Manager Strategy

Food Lion

2110 Executive Drive, Salisbury, NC 28147

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Full job description

Category/Area of Expertise: Strategy

Address: USA-NC-Salisbury-2110 Executive Drive

At Food Lion, Associates are the most important assets to our organization. We want associates to have meaningful careers full of variety and challenges. Each associate contributes to the overall success of Food Lion, and in return, we strive to provide all associates with a fulfilling work experience and reward performance and commitment. We are committed to the professional development of our associates through on-the-job learning opportunities and training.

Position Summary

The Strategic Insights and Growth team is responsible for generating the insights, analyses, strategic perspectives, and growth recommendations that inform Food Lion's strategic decisions and future direction.

The team serves as the organization's center of excellence for customer, marketplace, competitive, and macroeconomic intelligence. Through structured problem solving, advanced analytics, and strategic thinking, the team evaluates emerging opportunities, develops growth recommendations, and supports executive decision-making.

Success is measured by the team's ability to identify actionable opportunities, influence strategic choices, improve business performance, and strengthen Food Lion's long-term competitive position.

Principle duties and responsibilities

Strategic insights and Business Intelligence

Lead complex strategic investigations related to growth opportunities, market share performance, customer evolution, and competitive positioning.

Influence strategic discussions by connecting insights across multiple data sources.

Translate findings into business implications and strategic recommendations for senior leadership.

Strategic Planning and Growth Opportunity Development

Lead development of growth strategies and strategic recommendations related to customer evolution, competitive positioning, white space opportunities, and new business concepts.

Act as thought partner to business leaders regarding long-term strategic direction.

Influence prioritization of growth investments and strategic initiatives.

Marketplace, Customer and Competitive Intelligence

Lead enterprise understanding of customer shifts, emerging marketplace dynamics, industry disruptions, and competitive threats.

Connect external insights to business strategy and growth decisions.

Executive Communication and Strategic Influence

Facilitate strategic discussions with senior leaders.

Influence strategic direction through executive-ready analyses, recommendations, and storytelling.

Represent strategic insights perspectives across leadership discussions.

Basic Qualification

8-12 years leading strategic analyses, growth initiatives, customer insights, consulting engagements, or cross-functional business initiatives

Connects customer, competitive, marketplace, and financial insights to enterprise-level business implications and growth opportunities

Leads highly complex analyses and translates findings into strategic implications and decision frameworks

Influences senior leaders through compelling strategic narratives and executive-level communication

Serves as a strategic thought partner and informal leader across functions

Preferred Qualification

Broad understanding of grocery retail strategy, customer evolution, market dynamics, and enterprise growth drivers

Experience in informing executive decisions, long-range planning, market evaluations, or growth strategies

Advanced analytical capabilities combined with strategic framing, executive communications, and insight translation

Management consulting, corporate strategy, consumer insights, organizational planning, or growth strategy experience preferred

Education

Bachelor's degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred

Food Lion provides equal employment opportunities to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions) national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity or gender expression or any other characteristic protected by law.

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contact our Recruiting Department at recruiting@foodlion.com