Strategic Programs, Networking Operations Strategist

Strategic Programs, Networking Operations Strategist

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description:

HPE is seeking a Strategic Programs, Networking Operations Strategist to serve as a critical liaison between the Networking business unit and Supply Chain organization. This strategic individual contributor will be responsible for aligning business priorities with supply chain capabilities across key Networking pillars, driving cross-functional execution, resolving complex quality and operational challenges, and enabling informed decisions that support business growth and customer success.

This is a high-impact opportunity for a strategic leader who excels in ambiguity, influences without formal authority, and builds alignment across executive stakeholders. The ideal candidate brings strong business acumen, executive communication skills, and the ability to translate complex supply chain concepts into actionable business strategies within a fast-paced and rapidly evolving technology environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a primary interface for NSC with the NBU Pillar team
  • Participate as NSC representative in BU Pillar staff meetings and other forums.
  • Understand NBU Pillar's key strategy/challenges and bring visibility to NSC teams for alignment.
  • Provide inputs to BU Pillar discussion and ensure NSC concerns are properly addressed, and areas of opportunity are carried out.
• Work closely with internal NSC cross-functional teams to set strategic direction tailored to each BU Pillar and drive for implementation
  • Identify supply chain risks and bottlenecks to meet BU expectations on Quality, Cost, Delivery, and Resiliency, and coordinate x-functional efforts toward PLM, engineering, factories, suppliers, and field to manage the critical path to success.
  • Partner with S&OP managers to define/implement the best fulfillment model.
• Build ahead / inventory stocking on key SKUs.
• Overall buffer strategy to enable business growth (components & FGI)
• Define and enable the fulfillment model.
• Pillar-specific Sales & Operation, Order promise/ allocation by class /automated backlog management
• Customer escalations management and resolution
• Lead team to program manage projects/products in NSC from launch through EOL of the product life cycle
  • Delivers highly effective Program Management, which is responsible for planning, scheduling, and controlling the activities of complex business projects spanning multiple organizations.
  • Manages complex or broad variety/scope of programs/projects for completeness, compatibility, and compliance with engineering principles, design needs, and standards.
  • Steward programs and projects with Sponsors and Stakeholders through the program lifecycle
  • Transition from NPI to Sustaining: Orchestrate launch strategy to ensure sustaining teams are ready to support launches.
  • Identify supply chain risks and bottlenecks to meet BU expectations on Quality, Cost, Delivery, and Resiliency, lead the team to drive x-functional efforts, and manage the critical path to success.
  • Define HW product ramp down/End of life/Transition strategy with stakeholders and define the best process of implementation.
  • Reporting: Assist in the development of performance metrics, dashboards, and management tools that clearly articulate the status of key activities ensuring timely and successful execution.
  • Serve as an escalation point to support the team to resolve critical challenges/issues.
• Product Change Management
  • Build up a holistic approach to implement product changes while minimizing the impact on availability and inventory and maximizing cost benefit.
• Process/working model design, implementation, and improvement
  • Lead the identification, development, and implementation of process improvements for program/Product management processes and tools, create new process maps and other documents (procedure, working instruction, checklist, templates, etc.) when needed.
  • Contribute to the processes integrating supply chain concepts into the overall product management.
  • Support cross-functional initiatives.

Accessibility

HPE is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodation during any stage of the application or interview process, please submit your request by completing our secure form linked here.

Note: This option is reserved for applicants needing assistance/reasonable accommodation related to a disability.

What We Can Offer You:

Health & Wellbeing

• We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

• We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

• We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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Job:

Quality

Job Level:

Strategist

The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level. — United States of America: Annual Salary USD 163,000 - 347,500 in California The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered.

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HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, or any other protected category, and all decisions we make are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. Our goal is to be one global team that is representative of our customers, in an inclusive environment where we can continue to innovate and grow together.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is EEO Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.

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