Associate, Strategic Planning- Global Strategic Accounts

Vertiv • Westerville, OH

81d

About The Position

As an Associate, Strategic Planner within Vertiv’s Global Strategic Accounts (GSA) organization you will be the execution heartbeat for high-visibility programs: building analyses, crafting executive-ready deliverables, structuring work plans, and drafting crisp communications that move decisions forward. You will support data-driven Commercial insights, by translating wide-ranging data into decision-quality analyses. You will work at the cutting edge of AI infrastructure, as the industry experiences unprecedented capital investment. While the specific job deliverables will vary according to unique project and integration needs, you will have the broad skills needed to exercise strong analytical and critical thinking capabilities while helping to solve complex problems and communicate plans and progress. You will work in a fast-paced and collaborative environment that exposes you to a variety of experiences across the organization while you develop business skills and increase the bandwidth and velocity of the GSA Strategy Team as the organization attempts to capture unparalleled top-line growth. This position requires extensive interaction and collaboration across business functions including business leaders and subject-matter-experts. Top performers will be able to reach Director-level within 3 years through demonstrated excellence.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or Technology/Operations preferred; MBA / MS a plus.
• 2-5 years of experience, including tenure in a top-tier management consulting firm, Corporate Strategy / FP&A / Operations, PE Ops, or high-performing rotational program.
• Demonstrated experience building executive-level presentations, models, and work plans for cross-functional initiatives.
• Advanced Microsoft Suite skills including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day management of GSA sales function
• Develop monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasts for orders and sales across GSA accounts, leveraging latest market intel and customer insights.
• Build account planning materials for Global Account Directors, including market intelligence, key opportunities, threats to Vertiv position, and asks of the Business.
• Assist share of wallet analysis across GSA Accounts, identifying products and business units that represent the greatest opportunity for share gain potential with specific customers.
• Review GSA Sales pipeline, ensuring that pipeline appropriately reflects customer demand signals and confidence levels.
• Provide program support for strategic initiatives, including the broader GSA strategic planning process
• Build executive-ready presentations and analysis that translate data into crisp insights for a given scenario.
• Compile market and customer fact-base, synergy models, project management trackers, and integration playbooks.
• Map spans / layers, role charters, org models in support of high priority org design sprints.
• Support subject matter experts in documenting processes to support activities and drive improvement.
• Develop executive communication for internal and external purposes
• Develop concise executive-level presentations and communications to drive timely and informed decision making.
• Partner with internal teams to identify core messages for delivery; unify messaging across the Americas region to ensure alignment for key deliverables.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree