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 integral 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:

- 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

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