Recognized as one of Crain’s “Best Places to Work in Chicago” as well as a 2022 “Great Places to Work”, by the Great Place To Work Institute Inc., Sasser prides itself on supporting an employee-driven, opportunity-based culture that empowers, recognizes, and rewards its employees. From highly competitive benefits to exciting employee events to organic, grassroots philanthropy and volunteerism, Sasser is an awesome place to begin and grow your career. We are a fourth-generation, family-held transportation asset services and management company with roots dating to 1928. Sasser’s six subsidiary units are leaders in providing commercial- and industrial-focused rail, automotive, containerized shipping, and aviation transportation equipment solutions including asset leasing, fleet administration management, asset repair and maintenance, and innovative technology services. Sasser Family Companies includes subsidiaries Chicago Freight Car Leasing, Union Leasing, CF Rail Services, Express 4x4 Truck Rental, Xced GSE, and Falcon Lease. To learn more about what makes Sasser special, visit www.sasser.com.

Established in 1955, Union Leasing provides flexible vehicle lease financing and highly customized fleet management services to corporate and rental customers nationwide.

What We Offer:
In Sasser’s employee-driven, opportunity-based culture, our employees help chart the course for our success. That is the reason that we believe that the most important investment we'll ever make in our business is you. Sasser employees enjoy a competitive benefits program that:

• Covers over 90% of your medical premiums
• Includes a 100% Company-paid disability and life insurance plans
• Includes a 401K plan with company match PLUS additional end-of-year funding
• Includes incentive Plans
• Provides paid maternity and paternity leave for new parents, as well as a monetary gift towards a 529 education account
• Provides training and tuition reimbursement
• Provides community service opportunities, employee recognition programs, and lots and lots of celebrations!

As a Strategic Consultant , Here's What You'll Do:
The Strategic Consultant role, will add value and skillset to projects that seek to tackle clients’ most pressing business challenges. The Strategic Consultant | Hybrid role will: present analyses and scorecards, contribute to the breakdown and synthesis of client business objectives, and offer data driven solutions as input into broad business objectives, all while working reciprocally in a team setting with our Account Managers and Regional Sales Team. In addition to client and prospect work, Strategic Consultants can partake in independent or small group projects to develop new innovative ideas and offerings that drive revenue for Union Leasing.

• Engage with key customers and prospects to promote fleet spend optimization - specific to each clients’ unique business goals
• Conduct quarterly and annual scorecard reviews with customers to drive value and savings solutions focused on metrics as well as KPI targets that control the fleets’ total cost of ownership
• Collaborates in partnership with sales, marketing, operations, customer experience and information technology to define and execute Union Leasing’s Consulting strategies and opportunities for innovation and growth
• Design and optimize new Strategic tools, Dashboards and PowerBI reports in conjunction with IT Developers for utilization by external and internal clients
• Publish industry white papers, and share subject matter expertise on our web site platform with internal and external clients
• Present (in person and virtually) fleet solutions to client & prospect management at all levels of business, including C Suite leadership
• Provide Strategic resources and analytics to VP of Sales for New Business Opportunities, Budgeting and Forecasting
• Analyze large data sets using visual data exploration tools (PowerBI, Tableau), make recommendations based on market insights, trend analysis and key metrics indicators
• Independently manages and maintains relationships with major customers and providers, including Client Advisory Board members
  

Here's What it Will Take to be Successful in This Role:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics, Finance, or Related Strategic Analytical field
• 5+ Years of professional experience ideally in a fleet consulting or corporate strategy role
• Intellectual curiosity and tenacity to develop creative approaches to problem solving
• Demonstrated critical thinking abilities
• Excellent communication skills
• Intermediate proficiency in Power BI and Tableau.
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word, and Adobe, preferred.
• Ability to travel up to 25%

Physical Demands
This job operates in a professional environment and routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, copy machines, filing cabinets, printers, and scanner machines.

Working Conditions
Schaumburg, IL office with partial hybrid opportunity

The Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.