Director, Strategic Planning

You might not know our name, but you know where we are. That’s because Compass Group Canada is part of a global foodservice and support services company that’s the 6th largest employer in the world, with 625,000 employees.

You’ll find us in schools, colleges, hospitals, office buildings, senior living communities, tourist attractions, sports venues, remote camps and military installations and more. We’re in all major cities, at remote work sites and everywhere in between – doing business in Canada and 50+ other countries where you can learn and grow. Join us now and point your career forward!

Job Summary

At Compass, we turn ordinary acts of service into extraordinary moments that make a difference. Think you can do the same? Then come to work with us—the largest foodservice and support services provider in the world. We’re growing bigger and better all the time. How did we become the seventh largest employer globally? It all starts with our commitment to great people, great service, and great results. Join us.

Now, if you were to come on board as one of our Director, Strategic Planning, we’d ask you to do the following for us:

• Develop strong working relationships with counterparts in various departments, regions, and business units to conduct analysis that informs strategic recommendations
• Support deal evaluation and execution for M&A, joint venture, and strategic partnership opportunities
• Identify new market segments opportunities
• Source and maintain a pipeline of opportunities that have the potential to extend Compass Group’s capabilities, markets, and/or competitive advantages through partnership or acquisition
• Develop & implement growth plan for the organization
• Conduct market research to support the development of market condition based growth strategy
• Contribute to various elements of the strategic planning cycle, including opportunity identification, goal development, project prioritization, and execution roadmap development
• Create deliverables to facilitate quarterly governance meetings among the executive leadership team
• Prepare ad-hoc presentations and analyses for senior leaders

Think you have what it takes to be our Director, Strategic Planning? We’re committed to hiring the best talent for the role. Here’s how we’ll know you’ll be successful in the role:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, or Business preferred.
• Minimum 5+ years of prior experience in investment banking, management consulting, private equity, or corporate development.
• Highly analytical and able to extract meaningful business insights from analysis.
• Demonstrable proficiency in complex financial modeling, including various valuation methodologies.
• Strong command of market research techniques to conduct market mapping, market sizing
• Excellent presentation and verbal/written communication skills.
• Able to manage multiple work-streams concurrently and produce quality deliverables in compressed timeframes.
• Able to interact and work with colleagues at all levels of the organization.

Compass Group Canada is committed to nurturing a diverse workforce representative of the communities within which we operate. We encourage and are pleased to consider all qualified candidates, without regard to race, colour, citizenship, religion, sex, marital / family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, aboriginal status, age, disability or persons who may require an accommodation, to apply.

For accommodation requests during the hiring process, please contact [email protected] for further information.