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.
Job Summary:
The Procurement Supply Chain Decarbonization Specialist is responsible for developing and executing supplier-focused climate and decarbonization programs across Vertiv's global supply base. The role drives supplier emissions transparency, climate performance improvement, supplier GHG data quality, and implementation of initiatives supporting Scope 3 emissions reduction.
Acting as the central procurement focal point for climate-related supplier engagement, this position supports the development of supplier decarbonization roadmaps, climate risk management initiatives, low-carbon material strategies and emerging environmental regulatory requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
Climate & Decarbonization Program Ownership
- Lead execution of Vertiv's supplier decarbonization strategy.
- Support achievement of procurement-related climate and sustainability objectives.
- Identify opportunities to reduce Scope 3 emissions through supplier engagement and sourcing strategies.
Supplier GHG Management
- Lead supplier GHG emissions data collection and validation activities.
- Drive supplier participation in emissions reporting programs.
- Evaluate supplier carbon reduction targets, commitments and performance.
- Support development of supplier emissions baselines and reduction pathways.
- Analyze emissions trends and identify high-impact improvement opportunities.
- Develop supplier segmentation approaches based on emissions impact and climate maturity.
- Promote adoption of science-based targets and climate reduction programs across the supply base.
Supply Chain Decarbonization Initiatives
- Identify and support implementation of supplier emissions reduction projects.
- Collaborate with suppliers on renewable energy, energy efficiency and decarbonization opportunities.
- Support sourcing initiatives involving low-carbon materials and products.
- Evaluate opportunities to reduce upstream carbon footprint through supplier selection and engagement.
- Develop recommendations supporting procurement decision-making related to climate performance.
Climate Performance Improvement & Corrective Actions
- Lead the development and implementation of climate-related supplier improvement and corrective action programs.
- Identify suppliers with elevated GHG emissions, insufficient climate management practices, or gaps in emissions reporting and reduction planning.
- Develop and track supplier climate corrective actions aimed at improving emissions transparency, target setting, climate governance, and reduction performance.
- Monitor implementation progress, escalate overdue climate improvement actions, and support suppliers in addressing identified gaps.
- Measure effectiveness of climate corrective actions and assess resulting emissions reduction and supplier climate maturity improvements.
- Collaborate with commodity managers and suppliers to establish practical decarbonization roadmaps and improvement milestones.
- Incorporate climate performance improvement outcomes into supplier scorecards, risk assessments, and procurement decision-making processes.
Climate Risk & Regulatory Compliance
- Support climate risk assessments across the supply base.
- Coordinate climate-related supplier due diligence activities.
- Support implementation of requirements related to emerging climate and emissions-related regulations.
- Assess supplier preparedness for evolving climate disclosure expectations.
- Monitor environmental compliance trends and provide recommendations for risk mitigation.
- Monitor emerging climate-related regulations and industry expectations impacting suppliers.
Data Analytics & Reporting
- Develop climate-related dashboards, KPIs and performance metrics.
- Analyze supplier emissions data and identify key trends.
- Support Scope 3 emissions reporting and related disclosures.
- Provide reporting and insights to procurement leadership and key stakeholders.
- Support customer requests related to supplier climate performance and emissions data.
- Ensure high standards of data quality and reporting integrity.
Cross Functional Collaboration
- Partner with Procurement, Sustainability, Engineering and Product teams to integrate climate considerations into sourcing decisions.
- Support customer and investor climate-related information requests.
- Collaborate with external service providers supporting emissions data management and climate assessments.
- Provide training and guidance to procurement teams on supplier decarbonization topics.
- Support development of communication materials and supplier engagement campaigns.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Sustainability, Engineering, Supply Chain, Business or related field.
- Experience in climate strategy, carbon accounting, sustainability, environmental compliance or supply chain sustainability.
- Strong understanding of GHG Protocol principles and Scope 3 emissions management.
- Experience working with supplier emissions data and climate reporting frameworks.
- Knowledge of Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), CDP, CBAM and emerging climate regulations.
- Strong analytical and data management capabilities, project management and communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects, stakeholder management and project leadership
- Independent, self-driven individual with proven ability to work effectively across global and cross‑functional environment
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
- Think Big and Execute
- Act With Urgency
- Own It
- Drive Continuous Improvement
- Promote Transparent and Open Communication
- Learn and Seek Out Development
- Foster a Customer-First Mindset
- Lead by Example
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in a related field
- Extensive experience in procurement, supply chain management, or related field
- In-depth knowledge of ESG standards and best practices
- Strong leadership and strategic thinking skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Vertiv Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Vertiv and has not been reviewed or approved by Vertiv.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, with standard medical, dental, and vision plans plus wellness and mental-health resources. Core offerings also include disability and life insurance and an Employee Assistance Program.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off includes paid holidays and PTO typical of large employers, and many U.S. salaried roles feature flexible or "unlimited" PTO approaches. These programs are part of a structured, global total rewards framework.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered fair at start for many office-based, engineering, and field service roles, and total compensation packages are viewed as stable. In some hourly manufacturing settings, overtime opportunities help boost overall earnings.
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What We Do
Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to ensure its customers’ vital applications 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 extends from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs approximately 20,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. For more information, and for the latest news and content from Vertiv, visit Vertiv.com.
