Strategy and Business Development Professional
At a glance
Mid-level Business Development role at Schaeffler. Wooster.
Pay not stated
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What you'll do
- Study industry changes, competitor activity, regulations, and customer needs to surface strategic opportunities and risks
- Shape multi-year plans, growth paths, and priorities around corporate and business-unit goals
- Build quantitative and qualitative cases for investments, partnerships, improvements, new initiatives, and M&A
- Align product, finance, operations, R&D, and regional teams while testing assumptions and supporting execution
- Create board presentations, model scenarios, and turn findings into recommendations for decisions
What you bring
- An undergraduate degree in business administration, engineering, mathematics, or statistics and modeling
- More than five years in related roles, including developing, executing, and monitoring business strategies
- Working knowledge of business intelligence, market research methods, data analysis software, and strategic planning tools
- A track record of building professional networks and partnerships with important market stakeholders
Who this fits
This role suits a mid-career strategy and business development professional who can combine analysis, planning, business cases, and executive communication. You must be willing to travel twenty-five percent, work in the United States without employment visa or other sponsorship, and be based in Wooster.
From the employer
Schaeffler is a dynamic global technology company and its success has been a result of its entrepreneurial spirit and long history of private ownership. As a partner to all of the major automobile manufacturers, as well as key players in the aerospace and industrial sectors, we offer you many development opportunities.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Conduct deep analysis of industry trends, competitor moves, regulatory shifts, and customer needs to identify opportunities and risks that shape long‑term strategic direction
- Lead development of multi‑year strategic plans, growth roadmaps, and strategic priorities that align with corporate objectives and business-unit needs.
- Build quantitative and qualitative business cases for new initiatives, investments, partnerships, operational improvements, and M&A opportunities.
- Partner with product, finance, operations, R&D, and regional teams to ensure alignment on strategy, challenge assumptions, and drive cohesive execution.
- Prepare board-level presentations, synthesize insights into clear recommendations, and support decision-making through scenario modeling and strategic options.
Your Qualifications
- Undergraduate Degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics and Modeling
- More than 5 years of experience in a related roles.
- Experience in developing, executing, and monitoring business strategies and initiatives.
- Proficiency in business intelligence tools, market research methodologies, and data analysis software.
- Familiarity with strategic planning frameworks and business development tools.
- Proven ability to build and maintain professional networks and partnerships with key market stakeholders.
- Willingness to travel is required (25%).
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without employment VISA or other sponsorship.
As a global company with employees around the world, it is important to us that we treat each other with respect and value all ideas and perspectives. By appreciating our differences, we inspire creativity and drive innovation. In this way, we contribute to sustainable value creation for our stakeholders and society as a whole. Together, we advance how the world moves.
Exciting assignments and outstanding development opportunities await you because we impact the future with innovation. We look forward to your application.
Your contact
Schaeffler Transmission Systems, LLC
Ilse Gonzalez
+525511040397
Schaeffler is an equal employment opportunity / affirmative action employer. All qualified candidates will receive equal employment opportunities and consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.
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