Job Description
Integrated Business Planning (IBP) brings together forecasting, planning, and execution across marketing, sales, finance, procurement, manufacturing, and customer service into a unified process. This integration ensures alignment across the enterprise, leading to superior customer outcomes.
Agilent is building our enterprise planning capabilities to drive IBP across the business by establishing a centralized Planning Excellence Team (PET). This team will own and evolve the IBP framework to drive consistent, connected planning at an enterprise-wide level. The Planning Excellence Leader will lead this centralized PET team and be responsible for orchestrating Integrated Business Planning (IBP), driving enterprise planning standards, ensuring process adherence, and enabling scalable end-to-end planning capabilities across all functions and sites. This team will continue our Ignite IBP transformation journey which will strengthen our competitive advantage by enabling faster, more reliable planning.
As the IBP Planning Excellence Leader, your responsibilities include:
Provides leadership for employees within the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) Program Manager job family.
Responsible for designing and overseeing business performance improvement initiatives that enable Agilent's Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE) and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) strategies.
Establishes and maintains a robust structure and governance framework for global forums, ensuring they are well-organized, effectively managed, and supported by timely, transparent communication to senior leaders and stakeholders.
Ensures S&OE and S&OP processes are implemented consistently and aligned with the overall business planning strategy.
Serves as the escalation point for disruptions or issues that IBP Program Managers are unable to resolve.
Qualifications
BS/MS degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, Sciences or equivalent
7+ Management experience increasing in responsibility
Broad knowledge of enterprise-wide planning
Proven track record of driving global initiatives, transformation, and continuous improvement
Strong Executive presence and leadership skills
Demonstrated experience leading teams and collaborating across multiple departments and functions.
Additional Details
This job has a full time weekly schedule. It includes the option to work remotely. Applications for this job will be accepted until at least January 27, 2026 or until the job is no longer posted.
The full-time equivalent pay range for this position is $178, $333,900.00/yr plus eligibility for bonus, stock and benefits. Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. During the hiring process, a recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for a preferred location. Pay and benefit information by country are available at:
Agilent Technologies, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity and merit-based employer that values individuals of all backgrounds at all levels. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, religion or religious creed, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, local law, ordinance, or regulation and will not be discriminated against on these bases. Agilent Technologies, Inc., is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive in the workplace where everyone is welcome, and strives to support candidates with disabilities. If you have a disability and need assistance with any part of the application or interview process or have questions about workplace accessibility, please email or contact For more information about equal employment opportunity protections, please visit
Travel Required:
25% of the Time
Shift:
Day
Duration:
No End Date
Job Function:
Administration
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