Chief of Staff

Job Summary

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

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.