Lean Six Sigma Black Belt – EMEA Regional Leader

Location: Piove di Sacco-Piovega

Job Description
The Lean Six Sigma Black Belt – EMEA Regional Leader is a senior expert individual contributor reporting directly to the EMEA Sr Operational Excellence Director. This role is the anchor of Pillar 1 – Business Transformation within Vertiv’s EMEA Operational Excellence organization, covering 10 manufacturing plants across the region. The Black Belt Leader is responsible for leading the most strategically significant transformation projects through rigorous DMAIC methodology, delivering financially validated results in cost, quality, delivery, and capacity.

The role also builds a self-sustaining pipeline of LSS-certified talent and owns the EMEA transformation project portfolio.

Location
Based at any of Vertiv's EMEA plant or office. The role will involve approximately 50% travel across EMEA manufacturing locations. Proximity to an international airport would therefore be beneficial.

Reports To
EMEA Sr Operational Excellence Director

Direct Reports
None – Senior Individual Contributor with regional scope

Key Responsabilities
Business Transformation & Project Leadership

Identify, scope, and charter high-impact transformation projects aligned to EMEA business objectives, leading end-to-end DMAIC delivery with full accountability for scope, timeline, and financial outcomes.

Lead process redesign at a systemic level targeting structural elimination of waste, bottlenecks, and non-value-adding activities across entire value streams.

Execute all DMAIC phases with statistical rigor: SIPOC, VOC/CTQ, baseline capability, MSA, root cause analysis (fishbone, 5-Why, FMEA, DOE), and robust control plans.

Manage concurrent transformation projects across multiple EMEA sites, prioritizing resource deployment to maximize aggregate business impact.

Advanced Analytics & Data-Driven Decision Making

Apply advanced statistical methods (DOE, regression, SPC, ANOVA, hypothesis testing) to validate improvement solutions and underpin decisions with data-driven evidence.

Build and maintain process capability dashboards for key manufacturing processes across all EMEA plants to enable proactive identification of process drift.

Partner with the Digitization & AI EMEA Leader to leverage IoT, MES, and real-time data for deeper analytical insight and closed-loop process control.

Results Delivery – Cost, Quality, Delivery & Capacity

Drive annualized cost-out savings through elimination of scrap, rework, and structural manufacturing cost reductions, with all savings validated by Finance.

Improve process yield and first-pass quality rates by eliminating root-cause defects; target measurable reductions in customer complaints, warranty costs, and internal nonconformances.

Unlock manufacturing capacity constraints without capital investment by eliminating bottlenecks, improving OEE, and optimizing changeover times.

Green Belt Mentoring & Capability Building

Identify, select, and mentor high-potential Green Belt candidates across all 9 EMEA plants, providing structured project coaching throughout their certification journey.

Develop and deliver LSS training curriculum tailored to the Vertiv manufacturing context, covering DMAIC tools, statistical fundamentals, and project management.

Build a regional LSS community of practice enabling peer learning, best practice sharing, and ongoing skill development post-certification.

Portfolio Management & Strategic Roadmap

Develop and maintain a structured EMEA Business Transformation project portfolio covering all 9 plants: project status, savings forecast, resource allocation, and risk log.

Lead quarterly Portfolio Review meetings with the EMEA Sr OpEx Director and site leaders to re-prioritize the pipeline and identify emerging opportunities.

Develop multi-year Business Transformation roadmaps…