About Us:

BW Packaging is driving performance at the intersection of people, technology, and customer care. As part of the privately held Barry Wehmiller family, we unite a global team of packaging experts with a clear purpose: People Who Care, Building Solutions that Perform. We take on our customers’ toughest challenges as our own — delivering both innovative and enduring solutions that set the standard for value and performance. Our strength comes from our people and the power of our brands — trusted names in packaging that are known worldwide for engineering excellence, application expertise, and lifetime commitment to customer success. Truly Human Leadership guides our belief that exceptional business results and profound respect for people together provide the foundation of enduring success. We are committed to forging lasting partnerships with our customers, earning their trust through integrity, expertise, and execution. With our full range of packaging solutions and long term partnership and service, we help customers achieve operational excellence today while building the future of packaging together.

 

Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world.

 

Job Description:

BW Packaging is seeking a Strategic Growth Leader to tackle our most complex business challenges and shape our long-term future. This is a high-impact role where you'll connect market intelligence, customer insights, and financial analysis to drive strategic recommendations and implementation.

As a Strategic Growth Leader, you'll work at the intersection of strategy and execution—moving seamlessly from analyzing market opportunities to building pilots and implementation plans that deliver real value at scale. You'll collaborate across Product Management, Operations, and Commercial teams to get the right facts on the table, develop viable options, and recommend the best solutions for our business.

What You'll Do

Drive Strategic Insights

• Conduct comprehensive market research and competitive analysis to inform critical business decisions

• Gather primary data through customer interviews, surveys, and site visits to understand market dynamics

• Build analytical frameworks and customer segmentations that enhance our strategic understanding

• Synthesize complex information from multiple sources into clear, actionable insights

Analyze Financial Opportunities

• Perform financial analysis to evaluate strategic options and investment opportunities

• Develop financial models to assess business cases and return on investment

• Support pricing analysis and revenue impact assessments for strategic initiatives

Develop and Evaluate Solutions

• Collaborate with the Chief Strategy & Growth Officer to identify and frame critical strategic challenges

• Generate creative solutions and strategic alternatives for complex business problems

• Conduct thorough evaluation of options using quantitative and qualitative analysis

• Present findings and recommendations to senior leadership with compelling supporting rationale

Lead Implementation

• Design detailed implementation plans for approved strategic initiatives

• Lead cross-functional workstreams to drive execution, decision-making, and adoption

• Develop and lead pilot programs to test strategic concepts and validate scalability

• Monitor progress and recommend course corrections to ensure success

• Partner with BW Leaders throughout the solution development process to ensure alignment and ownership

• Design and execute stakeholder engagement processes that build consensus across functional areas and leadership levels

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree

• 3+ years of experience in product marketing, commercial strategy, market research, competitive intelligence, product development, or related commercial or technical roles

• Demonstrated ability to connect customer, market, and financial insights to business strategy and growth opportunities

• Strong analytical and research skills, including both qualitative and quantitative analysis

• Excellent project management capabilities with experience planning, coordinating, and executing cross-functional initiatives

• Strong executive communication skills with the ability to structure insights into compelling narratives

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills that translate technical information into clear, customer-focused messaging

• Proven ability to collaborate across a matrix organization and build alignment among diverse stakeholders

• Flexibility to adapt to evolving responsibilities based on strategic priorities and business needs

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA

• Experience in the packaging industry, industrial equipment, or adjacent sectors

The Strategic Growth Leader is critical to BW Packaging's future. You'll shape the recommendations that guide our most important decisions and play an active role in bringing those solutions to life. Whether you're contributing insights, leading campaign components, or collaborating across teams, you'll combine analytical thinking with hands-on implementation to drive measurable business outcomes.

If you're energized by complex business challenges, thrive in collaborative environments, and want to see your strategic thinking translate into real-world impact, we want to hear from you.

BW Packaging is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce.

 

At Barry-Wehmiller we recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job.  If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please still consider applying.  We know that our differences often can bring about innovation, excellence and meaningful work—therefore, people from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply to our positions.  Please let us know if you require reasonable accommodations during the interview process. ​

Barry-Wehmiller is an equal opportunity employer. M/F/D/V This organization uses E-Verify.

 

Applicants may be subject to pre-employment screening which may include drug screening, reference checks, employment verifications, background screening and/or skills assessments.

 

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