Mt Strategy

Riepilogo posizione:
**Who are we?**

ITT is a diversified leading manufacturer of highly engineered critical components and customized technology solutions for the transportation, industrial, and energy markets. Building on its heritage of innovation, ITT partners with its customers to deliver enduring solutions to the key industries that underpin our modern way of life. ITT is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, with employees in more than 35 countries and sales in approximately 125 countries.

ITT was named to the Forbes 2019 list of America's Best Midsize Employers. This achievement recognizes ITT's focus and commitment to fostering a healthy, high-performing culture and creating a workplace defined by innovation and continuous improvement. ITT’s CEO and CFO were both recognized as 2020 All-America Executive Team by Institutional Investor magazine. ITT was also awarded the 2018 Manufacturing Leadership Award which distinguishes ITT for its visionary leadership, commitment to employees and workplace culture, and ability to innovatively solve problems for customers.

ITT operates through three Value Centers (business units):

- ** Motion Technologies** (“MT”) designs and manufactures brake pads, shock absorbers, buffers and couplers and sealing solutions for the automotive and rail markets. MT is based in Barge, Italy.
- ** Industrial Process** (“IP”) designs and manufactures pumps, valves, monitoring and control systems, water treatment and aftermarket services for the chemical, oil and gas, mining and other industrial process markets, as well as global service capabilities. IP is based in Seneca Falls, N.Y.
- ** Connect and Control Technologies** ("CCT") designs and manufactures harsh-environment connector and critical energy absorption and flow control components primarily for the aerospace, defense and industrial markets. CCT is based in Valencia, CA.

Responsabilità essenziali:
**What is your role?**

The MT Executive Director, Strategy and Corporate Development is a key member of the Motion Technologies leadership team as well as the global strategy team. She/he will also be a critical growth enabler for ITT. This individual will work closely with the value center, corporate functions and MT’s leadership team to define MT strategy and drive MT growth initiatives, covering both organic and inorganic growth. The position offers the unique opportunity to participate in high-level strategic decision-making and to shape the future of MT. The role will report to the SVP, Strategy and Corporate Development and to the MT President.

**Essential Functions of the Role**:
Strategy and Business Development
- Partnering with the MT leaders in developing, maintaining and executing the business strategy
- Identify organic growth opportunity, carry out the required analyses and assessment and lead project to implementation
- Working to advancing strategic initiatives
- Driving MT annual strategic planning process

Market Intelligence
- Monitoring peer/competitor activities and benchmarking ITT performance
- Carry out specific market sizing / market share assessment

Corporate Venture Capital
- Support the central Corporate Venturing team in identifying opportunities to partner and support the growth of MT through collaboration and possibly investments in start ups (open innovation)

M&A
- Supporting the development and execution of selective M&A opportunities for MT
- Developing a M&A pipeline for each business as applicable
- Executing M&A projects in close collaboration with the corporate development team, including coordinating cross functional teams throughout the process.

People Management:

- Acting as mentor and actively develop more junior team members in the global strategy team.

Requisiti di posizione:
**What will make you our perfect match?**
- Passionate problem solver with a positive, can-do attitude
- Highly collaborative and able to develop a strong network within the company, becoming a trusted advisor to senior business leaders.
- Strategic thinking and strong intellectual curiosity
- Results orientated with sense of urgency.
- Quick study, able to handle complex matters, with multiple initiatives going on simultaneously.
- Change agent. Comfortable designing for the future and challenging the status quo.
- Exceptional financial and analytical skills. Ensures all strategic business decisions are informed by thorough analysis and external perspective.
- Strong communication (written/verbal) skills to work with senior executives across various geographies, including logically structuring and delivering presentations.
- Strong influencing skills, ability to work as part of a team and work with different stakeholders and handle multiple tasks under tight deadlines.
- MBA required
- A minimum of 10 years’ related experience with direct expertise in Strategy, Marketing or Business Development preferred
- Hands on experience in implementing strategic initiative from inception/idea gen