Materials and Manufacturing Planning Manager

Lincoln, Nebraska – Vertiv is backfilling a recent promotion for a site-level leadership role that owns materials and manufacturing planning across the production lines.

About the role

This position provides strategic direction for materials management, ensuring alignment with market needs and commodity strategies. It operates in a matrix structure, collaborating closely with Sales, Operations, Demand Management, Procurement, and Logistics. The role also serves as the conduit for large projects, ensuring materials and resource planning are integrated.

Responsibilities

• Lead Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SI&OP) forecast management and review.
• Develop materials and resource plans, master scheduling, production planning, and materials planning/buying.
• Oversee inventory planning and act as the primary point for materials/resource planning on major projects.
• Collaborate with Procurement and Logistics to set material plans driven by finished-goods market needs and commodity strategies.
• Produce accurate monthly financial accounts for the country business in accordance with Company guidelines, policies, and procedures.
• Prepare Statutory Financial Accounts in compliance with Local GAAP, IFRS, and IAS.
• Ensure monthly accounts align with US GAAP for consolidation purposes.
• Maintain an appropriate Financial Close calendar in compliance with internal and external reporting timetables.
• Perform regular account reconciliations and full reviews of the P&L and Balance Sheet.
• Produce and quality-assure accurate statutory reports in compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Manage audit processes, including statutory, local tax, and other regulatory audits and submissions.
• Continuously review financial controls to ensure accuracy and integrity of accounting records and financial systems.
• Oversee the Country Consolidation process and internal/external reporting timetable.
• Drive SOX compliance in conjunction with the Global Business Services (GBS) team, ensuring written controls are in place and enforced.
• Ensure compliance with EMEA working capital policies and provide accurate, timely working capital information to Group Treasury.
• Identify risks and ensure appropriate provisions are made.
• Support the EMEA Controller on strategic and tactical projects, including business integrations and/or demergers.
• Build and maintain close working relationships with internal and external stakeholders for effective communication.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a controlling role, ideally with an audit background.
• Chartered accountant with strong technical accounting skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience implementing and using ERP systems, preferably Oracle.
• Strong interpersonal skills, advanced Excel proficiency, and fluency in German and English.
• Self-starter with the ability to manage a varied workload and drive change processes.

Physical & Environmental Requirements

• Potentially long working hours during monthly and annual financial closes.
• Daily presence in the Company’s offices is required, with limited remote work options.
• Travel required up to 15% of the time.

About Vertiv

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics, and ongoing services to ensure customers' vital applications run continuously, perform optimally, and scale with business needs. The company addresses critical challenges in data centers, communication networks, and commercial/industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling, and IT infrastructure solutions. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, Vertiv employs approximately 34,000 people and operates in more than 130 countries.

Vertiv is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Employment is contingent upon legal authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship for visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN.