Manager Strategic Planning

Foods you love. Brands you trust. And a career that empowers you to grow.

At Nestlé USA, we’re all working towards the same goal – to delight and deliver for our consumers. With a rich portfolio of beloved brands, including DiGiorno, Toll House, and Coffee mate, in 97% of U.S. households, we have a unique opportunity – and responsibility – to be there for every moment in our consumers’ lives.

Joining Nestlé means becoming part of an inclusive workplace that inspires innovation, encourages strategic thinking and creativity, and celebrates your achievements. No matter where you work within the organization, you are empowered to challenge the status quo, embrace risk‑taking, and pioneer new ideas. Our supportive and collaborative environment encourages bold ambitions and continuous learning so that everyone can grow and thrive.

This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

Main Purpose of the Job – Lead strategic planning operations and enterprise process improvement initiatives that strengthen commercial planning across the organization. This role owns and evolves end‑to‑end planning routines, drives consistent adoption of standards and tools, and delivers scalable resources, training, and communications that enable smarter, faster execution. The role also serves as a key driver of AI and automation enablement within commercial planning, partnering across functions to shape, pilot, and scale automation and AI‑enabled solutions that improve planning quality, clarify expectations, and unlock efficiency gains.

The Strategic Planning Manager on the Dynamic Planning Team plays a central role in evolving division‑centric planning into Dynamic Planning by owning standardized ways of working, governance, and measurement across the Integrated Commercial Planning (ICP) process and other long‑term and short‑term planning processes.

This role helps establish the Dynamic Planning Team as an enterprise‑wide Center of Excellence (COE) for unified short‑term, mid‑term, and long‑term planning—bridging strategic and operational planning to deliver clarity, agility, and best‑in‑class execution.

The manager leads cross‑functional programs that improve planning effectiveness and stakeholder experience by:

• Owning ICP standards, expectations, and governance (what “good” looks like)
• Creating and scaling planning resources, toolkits, and training
• Driving change management and communications to strengthen adoption
• Establishing performance metrics and feedback loops
• Enabling AI and digital solutions (e.g., CAP Coach, VBT Dashboard / Osprey‑connected workflows) to reduce rework and improve plan quality

• Drive Enterprise Commercial Planning Process Excellence & ICP Standardization
• Program & Project Management with Strong Operating Rhythms Governance
• Lead AI Enablement & Digital Tool Adoption
• Resource Creation, Training, and Capability Building
• Change Management, Communication, and Stakeholder Engagement
• Measurement, Insights, and Continuous Improvement

• Own the end‑to‑end Integrated Commercial Planning (ICP) process, including standards, expectations, outputs, timelines, and role clarity across planning phases.
• Assess current planning processes and identify opportunities to simplify execution, improve rigor, and reduce rework.
• Define and govern enterprise planning standards that align cross‑functional teams and reinforce accountability.
• Drive consistency in process and tool usage by reinforcing “one way of working” and removing friction points.
• Translate strategy and leadership direction into clear, executable planning guidance.

• Lead planning excellence and transformation initiatives end‑to‑end, from scoping and planning through execution, adoption, and value realization.
• Coordinate cross‑functional contributors across Sales, Commercial Development, Finance, Supply Chain, Marketing, and IT/Digital.
• Maintain disciplined planning rhythms, including milestone tracking, status reporting, escalations, and leadership updates.
• Ensure initiatives are enterprise‑ready, on time, and deliver…