Director, Strategy and Growth

Come work at a place where innovation and teamwork come together to support the most exciting missions in the world!

About Petco

Petco is a category-defining health and wellness company focused on improving the lives of pets, pet parents, and Petco partners. Since our founding, we have been trailblazing new standards in pet care, delivering comprehensive wellness solutions through our products and services, and creating communities that deepen the human-pet bond. Over the last three years, we have transformed the business from a successful traditional retailer to a disruptive, fully integrated, digital-focused provider of pet health and wellness offerings. We operate in a large, attractive growth market within an industry that serves many millions of households with pets and represents a rapidly growing addressable market.

Position Purpose

The Director, Strategy and Growth, will partner closely with the SVP, Omnichannel Experience to lead the development of the customer value and growth multi-year strategic plan for the company’s integrated, multichannel ecosystem of health and wellness solutions, manage strategic initiatives, identify strategic partnerships, and help integrate them into the business. The successful candidate will partner with senior leaders to develop and articulate the overall strategy and roadmap that will drive shareholder value. S/he will interface with business and marketing leaders at all levels and become a true advisor and partner while driving the One Petco strategic vision and plans forward.

Primary Areas of Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning Process – Partner with the senior leadership team and other key stakeholders to develop the customer value and growth multi-year strategic plan and roadmap for the company’s integrated, multichannel ecosystem of health and wellness solutions.

• Strategic Initiative Management – Provide guidance and support to business unit leaders in transferring and maximizing the strategy to business and marketing plans. Become a trusted advisor and partner to these leaders in supporting the implementation of the One Petco strategy. Deploy best in class project management tools and techniques to help the business and marketing owners manage strategic initiatives.

• Business Development – Support business development opportunities which include growth strategies for the company. This encompasses proactively scanning the market for potential acquisition (M&A) and partnership targets, conducting analysis and diligence during exploratory phases, and ensuring the smooth integration of all acquisitions and partnerships.

• Thought Leadership / Special Projects – Take a proactive and forward-looking view of the macroeconomic, industry, customer trends, and competitive landscape to develop a point of view of what the organization should explore and prioritize. Support the Chief Merchant, Chief Stores Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, and SVP, Omnichannel Experience on high priority, high impact projects against key areas like customer and market opportunities, operational excellence, and strategic partnerships.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate is a proactive business and customer focused leader. S/he is analytical and intellectually curios with a track record of setting strategic direction and leading major initiatives that achieve and exceed mid- to long-range objectives. This individual will benefit from having a collaborative, adaptable, and flexible working style. The candidate will be a good listener who can multi-task and is effective working in a collaborative and matrixed environment. An individual with the sophistication to be successful in a large and complex organization with the entrepreneurial spirit and mindset to make change happen.

• Prior work experience, including:

• Experience in blue-chip strategy-consulting firms (Bain, BCG, McKinsey, Deloitte, etc.) and/or
• Background in private equity, corporate development, investment banking and/or
• Corporate Strategy experience with a large and growing corporation

• Specific sector experience could be in retail, ecommerce, consumer goods, manufacturing, or technology companies
• Established track record of strategically creating value and viewed as a respected source of critical thinking and breakthrough ideas
• Experience building credible strategies to achieve the desired vision and commercial outcome
• Capable of stepping back from day-today activities to view the business from a different perspective and see the bigger picture
• Well-grounded in pragmatic approaches to the structuring options available in a company transforming through M&A
• Intellectually curious individual with impeccable integrity and world-class ethical standards
• Open-minded individual who has a flexible and open operating style with a natural consultative approach, which gains the trust and respect of individuals at all levels
• Catalyzes dialogue, shapes thinking, gains support, influences others, and projects substance over form
• Builds internal relationships and works effectively with others to jointly address issues and opportunities
• Experience working in the context of a matrixed organization, where working across boundaries and leading through influence are keys to success
• Viewed as promotable either to a line-operating role or a broader position within corporate

Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or any other protected classification.