Sr. Manager Vertiv Operating Systems

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Wave 12 Deployment & Site Intervention
• Lead execution of the Wave 12 program at designated underperforming, new, and expansion manufacturing sites, following the global deployment methodology and defined readiness and handover gates.
• Rapidly assess site conditions, identify critical operating-system gaps, and translate findings into a focused 12-week deployment and stabilization plan with clear milestones, ownership, and measurable outcomes.
• Operate as an embedded Global Manufacturing resource during the intervention, providing direct hands-on implementation, coaching, and governance until the site is ready for structured handover.
• Escalate barriers, leadership gaps, resource constraints, and systemic risks to Global Manufacturing leadership with clear recovery actions and timing.

Tier Accountability & Daily Management

• Deploy and stabilize Tier Accountability from frontline through site leadership levels using global standards, standard agendas, visual boards, and escalation pathways.
• Establish the daily management cadence required to make safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and other critical performance gaps visible and actionable.
• Coach leaders to run effective Tier meetings focused on abnormality management, ownership, action closure, and timely escalation.
• Audit meeting effectiveness and progressively transfer ownership to local leadership as part of the Wave 12 handover.

5S+1, Visual Management & Workplace Stability

• Deploy foundational 5S+1 and visual management standards in priority production and support areas, beginning with the highest operational risks and constraints.
• Establish clear workplace standards, ownership, audit routines, and visual controls that support safe, repeatable, and disciplined execution.
• Coach site teams to identify abnormalities, eliminate basic waste, and maintain standards through routine leadership follow-up.

Problem Solving, Escalation & Recovery

• Implement structured root cause analysis and problem-solving routines for chronic or high-impact operational issues using practical Lean methodologies.
• Create disciplined escalation pathways with clear problem ownership, due dates, countermeasures, and closure verification.
• Drive rapid containment and corrective action while ensuring recurring problems are converted into standardized improvements.

Leader Standard Work & Leadership Discipline

• Deploy role-based Leader Standard Work for operational and functional leaders, aligned with Tier Accountability, Gemba walks, key performance indicator reviews, and escalation routines.
• Coach site leaders in the behaviors required to sustain the operating system after handover.

Standard Work & Basic Lean Deployment

• Support development and deployment of standard work in critical processes to improve stability, repeatability, and performance.
• Apply foundational Lean tools such as waste identification, Gemba, visual management, process mapping, flow improvement, Kaizen, and basic setup reduction where required by the site condition.

Performance Management & KPI Governance

• Establish or restore key performance indicator governance aligned with global Manufacturing and Vertiv Operating System requirements.
• Ensure data used in daily and weekly management is accurate, visible, actionable, and connected to site priorities.
• Provide transparent progress reporting against Wave 12 milestones and operational stabilization targets.

Site Launch & Expansion Readiness

• Support new manufacturing launches and major expansions by establishing the basic operating system before and during ramp-up.
• Partner with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Engineering, Safety, and other functions to identify readiness gaps that could affect safe and stable execution.

Handover, Sustainment & Capability Building

• Build local capability throughout the intervention through hands-on coaching, practical training, and direct participation in daily operating routines.
• Validate that critical Wave 12 standards are operating effectively and that local leaders can sustain them without continuous Global Manufacturing support.
• Support the site toward Vertiv Operating System capability readiness after stabilization, while keeping the immediate Wave 12 focus on basic operational discipline and system stability.

Cross-Functional Execution

• Work across Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Engineering, Environmental Health and Safety, Human Resources, and other functions to remove barriers and establish an integrated operating cadence.
• Act as a neutral global resource able to challenge local practices and reinforce global standards when site execution is not meeting expectations.

Global Standardization & Governance

• Ensure all deployed Vertiv Operating System practices follow approved global standards, templates, and controlled documentation.
• Provide feedback to the Global Manufacturing and Vertiv Operating System teams on recurring deployment gaps and opportunities to improve Wave 12 methods.
• Prevent unnecessary local variation and establish a clear baseline that can be sustained and further matured by the site.

Mobility & Deployment Readiness

• Maintain a high level of travel flexibility and readiness to deploy to manufacturing sites based on business priority, including extended on-site assignments when required.
• Work effectively across regions, cultures, and manufacturing environments while maintaining consistent global standards.
• Adapt quickly to site-specific conditions without compromising the core Vertiv Operating System deployment methodology.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, or a related technical or business field.
• Minimum 7 years of manufacturing, Lean, continuous improvement, operational excellence, or plant transformation experience; multi-site experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience deploying Lean or manufacturing operating systems in unstable, turnaround, launch, or rapid-growth environments.
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Lean Leader, or equivalent operational excellence certification preferred.

TRAVEL TIME REQUIRED

• 70% of the time, long periods of time

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

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

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

• High-Performance Culture• Customer Focus

• Operational Excellence

• Innovation

• Financial Strength

VERTIV 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
• Promote transparent & open communication

About Vertiv

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers’ vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.

Work Authorization

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Equal Opportunity Employer

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