Materials and Manufacturing Planning Specialist
Vertiv · Mandaluyong City
Join a High-Performance Culture That Drives Innovation and Excellence
At Vertiv, we don’t just hire talent—we cultivate leaders who drive innovation and engage teams to push the limits of what’s possible. As a global leader in critical digital infrastructure, we are scaling up to meet the demands of AI, data centers, and next-gen technology—and we need bold, high-performing individuals like YOU to take us to the next level.
Why Vertiv?
- High-Performance Culture: We empower you to think big, execute with excellence, and deliver impact. Our performance-driven mindset rewards those who challenge the status quo and drive meaningful change. Over 50 CEO Awards are given annually to recognize top talent moving the needle forward.
- Leadership Without Limits: Leadership at Vertiv goes beyond just titles—it’s about accountability, trust, and ownership. Our leaders engage and drive with collaboration, innovation, and customer-centric thinking, setting the foundation for an action-focused culture.
- Limitless Growth & Learning: We believe in continuous development. Whether through rotational programs or high-impact projects, you’ll have the opportunity to expand your expertise and grow your career.
- A Place for Everyone: Our commitment to inclusion ensures that all employee’s unique strengths and perspectives are valued. Your voice matters, your growth is prioritized, and your success is celebrated.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Turn demand, inventory and supply signals into executable replenishment and deployment decisions across the EMEA service-parts network. The role moves planning from fragmented, reactive activity to central, exception-based control.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Run the agreed demand, inventory, supply and deployment planning cadence for assigned product families, customers or locations.
- Monitor shortages, projected stockouts, E&O exposure, and supplier constraints; prioritize exceptions by customer and service impact.
- Recommend replenishment, purchase, allocation, expedite and cross-network transfer actions; ensure approved purchase requirements are converted to released POs within the defined SLA.
- Optimize safety stock, min/max and stocking policies using demand variability, lead time, criticality and target service level.
- Maintain planning parameters and master-data quality; investigate data defects and coordinate corrective actions with accountable owners.
- Support Kinaxis and related planning-tool deployment, validate recommendations and help transition repeatable low-risk decisions toward controlled automation.
- Produce clear root-cause and recovery plans for stockouts and overdue supply and contribute to weekly/monthly performance reviews.
- Partner with MU planners, Purchasing, Network Management, Order Management and suppliers to maintain one EMEA plan and rebalance inventory proactively.
- Monitor excess stock and proposed E&O reduction and scrubbing.
EXPERIENCE & CAPABILITIES
- Experience in supply chain, operations, engineering, business or analytics.
- Relevant experience in demand, inventory, supply, materials or service-parts planning.
- Strong analytical skills; advanced Excel and experience with ERP/planning tools. Kinaxis, Oracle and Power BI are advantageous.
- Able to convert data into priorities, decisions and concise management communication.
- Comfortable working across countries, functions and time zones in English.
- Structured problem-solving, ownership and an exception-management mindset.
SUCCESS MEASURES
- Service level / OTD and fill-rate performance.
- Forecast accuracy and bias for assigned scope.
- Stockout and projected-stockout recovery time.
- Parts availability
- Inventory turns, E&O reduction and rebalancing benefit.
- Planning-parameter and master-data accuracy.
KEY INTERFACES
Head of Planning & Purchasing; Purchasing; Network Management; Order Management; Product/Engineering; Master Data/IT; suppliers and logistics partner.
The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.
OUR CORE PRINCIPALS: Safety, Integrity, Respect, Teamwork, Diversity & Inclusion.
- OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
- Customer Focus
- Operational Excellence
- High-Performance Culture
- Innovation
- Financial Strength
- OUR 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
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