Vertiv · 5 hours ago
Procurement Excellence Manager
Vertiv is hiring a Procurement Excellence Manager to drive strategic alignment between its category management and Great Lakes’ purchasing teams. This role focuses on integrating Great Lakes Procurement into Vertiv’s operations while optimizing processes and aligning procurement efforts with broader company goals.
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Responsibilities
Serve as the primary liaison between Vertiv’s category management, key stakeholders, and Great Lakes purchasing team to ensure alignment on category strategies
Communicate and coordinate cost reduction objectives and initiatives to achieve savings targets
Share procurement requirements, schedules, and strategic plans with Great Lakes’ stakeholders effectively
Collaborate with Great Lakes local purchasing team to address shortages, capacity constraints, pricing challenges, and contract negotiations
Support supplier onboarding and maintain accurate supplier records
Partner with Vertiv and Great Lakes teams across planning, materials management, operations, engineering, and quality teams to enhance supplier-related processes
Represent Great Lakes in shortage escalation meetings
Gather and analyze data from Great Lakes to provide actionable insights to Vertiv Category Management teams
Develop reports and dashboards to monitor procurement performance and KPIs
Evaluate procurement data to identify cost-saving opportunities and drive efficiency improvements
Lead and manage procurement integration process, ensuring timely execution of synergy initiatives and delivering regular progress updates to leadership
Identify opportunities to optimize the integration process, create a comprehensive playbook, and champion continuous improvement initiatives
Ensure adherence to Vertiv procurement policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering or related field (or equivalent experience)
8-10 years of procurement experience, preferably in direct manufacturing environments
Strong analytical skills and advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
Ability to work within a matrix organization and manage multiple priorities
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Proven project management and process improvement capabilities
Company
Vertiv
Vertiv designs, builds and services critical infrastructure that enables vital applications for data centers and industrial facilities.
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.24BKey Investors
Starboard ValuePlatinum Equity
2022-10-20Post Ipo Equity
2020-02-10Post Ipo Equity· $1.24B
2020-02-10IPO
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