Supply Chain Strategy Consultant, Resilience & MAKE Center of Excellence

HP•Houston, TX

About The Position

The Supply Chain Strategy Consultant, Resilience & MAKE Center of Excellence (COE) serves as an internal consultant, strategist, and transformation leader for HP's Supply Chain Transformation & Resilience organization and MAKE COE. The role identifies, shapes, and solves complex supply chain challenges involving manufacturing, sourcing, logistics, resilience, geopolitics, trade, network design, and digital transformation. Working across strategy and execution, the consultant provides structured problem-solving leadership across Enterprise Operations, helping business leaders assess issues, define opportunities, develop recommendations, and drive implementation. The role requires supply chain expertise, management consulting capabilities, executive communication, analytical rigor, and program leadership. The successful candidate will work through ambiguity, triage emerging business challenges, and lead cross-functional teams through high-impact transformation initiatives. The position supports leaders across Personal Systems, Print, and Enterprise Operations. It advances supply chain resilience and network optimization strategies, conducts end-to-end supply chain studies, and develops recommendations that balance customer experience, cost, working capital, resilience, and sustainability. The salary range is $116,150 to $182,400 USD annually for U.S. candidates, with additional bonus and/or equity opportunities. HP describes a comprehensive benefits package, including insurance coverage, an employee assistance program, flexible spending account, life insurance, and paid leave policies.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
8+ years of experience in supply chain strategy, operations, manufacturing, management consulting, or transformation, with demonstrated leadership of complex cross-functional initiatives.
Deep expertise across end-to-end supply chain functions, including sourcing, manufacturing, planning, logistics, and resilience.
Strong understanding of network design, manufacturing strategy, trade policy, tariff impacts, and geopolitical risk.
Demonstrated success leading enterprise-wide transformation initiatives.
Advanced analytical and structured problem-solving capabilities.
Exceptional executive communication and storytelling skills.
Experience influencing senior leaders and driving alignment across large matrixed organizations.
Ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive initiatives through implementation.

Nice To Haves

MBA or equivalent strategic consulting experience.
Systems thinking and the ability to connect decisions across the supply chain ecosystem.
Curiosity and a strong focus on root-cause problem solving.
Ability to thrive in ambiguity and translate uncertainty into action.
Ability to influence without direct authority and engage leaders at all organizational levels.
Action-oriented approach, with a bias toward execution and measurable outcomes.
Collaborative and team-oriented approach, while being comfortable independently driving initiatives.

Responsibilities

Serve as an internal consultant to supply chain and business leaders across Personal Systems, Print, and Enterprise Operations.
Intake, assess, and triage complex strategic and operational challenges requiring cross-functional leadership.
Structure ambiguous problems into actionable workplans, hypotheses, analyses, and executive recommendations.
Facilitate fact-based decision making through scenario planning, tradeoff analyses, and business case development.
Lead executive-level special projects and rapid-response initiatives related to emerging risks, opportunities, and disruptions.
Define and advance HP's long-term supply chain resilience and network optimization strategies.
Lead assessments related to geographic diversification, manufacturing footprint design, partner ecosystem strategy, tariffs, market access, and geopolitical risk.
Conduct end-to-end supply chain studies across sourcing, manufacturing, logistics, and customer fulfillment.
Develop strategic recommendations balancing customer experience, cost, working capital, resilience, and sustainability objectives.
Support development of HP's future-state manufacturing and supply chain network roadmap.
Lead cross-functional teams through high-impact transformation initiatives.