Corporate Strategy Associate

Corporate Strategy Associate (F/M)

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Corporate Strategy Associate (F/M)

Joining Michelin means choosing more than a role. 

It means becoming part of a company recognized for its commitment to excellence, its collaborative spirit, and its ambition to empower people to grow. 

At Michelin, performance and humanity go hand in hand. 

We believe in trust, autonomy, and continuous learning.

Your Mission 

Act as an corporae strategic associate to the company’s most senior leaders by structuring, analyzing, and answering high‑level, long‑term strategic questions that shape the future of the Group.
The Corporate Strategy Associate transforms executive‑level questions into robust, fact‑based strategic recommendations by mobilizing transverse expertise, integrating financial and competitive insights, and maintaining a strong global and long‑term perspective.
We exist to provide a broad, unbiased, and fact-based perspective that challenges the status quo and guides the Group on complex, strategic questions
Our role is to mobilize long-term thinking, uncover blind spots, and deliver actionable insights that inspire change and strengthen resilience.

Key responsibilities:

Internal Strategy Consulting

• Receive and clarify high‑level strategic questions from senior leadership.
• Structure complex, open‑ended problems into clear analytical frameworks.
• Organize and animate transverse teams of experts to address strategic topics.
• Deliver integrated, long‑term strategic answers rather than short‑term solutions.
• Act as a trusted thought partner to senior leaders on major strategic issues.

Strategic & Competitive Analysis

• Conduct in‑depth strategic analyses (markets, industries, value chains, competitive positioning).
• Perform competitor analysis to assess relative positioning, strategic moves, and long‑term risks and opportunities.
• Develop forward‑looking scenarios and strategic options with a global perspective.
• Identify key strategic trade‑offs and implications for the Group.

Financial & Business Acumen

• Perform financial analyses supporting strategic decision‑making (value creation, business cases, portfolio choices).
• Connect strategic choices to financial performance and capital allocation.
• Assess long‑term economic robustness of strategic options.
• Translate financial insights into clear recommendations for non‑financial audiences.

Organizational & Performance Analysis

• Analyze organizational and business performance across entities, geography, or activities.
• Identify structural drivers of performance and long‑term improvement levers.
• Support executive reviews with synthesized, decision‑oriented insights.
• Contribute to the definition and monitoring of strategic performance indicators.

Sustainable Finance & Long‑Term Value

• Integrate sustainability and ESG considerations into strategic and financial analyses.
• Contribute to evaluating long‑term value creation beyond short‑term financial metrics.
• Support alignment between strategy, financial performance, and sustainability ambitions.
• Bring a long‑term perspective on risk, resilience, and responsible growth.

Influence, Communication & Global Mindset

• Prepare high‑quality materials for executive committees and senior leadership.
• Communicate complex analyses clearly, concisely, and convincingly.
• Influence decisions through rigorous, fact‑based reasoning.
• Operate with a strong global mindset, considering regional diversity and global interdependencies.

Prerequisites

• Higher education in strategy, finance, economics, engineering, or equivalent.
• Proven experience in strategy, consulting, finance roles.
• Strong ability to structure ambiguous problems and synthesize complex information.
• Experience working in international and cross‑functional environments.
• Fluent English (C1): additional languages are a plus.

Conditions :

Position location : Clermont-Ferrand, Michelin HQ

Package : 85k€ + bonus + social benefits  ; depending on profile and experience.

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