The Strategy & Market Intelligence Analyst supports strategic decision-making across World Courier by combining structured problem solving, commercial judgment, market intelligence, and rigorous analysis.

The role is designed for a professional with a strategy consulting mindset who can move beyond describing what the data shows to explaining why it matters, what it means for World Courier, and what action should follow.

Working closely with the Strategy Manager and senior business leaders, the Analyst will frame ambiguous business questions, develop and test hypotheses, assess markets and competitors, build decision-quality business cases, and translate complex evidence into clear recommendations.

The role will support priority initiatives across service lines, geographies, and strategic themes, including growth strategy, market entry, portfolio choices, partnerships, M&A screening, and strategic planning.

The successful candidate will be intellectually curious, comfortable operating with incomplete information, and capable of owning workstreams from problem definition through executive-ready output. Strong analytical capability is essential, but the defining requirement is the ability to generate distinctive strategic insights and act as a thought partner to the business.

1. Strategic Problem Solving & Recommendation Development

• Structure complex and ambiguous business questions into clear, hypothesis-driven workplans.

• Develop, test, and refine strategic hypotheses using quantitative and qualitative evidence.

• Identify the underlying drivers of business performance, market evolution, and competitive advantage.

• Synthesize findings into clear choices, recommendations, risks, and next steps.

• Challenge assumptions constructively and bring an independent, fact-based point of view.

2. Growth Strategy & Business Case Development

• Assess growth opportunities across service lines, customer segments, regions, and countries.

• Evaluate market attractiveness, strategic fit, competitive intensity, required capabilities, and potential economics.

• Build business cases, scenarios, and sensitivities to inform investment and resource-allocation decisions.

• Support market-entry, geographic expansion, service-line development, and portfolio-prioritization initiatives.

• Translate market and customer evidence into clear growth theses and practical action plans.

3. Market & Competitive Strategy

• Develop fact-based perspectives on market size, growth, customer demand, and competitive dynamics.

• Assess competitors’ service offerings, capabilities, geographic footprints, strategic moves, and partnerships.

• Identify emerging market patterns, disruption risks, capability gaps, and potential sources of differentiation.

• Evaluate World Courier’s positioning and performance relative to market and competitor developments.

• Translate external intelligence into implications for strategic choices and priorities.

4. Corporate Development & Strategic Projects

• Support M&A screening, partnership assessments, and selected strategic due diligence activities.

• Develop market landscapes, target screens, strategic rationales, and investment narratives.

• Assess potential synergies, capability fit, market access, and principal strategic risks.

• Contribute to assessments of new services, business models, capabilities, and geographic opportunities.

• Provide structured analytical support to other priority initiatives sponsored by senior leadership.

5. Executive Communication & Storytelling

• Produce clear, structured, and executive-ready PowerPoint materials.

• Distill large volumes of information into concise insights, choices, and recommendations.

• Develop insight-led storylines that connect evidence with business implications.

• Tailor communication to analytical and non-analytical audiences while maintaining rigor and precision.

• Present and defend analyses confidently, responding constructively to questions and challenge.

6. Stakeholder Interaction & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with the Strategy Manager and broader Strategy team as a thought partner and workstream owner.

• Engage stakeholders across Finance, Sales, Services, Operations, and other functions to gather evidence and test hypotheses.

• Coordinate cross-functional project activities and ensure outputs are accurate, timely, and decision-relevant.

• Build trusted working relationships and influence outcomes without direct authority.

• Facilitate fact-based discussions and help stakeholders align around recommendations and next steps.

7. Analytical Quality & Knowledge Development

• Ensure analyses are transparent, defensible, and appropriately documented.

• Triangulate internal and external evidence while recognizing data limitations, biases, and uncertainty.

• Maintain clear documentation of key assumptions, sources, methodologies, and confidence levels.

• Create reusable frameworks, analytical approaches, and knowledge assets for the Strategy team.

• Use business intelligence, automation, and AI-enabled tools where they improve the quality, speed, or consistency of insight generation.

Skills and Knowledge:

1. Strategic & Commercial Thinking

• Strong hypothesis-driven problem-solving skills.
• Ability to identify the critical issues within complex and ambiguous business situations.
• Ability to connect market, customer, competitor, operational, and financial evidence into a coherent strategic perspective.
• Sound commercial judgment and the ability to distinguish interesting analysis from decision-relevant insight.
• Ability to formulate practical recommendations while recognizing uncertainty, trade-offs, and execution implications.

2. Analytical Rigor

• Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills.
• Experience with market assessment, business-case development, scenario analysis, and performance diagnosis.
• Ability to work effectively with incomplete, fragmented, and imperfect information.
• Ability to challenge assumptions, triangulate evidence, and assess the robustness of conclusions.
• High attention to detail and consistent ownership of output quality.

3. Communication, Influence & Executive Presence

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong PowerPoint storytelling and presentation capabilities.
• Ability to translate complexity into clear insights, implications, and recommendations.
• Confidence engaging senior stakeholders and defending a point of view.
• Ability to influence decisions through logic, evidence, and constructive collaboration.

4. Personal Attributes

• High intellectual curiosity, ownership, and learning agility.
• Self-starter who can work independently while seeking input at the appropriate moments.
• Comfortable operating with ambiguity, pace, shifting priorities, and multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Collaborative and low-ego working style.
• Willingness to move between high-level strategy and detailed analysis.
• Strong organizational skills, reliability, and commitment to delivery.

5. Essential Technical Skills

• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Ability to build clear, auditable quantitative models.
• Ability to develop concise, executive-ready presentations.
• Working familiarity with business intelligence or data visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau.

6. Desirable Technical Skills

• Experience with databases or data environments such as Microsoft SQL Server, Access, or comparable tools.
• Experience with analytical or scripting languages such as Python, VBA, or R.
• Experience with data-preparation tools such as Alteryx Designer or similar platforms.
• Experience applying AI-enabled tools and automation to accelerate research, analysis, and knowledge management.

Work Experience:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Strategy, Economics, Business, Finance, Life Sciences, Engineering, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• Approximately 2 to 5 years of experience in strategy consulting, corporate strategy, business development, transaction advisory, market intelligence, or another role supporting strategic decisions.
• Experience in a top-tier management consulting firm, or comparable experience in a high-performing internal strategy team, is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience structuring ambiguous problems, developing hypotheses, conducting analysis, and converting findings into recommendations.
• Experience creating executive-ready deliverables and presenting findings to senior stakeholders.
• Experience in healthcare, life sciences, logistics, or complex B2B environments is preferred but not essential.
• Evidence of strong analytical ability, strategic judgment, intellectual curiosity, and personal ownership is essential.

Salary Range Gross per Month:

€2,135.94 - €3,051.37

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What Cencora offers

We offer a competitive annual bonus, life insurance from Day 1, a best-in-class health insurance package, and up to 6 fully paid benefit days a year. As a Cencora employee, you have the benefit of our referral bonus scheme, our boundless learning opportunities and our global Employee Assistance Program. We have a wonderful office location in Quadrum, equipped with everything you need for a small break at work and fresh snacks at all times. Become part of our purpose-driven, multicultural team now and help us create healthier futures

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Affiliated Companies: World Courier (Lithuania) UAB