Senior Solutions Lead – Demand Planning

Vertiv • Westerville, OH

15h

About The Position

Vertiv is transforming and digitizing supply chain capabilities by re-engineering business processes and implementing advanced technologies/systems that power world-class operations, customer experiences, and AI-driven decision-making. We are seeking a Senior Solutions Lead– Demand Planning for our Digital Supply Solutions group. This leader acts as a Product manager and is responsible for end-to-end planning systems capabilities from strategy, business stakeholder management, portfolio prioritization and delivery/maintenance of planning capabilities to support Vertiv’s business units. The position provides subject matter expertise in various domains of supply chain planning (demand, supply, manufacturing etc.) a hands-on systems knowledge and experience/exposure to AI in supply chain opportunities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Math, Statistics, or related field. MBA or master’s preferred but not required.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in implementing complex supply chain solutions, strong knowledge of operational processes, systems, and tools implementation experience in leading/fast growth companies
• Deep domain expertise in supply chain planning across two or more areas : demand forecasting, S&OP, multi-level integrated supply planning, distribution, inventory optimization, manufacturing planning and scheduling, ATP/CTP
• Multiple E2E implementations of advanced planning technologies implementing Kinaxis Rapidresponse/Maestro
• Extensive, hands-on experience in supply chain complex solution design including authoring, data integrations, scenario planning and best practices
• Proven experience translating business processes into scalable digital solutions
• Strong understanding of end-to-end supply chain processes and supply chain strategies (ETO/CTO, MEIO, VMI etc)

Nice To Haves

• Kinaxis Maestro authoring and solution consultant certifications
• Experience enabling AI/ML for supply chain use cases
• Prior experience with global manufacturing environments

Responsibilities

• Lead Supply Chain Planning Transformation Program
• Responsible for implementation of Advanced Planning capabilities and owns specific domain area : Demand/S&OP or Supply/Inventory/Manufacturing Planning or Spares Parts Planning solutions
• Design robust touch-less digital planning solutions for scale, availability and growth
• Owns and drives deliverables through SDLC
• Manges portfolio of digital supply chain programs in the specific domain area of ownership
• Works across teams and external partners to drive major transformation program in specific domain area
• Scope, plan, and manage projects, quality of software development, risks, schedules, communication plans, and deliverables.
• Responsible for building a global template of domain specific capabilities and rollouts across 33+ and growing plants around the world
• Planning Product & Architecture
• Build supply chain planning capabilities as a Product
• Serves as primary IT contact to business stakeholders for domain specific ownership (Demand/S&OP/Supply/Mfg/Spares)
• Brings a DevOps mindset and helps expand it into a CoE
• Responsible for standardizing the planning global template and baselining with industry and tool standards
• Owns and manages relevant KPIs
• Thought Leadership & Mentorship
• Revolutionize end-to-end supply chain models
• Serve as a senior technical mentor to data engineers, solution architects, and product teams
• Introduce best practices, emerging patterns, and modern architectural approaches
• Influence stakeholders across business and technology with strong communication, storytelling, and technical depth

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior