Position Overview
The Senior Manager, Process & Tools, Global Procurement, leads the global teams responsible for procurement processes, systems and tools, and strategic projects. This role establishes the operating model, governance, standards, and digital roadmap needed for consistent and scalable execution. The leader partners with Procurement, Information Technology, Finance, Operations, and Source-to-Pay stakeholders to simplify ways of working, strengthen controls, accelerate transformation, and deliver measurable value.
Responsibilities:
- Define and lead the global procurement process, systems and tools, and project delivery strategy, governance, standards, and operating model
- Lead and develop teams across the three functions, setting clear priorities, accountabilities, performance expectations, and development plans
- Own the global procurement process architecture and lead implementation of process improvements identified through Procurement Transformation, guiding Process Owners to harmonize, control, and continuously improve end-to-end processes
- Lead the Source-to-Pay program and represent Global Procurement in SIOP initiatives, steering committees, business reviews, and cross-functional forums
- Partner with Information Technology and business stakeholders to develop and execute a prioritized procurement systems and tools roadmap
- Oversee procurement platforms and solutions across requirements, design, testing, deployment, adoption, support, controls, data quality, and value realization
- Establish portfolio governance for strategic projects, including business cases, scope, resources, milestones, dependencies, risks, benefits, and executive reporting
- Direct cross-functional transformation initiatives and coordinate stakeholders to deliver sustainable business outcomes
- Drive change management, adoption, performance measurement, governance reviews, action tracking, and timely escalation
- Provide executive insights and recommendations on process performance, technology health, project delivery, risks, and realized value
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Procurement, Operations, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a related field; master’s degree preferred
- 10–15 years of progressive experience in procurement, operational excellence, process transformation, digital enablement, or program management within a global organization
- Proven experience leading multidisciplinary teams, including Process Owners, systems professionals, and project managers
- Demonstrated success designing global procurement operating models and end-to-end processes, with strong Source-to-Pay knowledge
- Experience developing and executing procurement technology roadmaps with Information Technology, including platforms, integrations, data, controls, deployment, and adoption
- Strong portfolio and program management capability with a record of delivering complex transformation initiatives and measurable value
- Ability to translate business strategy into scalable processes, technology capabilities, prioritized roadmaps, and executable plans
- Excellent executive communication, influence, change leadership, and stakeholder management skills across cultures and functions
- Ability to lead through ambiguity, balance priorities, make risk-based decisions, and drive accountability in a global environment
- Professional certification such as CPSM, APICS/ASCM, PMP, Lean Six Sigma, Prosci, or a similar credential preferred
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The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principles & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.
OUR CORE PRINCIPLES: 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.
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