Strategy & Business Excellence Leader, Thermal
Vertiv · Westerville, OH
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Lean / CI
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 10+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 17 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A management continuous improvement role at Vertiv (industrial) in Westerville, OH. Hands-on proficiency with Power BI or equivalent business intelligence (BI) and analytics platforms.
- They ask for
- 10+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, Automation
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Continuous Improvement roles in Ohio: typical posted base $113k–$165k.
Median of the low and high ends of 10 live postings that list pay, out of 32 continuous improvement openings in Ohio, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Ohio plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 31 other live lean / ci postings in Ohio.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (10+ vs 8+)
Typical $108k–$152k, from 8 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 8+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Lean 91%
- ✓ Six Sigma 75%
- Root cause 56%
- Kaizen 44%
- Value stream mapping 44%
- 5S 41%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Is CI run from the plant floor or from a corporate OpEx group?
- Which metrics does leadership actually watch: OEE, scrap, cost per unit?
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This plant: Vertiv in Westerville
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Full description from VertivAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Position summary
The Strategy & Business Excellence Leader is the organizational operating system for the Thermal Regional Business Unit (RBU), Americas. This role builds and runs the business system: the planning cadences, governance structures, accountability mechanisms, and process frameworks that connect strategy to execution across the region.
Reporting to the Vice President, Thermal, RBU of the Americas, this position owns strategic planning, competitive and market intelligence, Key Performance Indicator (KPI) management, business reviews, New Product Development and Introduction (NPDI) governance visibility, and process improvement. The role prepares monthly and quarterly business reviews, drives Global Business Unit (GBU)/RBU interlocks, and uses Power BI and other analytics tools to standardize reporting, automate workflows, and track improvement outcomes.
The Strategy & Business Excellence Leader partners cross-functionally with Sales, Product Management, Operations, Engineering, Finance, and Supply Chain to keep the RBU aligned, accountable, and continuously improving.
Qualifications
- ✓ Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Operations Management, Finance, or related field.
- ✓10+ years of progressive experience in strategy, business operations, business excellence, operational excellence, or management consulting within industrial, manufacturing, or technology companies.
- ✓Demonstrated experience building business operating systems: planning cadences, KPI frameworks, review structures, governance models.
- ✓Strong expertise in strategic planning frameworks, competitive analysis methods, and business performance management.
- ✓Hands-on proficiency with Power BI or equivalent business intelligence (BI) and analytics platforms.
- ✓Experience preparing and facilitating executive-level business reviews and cross-functional interlock sessions.
- ✓Proven ability to develop and implement KPI-driven management systems that support accountability, execution discipline, and continuous improvement.
Preferred Qualifications
- ✓Master of Business Administration (MBA) or equivalent advanced degree.
- ✓Experience supporting manufacturing, engineered products, critical infrastructure, data center, or industrial technology businesses.
- ✓Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, or equivalent process improvement methodologies in a business operations context.
- ✓Demonstrated experience utilizing competitive intelligence, market analysis, and portfolio insights to guide strategic decision-making.
- ✓Track record of driving reporting standardization and automation initiatives with measurable efficiency gains.
- ✓Experience working within a matrixed, multi-site regional organization with GBU/RBU or similar global-regional operating models.
Time travel required
- ✓Up to 25% as needed
The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.
OUR CORE PRINCIPLES: Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Inclusion.
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Strategic Planning & Intelligence
- •Own and run the annual and quarterly strategic planning process for the Americas RBU, translating corporate and GBU strategy into regional priorities, milestones, and resource plans.
- •Gather, synthesize, and distribute competitive intelligence to inform go-to-market decisions, pricing actions, and portfolio positioning.
- •Collect and package market intelligence (customer shifts, technology trends, regulatory changes, demand signals) into actionable briefs for leadership.
- •Drive strategic initiatives from scoping through execution, ensuring milestones are met, risks are surfaced, and results are measured against defined targets.
Business Reviews & GBU/RBU Interlocks
- •Prepare and facilitate monthly business reviews with structured agendas, pre-reads, data packages, and documented follow-through on action items.
- •Prepare and facilitate quarterly business reviews that assess RBU performance against strategic plan commitments, financial targets, and operational KPIs.
- •Prepare and coordinate GBU/RBU interlock sessions, ensuring alignment on product roadmaps, demand signals, regional requirements, pricing, and go-to-market priorities.
- •Own the content development and narrative for executive review presentations, translating raw data into clear insights and recommended actions.
KPI Management & Analytics
- •Build and maintain KPI dashboards using Power BI and other tools that give leadership real-time visibility into RBU performance across financial, operational, and commercial dimensions.
- •Drive standardization and automation of reporting processes, reducing manual effort and improving data accuracy and timeliness.
- •Track and report improvement outcomes tied to automation and standardization initiatives, quantifying time saved and error reduction.
Governance & Accountability
- •Provide NPDI governance visibility by tracking stage-gate milestones, launch readiness criteria, and cross-functional dependencies across the portfolio.
- •Own the accountability tracking system: action items, owners, due dates, status updates, and escalation paths tied to all governance forums.
- •Ensure compliance with company policies, delegated authority requirements, and governance standards.
Process & Organizational Effectiveness
- •Identify and lead process improvement initiatives that reduce cycle times and eliminate waste across RBU workflows and decision processes.
- •Assess and improve organizational effectiveness, including decision rights, meeting cadence, information flow, and cross-functional coordination.
- •Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Product Management, Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, and Human Resources to drive business performance and alignment.
Physical & environmental demands
- •No specific demands.
Our strategic priorities
- •Customer Focus
- •Operational Excellence
- •High-Performance Culture
- •Innovation
- •Fin