Senior Manager of Competitive intelligence & Strategic projects
Background
Our north star at Veho is simple: we want to Win It All: become a large, profitable and irreplaceable company that will change the face of this industry.
In 2016 when we started Veho, we had a clear conviction: ecommerce will continue to grow; Amazon will pressure everyone else to push the boundaries around speed, cost and customer experience, and legacy carriers will fail to adapt. We started Veho to replace these legacy carriers with a customer-centric technology company that offers shipping solutions designed for the ecommerce era.
Nine years later, the industry is changing again in front of our eyes again. As we foresaw in 2016, many legacy carriers are struggling - some of them are going out of the business. At the same time, more and more disruptors are entering the space, and more large international companies are trying to figure out how to play in this market.
To continue winning in this space and build one of the greatest companies in the world, we must continue to get smarter about the competitive landscape. We need to constantly read the map, develop a point of view, and act on it boldly to our advantage.
What are we looking for?
We are looking for a resourceful, analytical self-starter to build Veho’s competitive intelligence and lead strategic initiatives. You will roll up your sleeves and leverage the rest of the organization to build a comprehensive competitive intelligence database to shape our company-wide strategy, provide the Commercial team with market intelligence and industry benchmarks, and the business area partners with intel on how competitors are solving similar problems. You lean towards action and identify opportunities that others might have missed.
What will you do?
Oversee the end-to-end management, planning, and execution of competitive intelligence collection
- Roll up the sleeves and gather first-hand information through onsite studies (boots on the ground), conversations with experts, reading industry reports and attending industry conferences
- Leverage the rest of the company to help with intelligence gathering
- Translate findings into actionable insights; proactively educate business stakeholders with the knowledge to make strategic decisions.
- Serve as the internal subject matter expert for competitive intelligence, staying abreast of industry trends.
- Ideate and execute on strategic initiatives borne out of competitive insights
- Identify opportunities for business focus, potential investments or partnership opportunities
- Develop reports and presentations for senior management and actively contribute to the vision for Veho.
- Influence company roadmaps across Commercial, Operations, Product and Legal.
What skills and knowledge should you bring?
- Self starter who identifies opportunities in our business model and the industry and is hungry to take advantage of them.
- A can-do mindset. Resourceful and creative in identifying how to gain access to data and competitive intelligence.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, adept at articulating strategic implications from data analysis
- Experience in driving strategic initiatives and effectively working with cross-functional leaders to operational outputs across an organization.
- Effective written and oral communication skills with internal and external stakeholders; ability to simplify and clearly communicate complex ideas and large data sets.
- Big picture thinker. Possess a progressive mindset and always willing to build in-depth market knowledge and stay abreast of logistics trends, industry players, and emerging technologies.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration and effective partnerships with Sales, Ops, R&D, and Finance.