Position Title: Strategy & Planning Assistant
Duration: 12 Month Contract
Location: Solihull
What to Expect:
The Strategy & Planning Assistant plays a central role in supporting the Site Strategy & Transformation department, with a strong emphasis on project controlling as a core part of the role.
This position ensures that capital projects are accurately set up, monitored, and governed from approval through to completion.
The role also provides essential administrative, analytical, and organisational support to strategic forums such as SIC and MIC, helping maintain strong financial discipline and effective project oversight.
Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:
Be cost/spend conscious
Set up new projects in SAP and act as the first-line approver for orders raised by project owners
Monitor all SCs (shopping carts), including value, purpose, timing, and expected invoicing
Track project spend against budget from initiation to closure, ensuring accurate forecasting and timely updates
Support capex processes, ensuring compliance with internal standards and cost-conscious decision-making
Ensure all spend is accounted for, documentation is complete, and reports are updated
Support leadership team discussions by providing data, insights, and structured updates on project performance.
Attend Solihull Investment Committee (SIC) and Manufacturing Investment Committee (MIC) meetings, capturing minutes, actions, and decisions
Organise and support strategic planning meetings, prepare agendas, circulate materials, and ensure follow-up actions are tracked
Support regular reviews of project progress, risks, and financial performance
Skills:
Competent in all Microsoft office products
Experience of system use and understanding of data
Presentation skills, appropriate to all levels of the organisation and applicable to different cultures; the ability to produce professional presentations with appropriate and carefully targeted messaging
Strong financial awareness with a cost-conscious mindset
Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
High attention to detail, especially in tracking spend, commitments, and documentation
Confident communicator able to work with project owners, finance, engineering, and leadership teams
Proactive and structured approach to managing tasks and deadlines
Comfortable with governance environments and supporting senior-level meetings
Proficiency in SAP and Excel (or willingness to learn quickly)
