Director of Mergers and Acquisitions

Responsibilities

• Own the Global Operations integration strategy and execution roadmap for assigned acquisitions and divestitures, from pre-close planning through stabilization and value realization.
• Serve as the senior Operations integration lead, representing manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, quality, procurement and operational systems in transaction and executive integration governance.
• Drive delivery of committed operational synergies, including cost, productivity, working capital, footprint, capacity, capital expenditure and service-level improvements.
• Provide executive-level recommendations on integration risks, operational trade-offs, investment requirements and corrective actions required to protect the transaction business case.
• Establish disciplined integration governance, milestones, decision rights, escalation protocols and executive reporting.
• Support operational due diligence and pre-close integration planning in partnership with Corporate Development, Finance and Business Unit leadership.
• Partner cross-functionally with Finance, Information Technology, Human Resources, Legal, Procurement, Commercial and regional Operations leadership to deliver integration outcomes.

Synergy & Value Capture

• Translate the deal thesis into measurable operational synergy initiatives across cost, footprint, productivity, working capital, capital expenditure, capacity and customer service.
• Partner with Finance and business leaders to validate operational synergy assumptions, establish baselines and confirm benefit-realization methodology.
• Own the operational synergy roadmap, milestones, benefits tracking, risk mitigation and corrective-action planning.
• Hold workstream and site leaders accountable for delivery of approved operational integration commitments.
• Identify additional value-creation opportunities post-close and recommend priorities to executive leadership.
• Escalate material risks to committed business-case delivery and recommend recovery actions.

Manufacturing & Supply Chain Integration

• Lead integration across plant operations, manufacturing processes, supply chain, logistics, procurement, quality and operational technology.
• Assess and recommend manufacturing footprint, capacity, insourcing/outsourcing, capital investment and productivity improvement priorities required to achieve transaction value.
• Drive alignment of production planning, scheduling, inventory, supplier strategy and distribution networks.
• Ensure appropriate integration of quality systems, certifications, safety standards and customer requirements.
• Evaluate make/buy decisions and manufacturing automation opportunities as part of the post-close operational strategy.

Systems & Process Harmonization

• Drive alignment of operating models, key performance indicators and management systems, including safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity and working capital.
• Partner with Information Technology and functional leadership on enterprise resource planning, manufacturing execution and planning-system integration priorities.
• Standardize core operational processes and governance in alignment with the Vertiv Operating System.
• Ensure operational data integrity and reporting visibility required to measure integration progress, synergy delivery and sustained performance.

Stakeholder & Change Leadership

• Influence senior leaders across corporate, business unit, regional and site organizations without direct authority.
• Lead cross-functional teams across Operations, Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, Legal, Procurement and Commercial functions.
• Manage site-level change, communications and cultural integration while protecting operational continuity.
• Serve as an escalation point for integration risks, execution gaps and barriers to synergy realization.
• Build alignment among senior Operations stakeholders on priorities, resource requirements, trade-offs and critical integration decisions.

Transaction Support — Pre-Close

• Support operational due diligence and pre-close integration planning.
• Assess manufacturing footprint, capacity, supply chain capability, cost structure, operational systems, customer-service risks and integration complexity.
• Provide informed recommendations regarding operational risks, required investments, synergy feasibility, integration timing and Day 1 readiness.
• Provide integration complexity estimates and synergy validation to deal teams.
• Partner with Finance and Corporate Development to ensure Operations assumptions are appropriately reflected in the transaction business case.