Chief of Staff - Business Planning Manager

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Chief of Staff - Business Planning Manager Description - Job Summary

The Strategic Business Manager / Chief of Staff serves as a trusted advisor and operational leader to the Sr. Director of Supply Planning, driving strategic execution, organizational effectiveness, business transformation, and cross-functional alignment across a global supply chain planning organization.

This role is significantly broader than traditional business management and requires a highly strategic operator who can translate executive vision into measurable business outcomes. The ideal candidate combines executive presence, business acumen, supply chain knowledge, analytical rigor, and organizational leadership to enable a best-in-class planning organization operating in a highly dynamic and supply-constrained environment. The role acts as the connective tissue across Supply Planning, Inventory Planning, Commodity Planning, Finance, Procurement, Sales Operations, IT/Digital, and Manufacturing partners to ensure alignment between operational execution, financial objectives, and long-term transformation goals.

This individual will lead strategic planning rhythms, executive communications, organizational governance, digital transformation coordination, KPI management, operating model development, and executive-level business reviews while driving accountability and operational excellence across the organization.

Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Executive Partnership • Serve as strategic advisor and Chief of Staff to the Sr. Director of Supply Planning, helping define organizational priorities, operating models, and long-term transformation strategy. • Drive execution of the organization’s strategic roadmap, ensuring alignment between business objectives, financial goals, operational plans, and digital transformation initiatives. • Lead executive-level preparation for business reviews, QBRs, operating reviews, SIOP governance, financial reviews, and leadership communications. • Translate complex operational and supply chain topics into concise executive-ready insights, recommendations, and decision frameworks. • Drive organizational prioritization, escalation management, and cross-functional alignment in highly dynamic business environments.

Supply Chain & Business Operations • Partner across Supply Planning, Inventory Planning, Procurement, Finance, Sales Operations, and Manufacturing teams to improve planning effectiveness, inventory optimization, service attainment, and execution discipline. • Support the transition from traditional demand-driven planning processes toward more supply-driven and scenario-based planning capabilities. • Lead business cadence management including staff meetings, KPI reviews, strategic initiatives, organizational action tracking, and operational follow-through. • Identify operational risks, process gaps, and execution barriers while driving mitigation plans and executive visibility.

Financial & Business Acumen • Support financial alignment across inventory, E&O, cost optimization, service attainment, and operational investment strategies. • Develop executive-level business cases, scenario modeling, financial analysis, and strategic recommendations for leadership decision-making. • Partner with Finance and Supply Chain leadership to improve visibility into operational performance drivers and financial implications. • Drive organizational KPI frameworks with clear accountability, performance measurement, and operational transparency.

Organizational Effectiveness & Leadership • Improve organizational operating rhythm. communication flow, accountability, structures, and decision-making effectiveness • Lead cross-functional initiatives involving senior leadership stakeholders across multiple business organizations. • Mentor teams and influence leaders across all organizational levels without direct authority. • Foster a culture of collaboration, simplification, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is: • A highly strategic operator capable of functioning as both executive advisor and operational leader. • Comfortable navigating ambiguity, complexity, and rapidly changing business priorities. • Able to simplify highly technical or operational concepts into executive-ready business narratives. • Strong in executive communication, influence, and stakeholder management. • Data-driven with strong analytical, financial, and business acumen. • Experienced leading within large-scale, matrixed global organizations. • Capable of balancing strategic thinking with tactical execution and operational follow-through.

Education & Experience Recommended • Four-year or Graduate Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Operations, Engineering, Finance, Analytics, or related discipline; MBA preferred. • Typically 12+ years of experience in supply chain, operations, business management, strategy, finance, consulting, or related fields. • Experience supporting senior executives or operating in a Chief of Staff, Strategy, or Business Operations leadership capacity strongly preferred. • Experience within large-scale technology, manufacturing, or global supply chain environments preferred. • Experience leading cross-functional transformation and operational improvement initiatives preferred.

Cross-Org Skills • Effective Communication • Results Orientation • Learning Agility • Digital Fluency • Customer Centricity

Impact & Scope Impacts large functions and leads large, cross-division functional teams or projects.

Complexity Provides highly innovative solutions to complex problems within established policy.

Pay & Benefits The pay range for this role is $105,050 to $161,800 USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits: HP offers a comprehens

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