Principal Solution Architect - Supply Chain Planning

Location: Westerville

Job Summary

Vertiv is transforming and digitizing supply chain capabilities by re-engineering business processes and implementing advanced technologies/systems that powers world‑class operations, customer experiences, and AI‑driven decision-making.

We are seeking a Principal Solution Architect - Supply Chain Planning for our Digital Supply Solutions group. This lead 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.

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 Dev Ops 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

Requirements:

* Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Math, Statistics, or related field. MBA or master's preferred but not required.

* 12+ 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)

* Preferred

* Kinaxis Maestro authoring and solution consultant certifications

* Experience enabling AI/ML for supply chain use cases

* Prior experience with global manufacturing environments.

The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv's Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.

OUR CORE PRINCIPALS:
Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Diversity & Inclusion.

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

* Customer Focus

* Operational Excellence

* High-Performance Culture

* Innovation

* Financial Strength

OUR BEHAVIORS

* Own It

* Act With Urgency

* Foster a Customer-First Mindset

* Think Big and Execute

* Lead by Example

* Drive Continuous Improvement

* Learn and Seek Out Development

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