Strategy & Planning Principal - Cost Optimization

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Spring (TX); On-site; USD 121,950 - 179,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Employee assistance program

Flexible spending account

Life insurance

Generous time off policies

Job summary

HP, Inc. in Spring, Texas is seeking a seasoned Principal Program Manager to lead a global cost optimization initiative, coordinating cross‑functional workstreams across regions and accelerating savings implementation.

The role requires 10+ years in supply chain, procurement, or related fields, with strong executive communication and project management skills. MBA or advanced degree preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Business Administration or a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of work experience in supply chain, supply planning, procurement, demand planning, project management, finance or a related field; management consulting experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establish and implement a Project Management Framework: develop and maintain a robust framework to ensure efficient project execution across multiple workstreams, leveraging interdependencies and proactively mitigating risks.
• Drive cross‑workstream project updates: collaborate with global workstream owners across North America, Asia, and Europe, to prepare and deliver regular updates on project progress, ensuring transparency and escalating critical issues to senior executives for prompt resolution.
• Facilitate cross‑functional collaboration: lead collaborative discussions with senior management across key business units and functions to drive alignment on critical decisions and process improvements.
• Executive reporting: create high‑quality content tailored for C‑suite stakeholders to effectively communicate initiative progress, key milestones, and overall impact.
• Provide strategic thought leadership: develop innovative strategies to accelerate the disposition of existing cost optimization funnel items and expand the funnel with high‑impact opportunities.
• Enhance data visualization: offer guidance on data visualization to improve the clarity, effectiveness, and impact of insights and recommendations.

Skills

Executive communication

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

Data visualization

PowerPoint

Global coordination

Learning agility

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain management or related field

MBA or advanced degree preferred

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Job Summary

Are you a seasoned leader with a passion for driving transformative change to optimize cost? Join Personal System Operations (PSO) team as a Principal Program Manager! In this role, you will lead and coordinate cross‑functional workstreams for a high‑impact global Cost Optimization initiative. You will play a key role in integrating with multiple workstreams, facilitating alignment across organizations and resolving any potential roadblocks. You will also craft compelling executive presentations to update project progress, and cost actions to C‑suite level executives in critical decision‑making, and accelerate the implementation of savings ideas.

Responsibilities

• Establish and implement a Project Management Framework: develop and maintain a robust framework to ensure efficient project execution across multiple workstreams, leveraging interdependencies and proactively mitigating risks.
• Drive cross‑workstream project updates: collaborate with global workstream owners across North America, Asia, and Europe, to prepare and deliver regular updates on project progress, ensuring transparency and escalating critical issues to senior executives for prompt resolution.
• Facilitate cross‑functional collaboration: lead collaborative discussions with senior management across key business units and functions (including procurement, design, product marketing, engineering, and category teams) to drive alignment on critical decisions and process improvements.
• Executive reporting: create high‑quality content tailored for C‑suite stakeholders to effectively communicate initiative progress, key milestones, and overall impact.
• Provide strategic thought leadership: develop innovative strategies to accelerate the disposition of existing cost optimization funnel items and expand the funnel with high‑impact opportunities.
• Enhance data visualization: offer guidance on data visualization to improve the clarity, effectiveness, and impact of insights and recommendations.

Education & Experience

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Business Administration or a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.

10+ years of work experience in supply chain, supply planning, procurement, demand planning, project management, finance or a related field; management consulting experience preferred.

Knowledge & Skills

• Strategic thinker: exceptional strategic thinking to develop structured, analytical approaches to strategy formulation, business solutions, and process improvements.
• Effective executive communication: outstanding verbal and written communication skills, including facilitation, presentation, and influencing. Strong expertise in storyboarding and developing compelling presentation.
• Problem‑solver: ability to lean in to challenges, applying critical thinking to develop solutions and resolve conflicts in complex, cross‑functional and global initiatives.
• Strong interpersonal skills: skilled at relationship building, fostering collaboration, and influencing stakeholders at all levels within the organization.
• Highly organized: proven program/project management expertise with exceptional organization and time management skills. Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment.
• Learning agility: embodies a continuous learning mindset. Displays strong motivation to acquire functional and industry knowledge to improve professional contributions.
• Self‑motivated: highly driven and capable of working independently while actively contributing to team success.
• Digital fluency: proficiency in MS Office suite of tools with particular expertise in PowerPoint.
• Industry knowledge preferred.

Salary

The pay range for this role is $121,950 to $179,900 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 based on tenure
  • 11 paid holidays
  • Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview https://hpbenefits.ce.alight.com/)

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, age, disability, or any other protected class.