MANAGER OF STRATEGIC PLANNING (POWERSPORTS - NORTH AMERICA)

We are looking for a Manager of Strategic Planning for our Powersports Group - North America who will report to the Vice President & General Manager, Powersports - North America, and who’ll be a key contributor to achieving Powersports objectives. As part of your role, you’ll be significantly contributing to the organization's growth. You’ll be responsible for operationalizing the business’ governance framework to achieve and maintain keeping the business on track to meet our strategic plans.

YOU’LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO:

• Collaborate with leadership to build and maintain a comprehensive and realistic 5 Year Strategic Plan with target milestones that will position us for long-term success.
  
• Responsible for the process to define the long-term vision for the North America Powersports Group. Including oversight for both the strategic planning and budget governance cycles to ensure leadership focus and alignment.
  
• Define and implement best practices, processes and KPIs to monitor progress.
  
• Develop future initiatives and the prioritization process to ensure focus and strategic alignment.
  
• Build strong partnerships with the business and collaborate with functional leaders to drive efficiency and effectiveness.
  
• Translate priorities to initiatives in collaboration with the business functions. Coordinate with business partners to drive accountability.
  
• Work closely with the global strategy function to provide transparency to the Management Committee of progress and changing conditions. Support the creation of the storyline to update senior stakeholders of BRP on the tracking of the North American Powersports Operation.
  

YOU’LL THRIVE IN THIS ROLE IF YOU HAVE THE FOLLOWING SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCIES:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in an analytical field, such as engineering, economics, finance, or business
  
• Minimum of 5 years working closely with or in Strategy with a solid business acumen
  
• Minimum of 3 years managing a team
  
• Proven proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) required.
  
• Strong strategic and critical thinker with the ability to delve into unique challenges, articulating clearly the problems to solve and finding creative solutions.
  
• Relentless focus on driving tangible impact for the organization.
  
• High tolerance to ambiguity and a strong level of flexibility/adaptability.
  
• Excellent oral and written communication skills; ability to communicate in a multi-functional and cultural environment. Skilled at influencing and communicating with all levels within the organization.
  
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills to manage frequent interactions with various business units and functions coupled with a capacity to build organizational alignment. Effective in building collaborative and sustained partnerships across the business and proven ability to work in a matrixial environment.
  
• Strong initiative: demonstrated track record of initiating and successfully implementing projects or ideas. Self-starter, being able to plan and work the day with minimal input from the management team.
  
• Integrity and Trust: Do what's right and operate with transparency and openness.
  

TRAVEL: This position will require 10% travel.

Preferred:

• MBA strongly preferred
  
• Prior experience having worked for one of the major strategy consulting firms
  

Do you have other qualifications? Tell us what is unique about you that is a great addition to the team.

ACKNOWLEDGING THE POWER OF DIVERSITY

BRP is dedicated to nurturing a culture that invites, connects, and propels the ambitions of people of all backgrounds, profiles, beliefs and experiences. Ultimately, the diversity and uniqueness of our people fuel our ingenuity and set the course for the path ahead!

For this reason, we value diversity and we strive to always push each other forward to build an inclusive workplace where every employee feels like they belong, where they can grow and find meaning.

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

Let’s start with a strong foundation - You want it, we have it:

• Bonus potential: We work hard and BRP recognizes that with a discretionary annual bonus.
  
• Generous paid time off: we feel that winding down is as important as creating the future of recreational products so we offer a competitive vacation package
  
• Competitive 401k offering. We want to make sure you enjoy retirement and believe in helping you get there. We provide a generous dollar for dollar match.
  

What about some feel good extra perks:

• Holiday season shutdown: between Christmas and New Year’s, we close some of our facilities and refill on good times.
  
• Educational resources: We love to fuel your curiosity and encourage you to learn more so we provide you resources to stay cutting-edge, therefore, we all win together.
  
• Discount on BRP products: what we build is amazing, freeing, revolutionary, and you're first in line for the experience.
  
• Growth opportunities: We believe in investing in you and your development. Stay with us and grow with us!
  

WELCOME TO BRP

We’re a world leader in recreational vehicles and boats, creating innovative ways to move on snow, water, asphalt, dirt and even in the air. Headquartered in the Canadian town of Valcourt, Quebec, our company is rooted in a spirit of ingenuity and intense customer focus. Today, we operate manufacturing facilities in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Finland, Australia and Austria, with a workforce made up of close to 20,000 spirited people, all driven by the deeply held belief that at work, as with life itself, it’s not about the destination; It’s about the journey.

BRP US Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability status, veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable law.

If you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position, you may contact us at careers.us@brp.com.