Strategic Director - Materials & Manufacturing Planning

Vertiv Corporation; Westerville (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertiv Corporation seeks a Director of Materials and Manufacturing Planning in Westerville, OH to lead delivery strategy, daily monitoring, and risk management for delivery and inventory. Responsibilities span SIOP, master scheduling, and NPDI with a focus on continuous improvement and data-driven governance.

The role drives inventory optimization, cross-functional processes, and KPI development to improve on-time delivery and planning accuracy in a manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Ability to work within a matrix management environment.

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.
• 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

Materials management

Inventory control

SIOP

Master Scheduling

NPDI

Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in business administration

MBA

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Vertiv Corporation seeks a Director of Materials and Manufacturing Planning in Westerville, OH to lead delivery strategy, daily monitoring, and risk management for delivery and inventory. Responsibilities span SIOP, master scheduling, and NPDI with a focus on continuous improvement and data-driven governance.

The role drives inventory optimization, cross-functional processes, and KPI development to improve on-time delivery and planning accuracy in a manufacturing environment.