ELDS NAM Planning & Fulfillment Manager

ABB Inc.; Selmer (TN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k plan

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Employee discounts

Job summary

ABB is seeking a seasoned Planning & Fulfillment leader to develop S&OP processes, optimize inventory, and drive end-to-end supply chain improvements. The role emphasizes deploying best practices across units and improving working capital and delivery performance.

Reporting to the Business Manager - Operations, you will guide strategic planning, resource allocation, and transformation initiatives to enhance overall supply chain value across the organization. Onsite role with ABB benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in production planning, supply chain, logistics, materials management, or fulfillment operations.
• Proven experience with a minimum 2 years establishing common operating standards for Planning & Fulfillment across multiple manufacturing units.
• Strong understanding of ETO business and the end-to-end delivery value chain.
• Experience managing change and transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Developing, communicating, and implementing planning and fulfillment strategies aligned with the business strategy.
• Implementing the deployment and improvement of S&OP and inventory management best practice processes across all units in line with the business area/division strategy.
• Leading and developing end-to-end process optimization to reduce overall end-to-end lead times, inventory, including Sales in Excess of invoicing, and customer on-time delivery, improving fulfillment and value chain visibility.
• Identifying opportunities where Planning and Fulfillment can contribute value to other functions and look for processes within other functions that can improve the performance of Planning and Fulfillment.

Skills

S&OP

Inventory mgmt

Planning & Fulfillment

Process optimization

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain or related field

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner-and every person here makes that happen. You'll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.

This position reports to:

Business Manager - Operations

Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to develop Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), inventory management, resource allocation, and short-term planning processes. Each day, you will design and deploy strategies, best practices, and solutions for the Planning and Fulfillment function. You will also showcase your expertise by optimizing businesses' net working capital.

The work model for the role is: Onsite #LI-Onsite

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Developing, communicating, and implementing planning and fulfillment strategies aligned with the business strategy.
• Implementing the deployment and improvement of S&OP and inventory management best practice processes across all units in line with the business area/division strategy.
• Leading and developing end-to-end process optimization to reduce overall end-to-end lead times, inventory, including Sales in Excess of invoicing, and customer on-time delivery, improving fulfillment and value chain visibility.
• Identifying opportunities where Planning and Fulfillment can contribute value to other functions and look for processes within other functions that can improve the performance of Planning and Fulfillment.

Qualifications for the role

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in production planning, supply chain, logistics, materials management, or fulfillment operations.
• Proven experience with a minimum 2 years establishing common operating standards for Planning & Fulfillment across multiple manufacturing units.
• Strong understanding of ETO business and the end-to-end delivery value chain.
• Experience managing change and transformation initiatives.

More about us

ABB's Distribution Solutions Division facilitates the efficient and reliable distribution, protection and control of power by improving electric power quality while strengthening the resilience of the grid. The Division offers segment-specific products and solutions that largely serve utilities, industry and infrastructure segments, often providing the requisite medium-voltage link between high-voltage transmission systems and low-voltage users. With ABB Ability enabled connected solutions at its core, the offering includes medium-voltage air- and gas-insulated switchgear (1 to 66 kilovolts), indoor and outdoor circuit breakers, reclosers, fuses, contactors, relays, instrument transformers, sensors, motor control centers, as well as low-voltage switchgear for the ANSI standard markets.

Why ABB?

We empower you to take initiative, challenge ideas, and lead with confidence. You'll grow through meaningful work, continuous learning, and support that's tailored to your goals. Every idea you share and every action you take contributes to something bigger.

What’s in it for you

We empower you to take initiative, challenge ideas, and lead with confidence. You'll grow through meaningful work, continuous learning, and support that's tailored to your goals. Every idea you share and every action you take contributes to something bigger.

ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Aff…

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their- sex (gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation), marital status, citizenship, age, race and ethnicity, inclusive of traits historically associated with race or ethnicity, including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles, color, religious creed, national origin, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal and state law.

For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following websites: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf

As an Equal Employment Opportunity and Aff… applicants may request to review the plan of a particular ABB facility between the hours of 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. EST Monday through Friday by contacting an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762.

Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access ABB's career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by calling an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762 or by sending an email to [e-mail]. Resumes and applications will not be accepted in this manner.

ABB Benefit Summary for eligible US employees

[excludes ABB E-mobility, Athens union, Puerto Rico]

Go to MyBenefitsABB.com and click on "Candidate/Guest" to learn more

Health, Life & Disability

• Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
• Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus
• Vision benefit
• Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
• Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
• Voluntary life and AD&D - 100% employee paid up to maximums
• Short Term Disability - up to 26 weeks - Company paid
• Long Term Disability - 60% of pay - Company paid. Ability to "buy-up" to 66 2/3% of pay.
• Supplemental benefits - 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
• Employee discount program

Retirement

• 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
• Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)

Time off

ABB provides 11 paid holidays. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.

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