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By engaging early in the pre-sales process, the role strengthens the operational feasibility of customer commitments and builds confidence in Vertiv’s ability to execute at scale.\nResponsibilities:\nManufacturing Footprint, Capacity & Investment Strategy\nTranslate Hyperscale demand requirements into manufacturing capacity and supply chain strategies across plants, regions, products, and suppliers.\nRecommend how and where demand should be supported, including new factories, lines, expansions, and product transfers\nCoordinate the cross-functional plan to bring new capacity online and track readiness against customer deployment requirements.\nFrame gaps, constraints, investment needs, and key decision points for leadership.\nPre-Sales Operational Planning\nTranslate customer demand signals, deployment schedules, and growth projections into manufacturing operations plans.\nValidate the operational feasibility and assumptions supporting commercial proposals\nDevelop and maintain manufacturing capacity plans aligned with hyperscale customer demand across plants, regions, and product lines.\nCoordinate manufacturing cost assumptions, including make-buy strategy, labor, line setup, overhead, and capital requirements\nProduct and Manufacturing Readiness\nCoordinate the operational introduction of products into new or expanded manufacturing locations.\nIntegrate plant qualification, manufacturing process, tooling, labor, quality, and product-readiness requirements.\nAlign first builds, testing milestones, production ramp, and readiness for scaled manufacturing.\nEnsure functional owners have clear deliverables, timing, dependencies, and decision points.\nTrack and report readiness of new capacity against customer deployment requirements.\nSupply-Chain Readiness\nPartner with Procurement and Supply Chain to establish the sourcing strategy required to support planned volume.\nAssess supplier capacity, long-lead materials, source maturity, and critical supply risks.\nIntegrate supply readiness into the overall operational footprint and capacity plan.\nEnsure unresolved supply constraints are visible before operational commitments are finalized.\nCross-Functional Planning Leadership\nLead the integrated operations-planning cadence across traditional Operations functions.\nMaintain visibility to assumptions, risks, dependencies, decisions, and functional ownership.\nInfluence functional teams without replacing their subject-matter or execution accountability.\nSupport customer and executive reviews involving capacity, footprint, investment, or operational readiness.\nEducation and Certification\nBachelors Degree in Industrial Engineering/Technology, Supply Chain, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.\n10-15 Years of experience \nRequirements:\nStrong understanding of manufacturing operations, production processes, and plant-level execution.\nExperience in largescale Capex deployments to support new manufacturing operations\nDemonstrated experience in New Product Development and Introduction from a manufacturing readiness perspective.\nProven ability to work directly with external customers in a planning, readiness, or account management capacity.\nExperience in manufacturing capacity planning, footprint strategy, or operational planning in a multi-site, multi-region environment.\nStrong analytical skills including the ability to develop capacity models, scenario analyses, and operational feasibility assessments.\nKnowledge of supply chain dynamics, supplier readiness, and material risk assessment.\nExcellent communication and presentation skills; 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