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Job Summary
The Strategic Business Manager / Chief of Staff serves as a trusted advisor and operational leader to the Vice President 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 VP 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 $116,150 to $182,400 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 comprehensive benefits package for this position, including:
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Long term/short term disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Life insurance
- Generous time off policies, including:
- 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
- 11 paid holidays
- Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave
The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.
Disclaimer
This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.
Job
Supply Chain & Operations
Schedule
Full time
Shift
No shift premium (United States of America)
Travel
Relocation
Yes
Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO)
HP, Inc. provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and prospective employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sexual orientation, age, disability, or status as a protected veteran, marital status, familial status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic predisposition or carrier status, uniformed service status, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by applicable national, federal, state, and local law(s).
Please be assured that you will not be subject to any adverse treatment if you choose to disclose the information requested. This information is provided voluntarily. The information obtained will be kept in strict confidence.
For more information, review HP’s EEO Policy or read about your rights as an applicant under the law here: “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal."
Job Summary
The Strategic Business Manager / Chief of Staff serves as a trusted advisor and operational leader to the Vice President 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 VP 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 $116,150 to $182,400 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 comprehensive benefits package for this position, including:
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Long term/short term disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Life insurance
- Generous time off policies, including:
- 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
- 11 paid holidays
- Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave
The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.
Disclaimer
This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.
Job
Supply Chain & Operations
Schedule
Full time
Shift
No shift premium (United States of America)
Travel
Relocation
Yes
Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO)
HP, Inc. provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and prospective employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sexual orientation, age, disability, or status as a protected veteran, marital status, familial status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic predisposition or carrier status, uniformed service status, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by applicable national, federal, state, and local law(s).
Please be assured that you will not be subject to any adverse treatment if you choose to disclose the information requested. This information is provided voluntarily. The information obtained will be kept in strict confidence.
For more information, review HP’s EEO Policy or read about your rights as an applicant under the law here: “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal."
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A snapshot from current openings nationwide, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- CVS Health101
- DoorDash14
- Burns & McDonnell12
- Riveron9
- Caleres7
Top Industries Hiring
- Healthcare & Medical Services114
- Technology & Software54
- Consulting & Professional Services50
- Retail26
- Electronics & Hardware18
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in business planning manager jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in finance, business administration, economics, or a related field
- Experience building financial models, forecasts, and long-range plans in Excel or Google Sheets
- Proficiency with business intelligence and planning tools such as Anaplan, Adaptive Insights, or Tableau
- Demonstrated ability to translate data analysis into actionable strategic recommendations for senior leadership
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with finance, operations, sales, and product teams
- MBA or equivalent advanced degree preferred for senior or director-level business planning manager roles
Tips for Your Business Planning Manager Job Search
Quantify planning impact on your resume
Business planning managers are hired to drive decisions, so your resume needs to show outcomes tied to your planning work. Replace task descriptions with results: forecast accuracy improvements, cost reductions from scenario analysis, or revenue targets influenced by your annual operating plan.
Tailor your resume to the planning cycle
Some openings center on budgeting and long-range forecasting, others on go-to-market strategy or capacity planning. Read the job description for which planning cycle they emphasize, then lead your bullet points with the matching work from your own experience.
Target companies mid-planning cycle
Hiring for business planning managers often accelerates when a company is entering its annual budgeting or strategic planning season. Filter openings by recency and prioritize roles posted in the months just before those cycles, when teams are building out capacity fastest.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists business planning manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare a structured case for the interview
Business planning manager interviews frequently include a case or take-home scenario where you build a financial model or present a strategic recommendation. Practice structuring your answer around the problem, your assumptions, your analysis, and a clear recommendation with trade-offs named explicitly.
Negotiate scope, not just compensation
When you reach the offer stage, ask which planning processes you will own end-to-end versus support. Business planning manager roles vary widely in decision-making authority, and clarifying scope before you accept positions you to negotiate a title and level that matches the actual responsibility.
Business Planning Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most business planning managers?
The companies hiring the most business planning managers right now include CVS Health, DoorDash, and Burns & McDonnell, with the largest share of openings in California, New York, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. Demand is especially concentrated in technology, healthcare systems, and large consumer goods companies running active planning and forecasting cycles.
How many business planning manager jobs are remote?
About 17% of business planning manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of June 2026, making it one of the more location-flexible management roles in finance and strategy. Strategic planning and FP&A-adjacent roles tend to be the most remote-eligible, while roles that require close coordination with operations or supply chain teams more often require on-site presence.
How do you become a business planning manager?
Most business planning managers start in financial analysis, corporate strategy, or operations roles where they build experience with forecasting, budgeting, and cross-functional planning. From there, taking ownership of a planning process end-to-end, presenting recommendations to senior leadership, and demonstrating that your analysis shaped decisions are the steps that lead to a manager-level role.
Can you get a business planning manager job with limited experience?
Yes, but you need to show ownership, not just participation. Candidates with limited experience break in by pointing to a specific planning process they led, a model they built from scratch, or a recommendation they made that was acted on. Roles at smaller companies or in associate business planning manager titles are the most accessible entry points.
What does the business planning manager interview process look like?
The process typically runs three to four stages: an initial recruiter screen focused on background and fit, a hiring manager conversation covering your planning experience and how you partner with stakeholders, a case or take-home exercise asking you to build a model or frame a strategic recommendation, and a final panel with cross-functional leaders from finance, strategy, or operations.
Where can I find and apply to business planning manager jobs?
You can find and apply to business planning manager jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers across the United States. Search the available roles, find the ones that match your background and target industry, and apply directly to each listing.
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