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Materials Planner

ABB Ventures

Stonehouse

On-site

GBP 35,000 - 50,000

Full time

3 days ago
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Job summary

ABB Ventures is seeking a materials management professional for onsite inventory planning. You will optimize inventory through ERP systems and support purchasing. Join a recognized top employer and enjoy competitive benefits, including a generous pension scheme and employee referral bonuses.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Competitive contributory pension scheme
Flexible benefits scheme
Internal mobility opportunities
Generous employee referral scheme
Generous bonus scheme

Qualifications

  • Proven materials management and purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment.
  • Knowledge of ERP systems (SAP) required.
  • Proficient in Excel.

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for end-to-end inventory planning.
  • Define inventory policies and maintain inventory parameters.
  • Coordinate material planning with operations buyers.

Skills

Materials management
Inventory management
Communication
Innovation

Tools

SAP
Excel

Job description

At ABB, we help industries outrun - leaner and cleaner. Here, progress is an expectation - for you, your team, and the world. As a global market leader, we’ll give you what you need to make it happen. It won’t always be easy, growing takes grit. But at ABB, you’ll never run alone. Run what runs the world.

This Position Reports To

Material Planning Team Leader

In this role, you will have the opportunity to be responsible for end-to-end planning of inventory, including Sales in Excess of invoicing from purchase requisition to customer invoice. Each day, you will support internal customer service inquiries. You will also showcase your expertise by setting inventory parameters and targets and ensuring the adequate replenishment of inventory through purchase orders.

Our Team Dynamics

Our teams support each other, collaborate, and never stop learning. Everyone brings something unique, and together we push ideas forward to solve real problems. Being part of our team means your work matters - because the progress we make here creates real impact out there.

What’s in it for you?

We want you to bring your full self to work—your ideas, your energy, your ambition. You’ll have the tools and freedom to grow your skills, shape your path, and take on challenges that matter. Here, your work creates impact you can see and feel, every day.

Your Role And Responsibilities

In this role, you’ll help run what runs the world, by taking on meaningful work that drives real impact.

The work model for the role is #onsite

  • Defining inventory policies based on specified segmentation.
  • Calculating and maintaining the inventory parameters, including safety stock, reorder point, lot size, lead time, and replenishment strategies, in the planning systems and the ERPs.
  • Coordinating material planning with call-offs to ensure that purchase requisitions are converted into purchase orders in collaboration with operations buyers and services.
  • Collaborating with buyers to achieve the best possible supplier performance in terms of supplier on-time delivery, Minimum Order Quantity, quality, lead time, and flexibility.

Qualifications And Key Skills For The Role

  • Proven materials management and purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment
  • Knowledge of ERP systems (SAP)
  • Proficient in Excel
  • Inventory management
  • Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
  • Mindset to innovate, take ownership, drive improvement

Benefits

ABB offers a full range of benefits to help you thrive at work and beyond.

  • Competitive salary
  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Competitive contributory pension scheme
  • Life assurance
  • Flexible benefits scheme (Includes options to buy/sell holidays, health checks, dental, eye care, gym memberships, cycle to work, gadget discounts and more)
  • Internal mobility opportunities, mentorships & access to projects globally
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Generous employee referral scheme
  • Generous bonus scheme

For the 5th consecutive year ABB UK has been recognised as a Top Employer in UK. Being certified as a Top Employer showcases an organisation’s dedication to a better world of work and exhibits this through excellent HR policies and people practices.

More About Us

The Measurement & Analytics Division is among the world’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of smart instrumentation and analyzers, working at the heart of industrial digital transformation. The Measurement & Analytics Division’s portfolio consists of analyzers measuring compositions of gases and liquids; instrumentation measuring process variables such as temperature, pressure, flow, and level; force measurement solutions measuring parameters such as flatness, thickness, and tension; and advanced digital solutions for device management, device health check and predictive maintenance. The Measurement & Analytics Division serves key industries such as oil and gas, chemical, water and wastewater, power, hydrogen, batteries, as well as the marine industry. The Division enables the optimization of industrial processes by providing and analyzing data collected from sensing and smart measurement devices. Parameters such as emission levels and production inputs are measured by providing ‘before’ and ‘after’ values, enabling efficient operations and environmental sustainability through measurement.

Join us. Be part of the team where progress happens, industries transform, and your work shapes the world. #RunWhatRunstheWorld.

We value people from different backgrounds. Could this be your story? Apply today or visit www.abb.com to read more about us and learn about the impact of our solutions across the globe.
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