Strategy Manager

**Join us and be a pioneer for a green transport revolution.**
**Automotive Cells Company (ACC) is one of Europe’s newest and most exciting high-tech companies. Backed by Saft-Total, Stellantis-Opel and Mercedes-Benz,** ACC is set to **power the future of the automotive industry** by innovating in battery technology.

We aim to produce sustainable, affordable, high-capacity, longer-life batteries as a** cleaner alternative to current energy sources**. We have created an R&D center and new state-of-the art facility in France (New Aquitaine), and are building gigafactories in Hauts de France, Germany and Italy.
We need a range of **skilled and agile people** to bring our vision to life, especially in the areas of industrialization, mechanical design, testing/prototyping and any other function of a new-born company. If you’re looking to take your career further than you imagined, if you’re passionate about creating cleaner transport, we’d like to hear from you.

**Accelerating sustainable mobility for all.**

**Job description**:
**Context**

The market penetration of electric vehicles is accelerating, as a consequence the whole industry is under heavy pressure to ramp-up the production capacity and design batteries that continuously increase performance and reduce cost while maintaining the highest level of safety.

In the context of a complex and rapidly evolving battery value chain, of a competitive landscape dominated by Asian players, of a battery technology requiring important R&D and CAPEX investments, the ACC Strategy function is to formalize, challenge, foster and reinforce ACC competitive advantage in a sustainable way.

**Overall job definition**

The Strategy Manager is responsible for the following actions:

- Formalize strategic vision and update accordingly strategic documents including ACC Strategic Statement, Context analysis map, Risk & Opportunities map, ACC various roadmaps
- Capture trends and weak signals, analyze and synthetize information,
- Build and propose evolution of ACC strategic positioning to ExCom
- Lead and coordinate all ACC stakeholders on assessment, prioritization, and execution of various strategic opportunities, such as:

- New market entry (region, product, industrial footprint, commercial strategy) in coordination with Marketing and with Sales
- Strategic partnership with co-opetitor, customers, suppliers or any kind of partner, as lead or in support with relevant ACC function
- Competition landscape analysis and transversal benchmarking (in close collaboration with Marketing, Innovation, Intellectual, Engineering, Industrialization,)
- Organization evolution
- Support Business plan activity by Finance team and roadmapping activity from each Direction, ensuring global coherency with ACC strategy

She / he is supported by adhoc project internal teams, and on a case by case basis by consultancy firms, by secondees and by interns. The Strategy Department is aimed at

She / he should be an experienced manager, strongly business minded, able to address a Volatile Uncertain Complex Ambiguous VUCA environment while proposing pragmatic proposals. She / he should have leadership, synthetical and effective communication, negotiation skills, team spirit to coordinate efficiently all ACC functions transversely. She / he would need to have a previous operational experience, preferably in the automotive industry, either with a OEM or a Tier1 player.

She / he should be able to work directly with ACC ExCom members and address senior executives of various external entities.

She / he will report to the VP Sales, Marketing & Strategy.

**External relations**

Interactions with our OEM customers, with ACC shareholders, and with multiples external partners, from consultancy firms to governmental authorities.

**Location**

ACC office (Paris, Bordeaux), combined with remote work aligned with operational priorities. Some traveling required.

**Profile**:
**Knowledge / Know how**

Very knowledgeable person about automotive area, hybrid experience in operational position and in strategy position.

Know-how about battery industry and/or electric vehicle battery industry is mandatory.

**Experience (domain, number of years)**

At least 10 years of experience.

**Qualifications (diplomas, )**

German or French as first language mandatory. English mandatory.

**Key behaviours**

Autonomous, Responsible, Committed, Capable of managing international and complex projects.

**Some extra skills which make the difference**

Experience with one of the big 6 battery suppliers (CATL, LG, Samsung SDI, SK Innovation, BYD or Panasonic).

Experience on battery.