ERP Supply Chain Specialist Manager
Westerville, OH - USA
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Job Summary
Job Description - Product Specialist Supply Chain
Position Summary
The Product Specialist Supply Chain drives value creation and regional business outcomes by evolving ERP product capabilities through targeted enhancements and projects while supporting Product Owners in achieving global convergence.
Positioned at the intersection of strong business proximity and high standardization the Product Specialist acts as a key enabler of ERP product evolution across the organization.
The Supply Chain Product Specialist will support the following functional areas:
- Purchasing
- Sourcing
- Purchase Requisitions
- Purchase Orders
- Planning / Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
Key Responsibilities
- Design and deliver ERP enhancements and process improvements.
- Translate business requirements into scalable standardized ERP solutions.
- Ensure enhancements align with regional and global business strategies.
- Consolidate local process variations into a shared global ERP template ensuring consistency across regions and alignment with the target operating model.
- Assess and reduce local customizations and process deviations by transitioning toward standardized globally supported ERP solutions.
- Identify and eliminate duplicated or overlapping processes and solutions.
- Provide expert-level support for complex non-standard or recurring system issues.
- Perform root cause analysis of recurring issues and convert findings into enhancement backlog items.
- Transfer knowledge to Second-Level Support teams through playbooks guidelines and comprehensive documentation.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Application Stability
- Maintain and continuously improve system reliability performance and uptime.
Project Success
- Deliver enhancements and projects on time within scope and within budget.
Strategic Initiative Contribution
- Maximize time allocation toward strategic enhancement standardization and ERP convergence initiatives.
Key Interactions
Stakeholder Information Flow
Product Owner
Inbound:
- Architectural guidelines and product-specific priority direction.
- Detailed functional design inputs.
Outbound:
- Regional process considerations and ERP configuration implications.
Second-Level Support
Inbound:
- Critical ticket escalations.
Outbound:
- Specialist expertise and support for critical incidents.
Tech Factory
Outbound:
- Delivery priorities across Run Enhance and Converge activities.
Governance Touchpoints
Weekly Enhancements & Demand Review
- Prioritize enhancement requests.
- Review delivery progress.
- Validate alignment with business objectives.
Bi-Weekly Second-Level Enablement & Escalation Review
- Review escalations.
- Identify knowledge gaps.
- Define actions for process industrialization and continuous improvement.
Monthly Product Governance & Roadmap Alignment
- Align regional roadmap priorities with global strategy.
- Assess value delivery and progress against objectives.
Minimum Qualifications
Experience
- 5 years of experience in ERP implementation support or product management.
- Demonstrated experience driving ERP enhancements and process standardization across multiple regions.
- Proven ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
Technical Expertise
- Strong functional knowledge and configuration experience in Oracle E-Business Suite.
- Proficiency in ServiceNow including ticket management workflows and knowledge base management.
- Experience using SharePoint for documentation collaboration and knowledge sharing.
- Understanding of ERP convergence methodologies and global template design.
Professional Competencies
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify root causes and define sustainable solutions.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage business stakeholders and technical teams effectively.
- Consultative mindset with the ability to provide structured expert-level guidance.
- Ability to balance regional business requirements with global standardization objectives.
- Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple enhancement initiatives simultaneously.
- Knowledge transfer and mentoring capabilities particularly for Senior-level roles.
The successful candidate will embrace Vertivs Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.
OUR CORE PRINCIPLES:.
OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
- High-Performance Culture
- CustomerFocus
- Operational Excellence
- Innovation
- Financial Strength
VERTIVBEHAVIORS
- Ownit
- Actwith urgency
- Foster acustomer-first mindset
- Thinkbigandexecute
- Lead byexample
- Drivecontinuous improvement
- Learn andseek out development
- Promote transparent & open communication
About Vertiv
Vertiv(NYSE: VRT)brings together hardware software analytics and ongoing services to enable itscustomers vital applicationstoruncontinuouslyperform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing todays data centers communicationnetworksand commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio ofpower cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services thatextendfrom the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered inWesterville Ohio USA Vertiv employs around34000 peopleand does business in more than 130 countries. Visit to learn more.
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