Associate Strategic Integrated Planning Manager - B&W Englewood Cliffs

Background & Purpose of the Job

The Associate Strategic Integrated Planning Manager – B&W plays a pivotal and highly strategic role within the B&W NA Integrated Planning organization. Reporting directly to the Head of Integrated Planning for Beauty & Wellbeing North America, this role acts as a strategic chief‑of‑staff, driving cross‑functional priorities, shaping the Integrated Planning agenda, and amplifying the voice and impact of Integrated Planning across the business.

• Support delivery of our full Integrated Planning agenda across people, service, inventory, and waste.
• Engage widely across factories, contract manufacturers, Supply & Demand Planning, Materials, Customer Excellence, Finance, Logistics, Innovation Planning, Strategic Planning, and Procurement.
• Lead planning, governance, and execution of Integrated Planning strategy, roadmap development, and monthly operational drumbeats.
• Craft and deliver high‑impact storytelling on behalf of Integrated Planning and the Head of IP, including executive‑ready narratives, leadership updates, and CO/BW Town Hall messaging.
• Support and/or own major initiatives including Zero‑Based Inventory (ZBI), Segmentation, Network Transformation, PLM governance, AI & digital adoption, SLEAs & scorecards, service recovery playbooks, and simplification efforts.

The ideal candidate thrives in ambiguity, moves with pace, connects dots across the business, and brings an energizing combination of curiosity, influence, and strategic problem‑solving. They will be trusted to represent Integrated Planning leadership at times independently and must be comfortable operating in a dynamic, grey‑space environment.

• You’re a strategic orchestrator:
  You act as the connective tissue of Integrated Planning, aligning cross‑functional teams, shaping priorities, and turning complex inputs into a unified direction.
• You’re a storyteller:
  You build compelling, executive‑ready narratives that simplify complexity and help senior leaders make decisions quickly and confidently.
• You’re a dot‑connector & integrator:
  You naturally connect planning, supply, materials, and commercial insights into a cohesive story, making you a critical partner across the end‑to‑end value chain.
• You thrive in ambiguity:
  Dynamic priorities, limited structure, and evolving business challenges energize you – not slow you down.
• You influence without authority:
  You bring people together, secure alignment across functions, and drive action without formal ownership.
• You lead with pace & proactiveness:
  You operate with urgency, anticipate needs, and stay steps ahead of the business.
• You challenge the status quo:
  You’re always looking for ways to simplify, improve, and elevate our ways of working.

• Lead agendas, planning, and coordination for Integrated Planning Leadership Team connects.
• Own the Integrated Planning governance rhythm, including monthly performance drumbeats, strategic reviews, and forward‑looking roadmaps.
• Drive alignment and structure around Integrated Planning strategic priorities, including service, inventory, waste, people, and digital transformation.

• Develop executive‑ready decks, narratives, and visual storytelling for senior forums, BU Leadership, Customer Operations Town Halls, and cross‑functional leadership.
• Own key message development for strategic updates, transformation programs, and performance storytelling.

• Partner across all major nodes of the B&W E2E ecosystem, including Factories, CMs, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Materials Planning, Customer Excellence, Finance, Logistics, Innovation Planning, Strategic Planning, and Procurement.
• Serve as a connective hub to ensure alignment and clear messaging across all stakeholders.

• Own:
  • Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) governance
  • Digital & AI tools adoption (Aera, Copilot, Dashboards, etc)
  • SLEA scorecards & performance storytelling
• Support:
  • Zero‑Based Inventory (ZBI)
  • Segmentation (Star / Lean / Agile / Nurture) in collaboration w/ TOP Customers
  • Network Transformation
  • Service Recovery Playbooks
  • Simplific…