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Apply today!\nJob Details\n\nJob Description\nThe Strategy & Market Intelligence Analyst supports strategic decision-making across business by combining structured problem solving, commercial judgment, market intelligence, and rigorous analysis.\nThe 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.\nResponsibilities:\nStrategic Problem Solving & Recommendation Development\nStructure complex and ambiguous business questions into clear, hypothesis-driven workplans.\nIdentify the underlying drivers of business performance, market evolution, and competitive advantage.\nGrowth Strategy & Business Case Development\nAssess growth opportunities across service lines, customer segments, regions, and countries.\nEvaluate market attractiveness, strategic fit, competitive intensity, required capabilities, and potential economics.\nBuild business cases, scenarios, and sensitivities to inform investment and resource-allocation decisions.\nSupport market-entry, geographic expansion, service-line development, and portfolio-prioritization initiatives.\nTranslate market and customer evidence into clear growth theses and practical action plans.\nMarket & Competitive Strategy\nDevelop fact-based perspectives on market size, growth, customer demand, and competitive dynamics.\nAssess competitors’ service offerings, capabilities, geographic footprints, strategic moves, and partnerships.\nIdentify emerging market patterns, disruption risks, capability gaps, and potential sources of differentiation.\nCorporate Development & Strategic Projects\nSupport M&A screening, partnership assessments, and selected strategic due diligence activities.\nDevelop market landscapes, target screens, strategic rationales, and investment narratives.\nContribute to assessments of new services, business models, capabilities, and geographic opportunities.\nExecutive Communication & Storytelling\nProduce clear, structured, and executive-ready PowerPoint materials.\nDistill large volumes of information into concise insights, choices, and recommendations.\nDevelop insight-led storylines that connect evidence with business implications.\nStakeholder Interaction & Cross-Functional Collaboration\nWork closely with the Strategy Manager and broader Strategy team as a thought partner and workstream owner.\nEngage stakeholders across Finance, Sales, Services, Operations, and other functions to gather evidence and test hypotheses.\nCoordinate cross-functional project activities and ensure outputs are accurate, timely, and decision-relevant.\nAnalytical Quality & Knowledge Development\nEnsure analyses are transparent, defensible, and appropriately documented.\nTriangulate internal and external evidence while recognizing data limitations, biases, and uncertainty.\nUse business intelligence, automation, and AI-enabled tools where they improve the quality, speed, or consistency of insight generation.\n.\nEducational Background:\nBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Strategy, Economics, Business, Finance, Life Sciences, Engineering, Data Analytics, or a related field.\nWork Experience:\nApproximately 3 to 5 years of experience in strategy consulting, corporate strategy, business development, transaction advisory, market intelligence, or another role supporting strategic decisions.\nExperience in a top-tier management consulting firm, or comparable experience in a high-performing internal strategy team, is strongly preferred.\nDemonstrated experience structuring ambiguous problems, developing hypotheses, conducting analysis, and converting findings into recommendations.\nExperience creating executive-ready deliverables and presenting findings to senior stakeholders.\nExperience in healthcare, life sciences, logistics, or complex B2B environments is preferred but not essential.\nEvidence of strong analytical ability, strategic judgment, intellectual curiosity, and personal ownership is essential.\nWhat Cencora offers\nBenefit offerings outside the US may vary by country and will be aligned to local market practice. The eligibility and effective date may differ for some benefits and for team members covered under collective bargaining agreements.\nFull timeAffiliated Companies\nAffiliated Companies: World Courier Management Ltd.Equal Employment Opportunity\nCencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.\nThe company’s continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.\nCencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email . We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. 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