Strategic Planner - Latin America

About the role

Emerson is looking for a Strategic Planner to join its Measurement Solutions organization in Latin America. This hybrid position may be based in Brazil, Mexico or Costa Rica, depending on business needs and candidate location. The planner acts as an integrated business partner to the senior leadership team, helping shape strategy, improve decision quality and strengthen the region's management system by linking business priorities, market insights, planning processes and applied artificial intelligence.

Key responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted business partner to senior leadership, identifying strategic risks, growth opportunities and second- and third-order impacts, and lead the preparation and facilitation of board meetings, growth conferences, site reviews and other strategic forums.
• Support the development and execution of strategic initiatives from ideation through execution, and act as a link between business units, regions and the wider Measurement Solutions organization.
• Conduct business, market and scenario analyses, and lead or support market research on growth areas, competition, customer needs and strategic risks.
• Combine business judgment with AI-enabled analysis to turn data and market signals into clear insights and recommendations.
• Design and maintain AI-enabled workflows for strategy reviews, board meeting preparation, market research and recurring planning, building planning tools, prompts and templates.
• Partner with internal teams such as the MSOL AI Capability Center, set quality standards for AI-generated outputs, and guide colleagues on the responsible use of AI.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, Business Administration, Finance, Economics or a related field.
• Five or more years of experience in strategy, business planning, commercial operations, finance, product management, marketing, engineering or another business-oriented analytical function.
• Experience developing analyses, presentations or recommendations for senior leadership.
• Fluency in English; willingness and ability to travel regionally or globally.
• Preferred: MBA in progress, experience in industrial automation, measurement solutions, process industries, energy, chemicals, life sciences, mining or related B2B markets, experience across Latin American markets, proficiency in Portuguese and/or Spanish, and experience using AI, automation or analytics to improve planning and decision-making.

Required skills

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication and executive presentation skills.
• Ability to work across countries, cultures, functions and time zones.