Corporate Strategy Manager

The Corporate Strategy Manager role provides a tremendous opportunity to deepen and broaden your knowledge of Land O’Lakes food and agribusiness segments, accelerated professional development, and exposure to the executive leadership team. Managers are leaders of project teams and manage critical growth initiatives while partnering directly with internal business partners. 

This role is located at our Arden Hills, MN Corporate Headquarters (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in office each week)

Key Responsibilities: 

Strategic Growth Initiatives: Own end-to-end delivery of strategic projects for business units and functions in the organization (including scope, workplan, key deliverables, etc.). Create structure and frameworks paired with influence without authority to enable high-impact decisions. Develop rigorous, fact-based, quantitative and qualitative analysis to support recommendations. Build and manage relationships with business partners to enable effective delivery of work. 

Strategic Planning: Lead the development and implementation of corporate strategic plans in alignment with organizational goals, market trends, and competitive dynamics.

Mentorship: Help to mentor junior members of the team in developing core strategy and consulting toolkit. Act as thought partner to more junior team members. 

Candidate Profile 

·       Ownership – Able to own key strategy projects from start to finish, driving work forward independently

·       Curious & Analytical – Intellectually curious with a proven ability to dig beyond surface-level information, conduct primary/secondary research, analyze complex data, and synthesize insights into actionable business implications. 

·       Driven & Results-Oriented – Highly motivated self-starter with a strong sense of urgency and flexibility to manage multiple priorities; committed to delivering consistent, high-quality outcomes  

·       Problem solver – Skilled at transforming ambiguity into clarity by framing complex challenges into structured questions and actionable steps to validate or disprove hypotheses 

·       Strong Collaborator – Trusted team player who can build credibility and influence cross-functional teams; adept at partnering with business leaders to drive alignment and execution.  

·       Excellent Communicator – Demonstrates professional confidence and clarity in verbal communication and presentations; proven ability to articulate complex business strategies effectively to executive leadership. 

·       Business Acumen – Skilled in applying quantitative and qualitative strategic and financial frameworks to evaluate growth opportunities

Experience and Education:  

·       BA/BS degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Engineering, or a related field. MBA Strongly preferred. 

·       5-8 years of relevant business experience (e.g., management consulting, strategy, finance, marketing, supply chain, or other business roles in agriculture or dairy). Strong preference for strategy or consulting background. 

·       Food and agribusiness industry experience is preferred. 

$123,920-$185,880.  In most cases, candidates offered employment can expect to be hired at a pay rate near the middle of our salary ranges.