Strategic Director, Materials & Manufacturing Planning

Vertiv Corporation; Westerville (OH); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertiv is seeking a Director of Materials and Manufacturing Planning in Westerville, OH to lead delivery strategy, daily monitoring, and risk identification. You will own SIOP, master scheduling, NPDI, and inventory strategy, guiding governance and continuous improvement across materials management.

The role focuses on reducing inventory, improving on-time delivery, and aligning production planning with procurement and customer needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration or related discipline.
• MBA or related advanced degree strongly preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in Materials management and Inventory control
• 8+ years managerial experience
• Experience in a plant or manufacturing environment
• Strong analytical skills and expert user at Microsoft Excel.
• A strong business acumen
• Ability to work within a matrix management environment
• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively.
• Process improvement skills
• Project Management Skills - Ability to organize and schedule people and tasks
• Excellent communications skills - written & verbal
• Highly organized and can multi-task

Responsibilities

• Organize overall delivery strategy and daily monitoring, risk identification; hold primary responsibility for overall delivery and inventory.
• Be fully responsible for SIOP , Master Scheduling, NPDI and drive overall materials management strategy and tactics, governance and continuous improvement, Materials Planning and Inventory Control strategy, develop and improve processes and system requirements to improve efficiencies in the overall Materials Management area.
• Be responsible for the inventory strategy and supporting plants in driving reduction programs.
• Act as an expert and give directions to improve the overall SIOP, Planning and Purchasing processes with responsibilities between different functions.
• Responsible for Business Unit Supply & Inventory planning (SIOP); facilitates interactions with Plants, Procurement and LOB during SIOP Process.
• Lead and Organize SIOP from Materials management per product line.
• Establish system job standards and organize general business training, share platform best practices.
• Centrally manage platform-level tasks, such as common data maintenance and support, platform system planning and rollouts, and common Global business interfaces
• Develop and implement master data quality programs for related planning attributes within our business system.
• Develop and implement Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to drive over all improvements in the Inventory and planning areas.
• Together with our IT organization identify, specify and prioritize business system and process improvements within the area of his responsibility.
• Supporting the direction and the vital alignment and direct communication between material planning, regional purchasing, order management and customers.

Skills

Analytical skills

Excel expertise

Communication skills

Matrix management experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in business administration or related discipline

MBA or related advanced degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Vertiv is seeking a Director of Materials and Manufacturing Planning in Westerville, OH to lead delivery strategy, daily monitoring, and risk identification. You will own SIOP, master scheduling, NPDI, and inventory strategy, guiding governance and continuous improvement across materials management.

The role focuses on reducing inventory, improving on-time delivery, and aligning production planning with procurement and customer needs.