Position Summary
Vertiv is seeking a Procurement Specialist to support our Procurement team through data analysis, reporting, and supplier insights. This role combines analytics and procurement to help improve supplier performance, spend visibility, sourcing activities, and business decision-making. You'll work with Procurement and cross-functional teams to analyze data, build reports, and identify opportunities that improve procurement performance.
What You'll Do- Analyze supplier, spend, pricing, and procurement data to identify trends and opportunities.
- Build and maintain reports, dashboards, and KPIs using Excel, Power BI, Tableau, SQL, and ERP data.
- Support RFQs, spend analysis, supplier performance reporting, and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) initiatives.
- Extract, validate, and organize large datasets to improve reporting accuracy and business visibility.
- Partner with Procurement, Engineering, Operations, Planning, and Quality to support sourcing and supplier initiatives.
- Help improve reporting, data quality, and procurement processes through analytics and continuous improvement.
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Data Analytics, Finance, or a related field.
- 2–5 years of experience in procurement, supply chain, business analytics, or a related field.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience working with large datasets.
- Experience with Power BI, Tableau, SQL, or other data visualization and reporting tools.
- Experience using ERP systems to extract and analyze procurement or business data.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Experience with supplier performance reporting, spend analysis, RFQs, pricing analysis, or TCO.
- Manufacturing or supply chain experience.
- Experience with IFS ERP or similar ERP platforms.
- Continuous improvement or project support experience.
Travel: Approximately 10%
The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.
OUR CORE PRINCIPALS: Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Inclusion.
OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
• High-Performance Culture• Customer Focus
• Operational Excellence
• Innovation
• Financial Strength
VERTIV 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
- Promote transparent & open communication
About Vertiv
Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers’ vital applications to 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 extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.
Work Authorization
No calls or agencies please. Vertiv will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Vertiv is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We promote equal opportunities for all with respect to hiring, terms of employment, mobility, training, compensation, and occupational health, without discrimination as to age, race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy status (including childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression (including transgender status or sexual stereotypes), genetic information, citizenship status, national origin, protected veteran status, political affiliation, or disability. If you have a disability and are having difficulty accessing or using this website to apply for a position, you can request help by sending an email to [email protected]
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, supply chain, or related field
- 5+ years of experience in procurement
- Experience in direct manufacturing (preferred)
- E-Sourcing experience, specifically with reverse auctions
- Strong analytical skills and expert Microsoft Excel user
- Strong business acumen
- Ability to work within a matrix management environment
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Process improvement skills
- Project management skills; ability to organize and schedule people and tasks
- Highly organized and able to multi-task
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.
