Manufacturing Operations Planning Senior Manager - Hyperscale

We are seeking an experienced manufacturing operations professional to drive the integrated operational planning required to support hyperscale growth. Working across Operations functions, this role translates customer demand into manufacturing footprint, capacity, supply-chain, investment, and product-readiness plans. It coordinates the cross-functional work required to bring new factories, production lines, capacity expansions, and product builds online in alignment with customer deployment requirements. 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.

Responsibilities:

Manufacturing Footprint, Capacity & Investment Strategy

• Translate Hyperscale demand requirements into manufacturing capacity and supply chain strategies across plants, regions, products, and suppliers.
• Recommend how and where demand should be supported, including new factories, lines, expansions, and product transfers
• Coordinate the cross-functional plan to bring new capacity online and track readiness against customer deployment requirements.
• Frame gaps, constraints, investment needs, and key decision points for leadership.

Pre-Sales Operational Planning

• Translate customer demand signals, deployment schedules, and growth projections into manufacturing operations plans.
• Validate the operational feasibility and assumptions supporting commercial proposals
• Develop and maintain manufacturing capacity plans aligned with hyperscale customer demand across plants, regions, and product lines.
• Coordinate manufacturing cost assumptions, including make-buy strategy, labor, line setup, overhead, and capital requirements

Product and Manufacturing Readiness

• Coordinate the operational introduction of products into new or expanded manufacturing locations.
• Integrate plant qualification, manufacturing process, tooling, labor, quality, and product-readiness requirements.
• Align first builds, testing milestones, production ramp, and readiness for scaled manufacturing.
• Ensure functional owners have clear deliverables, timing, dependencies, and decision points.
• Track and report readiness of new capacity against customer deployment requirements.

Supply-Chain Readiness

• Partner with Procurement and Supply Chain to establish the sourcing strategy required to support planned volume.
• Assess supplier capacity, long-lead materials, source maturity, and critical supply risks.
• Integrate supply readiness into the overall operational footprint and capacity plan.
• Ensure unresolved supply constraints are visible before operational commitments are finalized.

Cross-Functional Planning Leadership

• Lead the integrated operations-planning cadence across traditional Operations functions.
• Maintain visibility to assumptions, risks, dependencies, decisions, and functional ownership.
• Influence functional teams without replacing their subject-matter or execution accountability.
• Support customer and executive reviews involving capacity, footprint, investment, or operational readiness.

Education and Certification

• Bachelors Degree in Industrial Engineering/Technology, Supply Chain, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 10-15 Years of experience 

Requirements:

• Strong understanding of manufacturing operations, production processes, and plant-level execution.
• Experience in largescale Capex deployments to support new manufacturing operations
• Demonstrated experience in New Product Development and Introduction from a manufacturing readiness perspective.
• Proven ability to work directly with external customers in a planning, readiness, or account management capacity.
• Experience in manufacturing capacity planning, footprint strategy, or operational planning in a multi-site, multi-region environment.
• Strong analytical skills including the ability to develop capacity models, scenario analyses, and operational feasibility assessments.
• Knowledge of supply chain dynamics, supplier readiness, and material risk assessment.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; able to represent Operations credibly in customer-facing settings.
• Cross-functional leadership skills; ability to influence and coordinate across Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, and Manufacturing without direct authority.
• Experience in the critical infrastructure, data center, or power and thermal management industry is preferred.
• Lean Six Sigma or continuous improvement background preferred.

Travel: 10%

No Special Physical Requirements