
Full Job Description
Reporting to the Director of Operational Excellence, you will play a key role in defining, deploying, and evolving the global manufacturing strategy. You will work in an international manufacturing environment, collaborating closely with operations, finance, and human resources teams, as well as various manufacturing sites. Your goal will be to translate the organization's long-term ambitions into concrete priorities, roadmaps, and action plans.

As a leader in strategic manufacturing planning, you will also help evolve strategic planning practices, tools, and capabilities throughout the organization.

YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO:

  • Shape manufacturing strategy by conducting analyses, competitive studies, and monitoring best practices, trends, and megatrends to inform the medium- and long-term vision and direction.
  • Orchestrate the strategic planning process and lead its execution in collaboration with operations, finance, human resources, and other key functions to translate ambitions into clear priorities and roadmaps, and ensure their governance and monitoring.
  • Lead the deployment of the strategy across the global manufacturing network, ensuring a consistent cascade of priorities and alignment between the global strategy, functions, and the different sites.
  • Develop the Strategic Planning Centre of Excellence by establishing the standards, processes, tools, and training programs to strengthen and align practices across the organization.
  • Develop compelling analyses, narratives, and executive presentations to effectively communicate strategy, challenges, and recommendations to senior management, the Board of Directors, and key management forums.


YOU'LL THRIVE IN THIS ROLE IF YOU HAVE THE FOLLOWING SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

  • A bachelor's degree in engineering, business administration, finance, economics, or a related field; a master's degree or an MBA is considered an asset.
  • Significant and relevant experience in strategy, strategic planning, transformation, management consulting, or within a complex manufacturing environment.
  • A solid understanding of manufacturing operations and the ability to link operational issues to financial, human, and strategic dimensions.
  • Excellent analytical skills and the ability to structure complex issues, identify essential elements, and formulate clear recommendations.
  • A proven ability to transform complex analyses into simple, compelling, and decision-oriented narratives and executive presentations.
  • The ability to influence, mobilize, and foster alignment within a global matrix organization, without necessarily having direct authority.
  • The ability to effectively navigate between strategic thinking and hands-on execution.
  • Fluency in French and English to collaborate effectively with international teams and sites.


AT BRP, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BENEFITS, WE GO ALL IN.

Let's start with a strong foundation - You want it, we have it:
  • Annual bonus based on the company's financial results
  • Generous paid time away
  • Pension plan
  • Collective saving opportunities
  • Industry leading healthcare fully paid by BRP


What about some feel good perks:
  • Flexible work schedule
  • A summer schedule that varies by department and location
  • Holiday season shutdown
  • Educational resources
  • Discount on BRP products


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About BRP Inc.

BRP Inc. is a Canadian company that designs, develops, manufactures, distributes, and markets powersports vehicles and propulsion systems. The company's products include Ski-Doo and Lynx snowmobiles, Sea-Doo watercraft, Can-Am on- and off-road vehicles, Alumacraft and Manitou boats, Evinrude and Rotax marine propulsion systems, and Rotax engines for karts, motorcycles, and recreational aircraft. BRP was founded in 1942 and is headquartered in Valcourt, Quebec.
Learn more about BRP Inc.
Size
19,500 employees
Market Cap
$2.7 billion
Industry
NASDAQ

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