Associate, Strategic Planning- Global Strategic Accounts

Job Opportunity : Associate, Strategic Planner

Position Summary : As an Associate, Strategic Planner within Vertiv's Global Strategic Accounts (GSA) organization you will be the execution heartbeat for high-visibility programs : building analyses, crafting executive-ready deliverables, structuring work plans, and drafting crisp communications that move decisions forward. You will support data-driven Commercial insights, by translating wide-ranging data into decision-quality analyses. You will work at the cutting edge of AI infrastructure, as the industry experiences unprecedented capital investment. While the specific job deliverables will vary according to unique project and integration needs, you will have the broad skills needed to exercise strong analytical and critical thinking capabilities while helping to solve complex problems and communicate plans and progress. You will work in a fast-paced and collaborative environment that exposes you to a variety of experiences across the organization while you develop business skills and increase the bandwidth and velocity of the GSA Strategy Team as the organization attempts to capture unparalleled top-line growth. This position requires extensive interaction and collaboration across business functions including business leaders and subject-matter-experts. Top performers will be able to reach Director-level within 3 years through demonstrated excellence.

Essential Job Functions

• Deliverable creation : Develop structured models and sensitivity analyses for high priority initiatives including Commercial demand planning, Sales forecasting and planning, and Orders execution.
• Analytical rigor : Ability to bring structure to ill-defined problems and intellectual leadership to problem solving; synthesize insights from analysis and ensure credible, actionable recommendations.
• Communications skills : Ability to develop rapport and credibility across the organization, promote ideas and proposals persuasively. Ability to draft executive updates, decision memos, and other briefs with consistent narratives.
• Program management : Support program management for high priority initiatives including tracking KPIs, surfacing cross-functional blockers, and driving issue closure with owners and timelines.
• Business results : Desire to understand, influence, and support management of GSA orders and sales throughout the opportunity identification to order conversion lifecycle.

Principal Responsibilities