Manager, Strategy Development & Market Intelligence

KONE is a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry: our job is to make the world’s cities better places to live. At KONE, our mission is to improve the flow of urban life. As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, KONE provides elevators, escalators, and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization, which add value to the life cycle of any building.

The Strategy and Transformation unit is responsible for driving KONE’s long-term success by identifying the right strategic priorities, ensuring a common direction and bringing the strategy to life together with KONE’s areas and other functions. Strategy & Transformation develops our strategy and operating model (KONE Way) and is responsible for driving large strategic transformations such as Business Platform Renewal.

KONE Strategy Development & Market Intelligence is a motivated team of professionals with backgrounds typically in working with strategy, management consulting and investment banking. We work with KONE’s most important and challenging strategic questions, supporting the Executive Board with analyses and insights, and shaping KONE’s strategic projects with our business leaders.

We are looking for a

Manager, Strategy Development & Market Intelligence

to join our Strategy team.

Responsibilities and key activities:

• Develop and deploy corporate level strategy

• Identify and solve key strategic questions with various stakeholders

• Coordinate and manage multiple projects and working teams simultaneously

• Formulate and communicate insights and recommendations for management decision-making

• Engage various stakeholders and take ownership of aligning diverse views to come to a synthesis

• Work together with other Strategy team members; supporting, coaching and inspiring

• Work together with other Strategy team members; supporting, coaching and inspiring, and contribute to the continuous development of the Strategy & Transformation function.

Requirements for the position:

• At least 3-4 years of relevant work experience, e.g. in the industry, management consulting, banking or equivalent

• Demonstrated ability to advice Top management and develop senior-level relationships in a complex environment

• Experience in managing projects and working with global matrix organizations, or otherwise highly complex situations, with demonstrated impact and quantifiable outcomes

• Mature self-awareness and judgement, and constant willingness to grow, learn and get and give feedback

• Ability to simplify and clarify complex topics, and define concrete actions

• Curiosity to understand and follow-up the world around us and how it’s changing

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities utilizing quantitative and qualitative tools

• Excellent collaboration and influencing skills to enable effective teamwork and impact in a matrix organization

• Strong communication and presentation skills

• Strong prioritizing and organizing skills, persistence and resilience combined with drive to get things done

• Master’s degree (Economics, Engineering, MBA or equivalent) with outstanding performance

• Fluency in English

• Strong command of PowerPoint and Excel.

The location for this role is flexible and can be based in any major KONE country.

Want to #joinourflow ?

To apply, please submit your CV and cover letter latest on 10th of August 2025 via our Careers site. Please note that applications sent by email or otherwise outside KONE’s application portal will not be processed.

For additional information, contact Jaakko Kiukkonen via e-mail [email protected] , and please kindly note the possible delay due to the holiday season.

We will contact all the candidates as soon as possible after the application period has ended and attempt to make the final decisions at the turn of summer and autumn.

In case you were wondering, our team is not the end game, but rather a running start for a longer-term career at KONE.

We look forward to learning more about you!

#LI-GO

Bij KONE geloven we dat onze medewerkers de sleutel zijn tot succes. We zijn trots op de arbeidsvoorwaarden die wij bieden, deze dragen bij aan de betrokkenheid en motivatie van onze medewerkers. We hebben een open en informele cultuur waar medewerkers met respect voor elkaar samenwerken met als streven de beste resultaten te behalen. Dit helpt ons om van KONE een ‘great place to work’ te maken. We ondersteunen persoonlijke groei en bieden diverse kansen aan om je carrière binnen KONE verder te ontwikkelen.

Bekijk hier onze vacatures: https://www.kone.nl/werken-bij/