Principal Solution Architect – Supply Chain Planning

Job Summary

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.), hands‑on systems knowledge, and experience/exposure to AI opportunities in supply chain.

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
• Manages 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 the 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

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 end‑to‑end 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

Equal Opportunity Employer

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Work Authorization

Vertiv will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not provide sponsorship for work authorization.