Senior Demand Planner, Infrastructure Solutions

Vertiv Group • Westerville, OH

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About The Position

Vertiv is seeking a Senior Demand Planner to support a business unit delivering highly engineered infrastructure solutions. You bring deep experience in engineer ‑ to ‑ order and configure ‑ to ‑ order environments and are fluent in turning RFQs/quotes/opportunities into reliable demand plans. You’ll forecast at a solution level and convert the forecast into necessary Vertiv products and external buyout elements to de ‑ risk long ‑ lead components and align supply and capacity to project gates (award → design freeze → FAT → ship/commission). As a key member of the Americas Demand Planning team, you will collaborate with Sales, Solutions/Application Engineering, PMO/Project Management, Product Management, Operations, Finance, and Analytics to integrate quantitative and qualitative insights into the plan. Your work directly supports Vertiv’s SIOP (Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning) process and enables execution against our strategic priorities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 5–8 years in demand planning for engineered/complex industrial solutions (ETO/CTO) with long ‑ lead components and multi ‑ disciplinary projects.
• Demonstrated success forecasting from quote funnels and mapping to configuration options, comfortable with probabilistic methods, scenarios, and sensitivity analysis.
• Advanced analytics (Excel/statistical forecasting); working knowledge of BOMs, option rules, capacity constraints; familiarity with CRM/CPQ, ERP (SAP/Oracle), and APS (Kinaxis RapidResponse, Blue Yonder/JDA, o9) preferred.
• Strong collaboration and facilitation across Sales, Engineering, PMO, Operations, Finance; crisp executive communication and a bias for action.
• Proven ability to work independently, handle complexity, and drive decision-making with minimal supervision.
• Adaptability, flexibility, and a growth mindset—ready to bring external best practices and fresh thinking to Vertiv.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a rolling 24–36 month conversion ‑ aware demand plan for engineered solutions, integrating CRM/CPQ pipeline, RFQs/quotes, and awarded projects with probability and stage ‑ aging.
• Forecast at Vertiv product level (e.g., UPS, CRAC and CRAH units, CDUs, Switchgear, RPP and Busway), translating mix to product families and long ‑ lead products for capacity and supplier alignment.
• Lead weekly pipeline/forecast reviews with Sales & Solutions Engineering and monthly option ‑ mix/long ‑ lead exposure reviews with Operations, PMO, and Supply; facilitate Offer & Demand and SIOP cadences with clear assumptions and risk/mitigation.
• Partner with PMO to synchronize the demand plan with project gates and calendars, surfacing timing risk, capacity impacts, and mitigation paths; provide capacity signals to Supply & Manufacturing.
• Own and improve forecast KPIs (WAPE/MAPE, Bias) and engineered ‑ solution metrics (quote win ‑ rate, stage conversion, product ‑ mix accuracy, long ‑ lead exposure in days and dollars, adherence to design ‑ freeze schedules).
• Support NPDI by modeling early demand at attribute level and coordinating phase ‑ in/phase ‑ out and obsolescence with Offering/Product Management and Engineering.
• Uphold data integrity across CRM/ERP/APS; codify assumptions; maintain auditable forecast logic; communicate forecast changes and implications to leadership and downstream planning.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees