Supply Planning & Inventory Management Leader

About ABB

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.

Position Overview

Reports to: Operations Manager

Work Model: Onsite in Bartlesville, OK

In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead supply planning, inventory management, and resource management in the regional distribution center or local Sales organization.

Your Role and Responsibilities

• Working with product management to influence design decisions, with procurement to better align supply and sourcing strategies, and with demand planners to influence activities that can improve profit or customer service, or reduce inventory
• Owner of the site supply planning process. Provides visibility of supply capacity and local supply objectives into the Hub/PG S&OP process. Provides feedback into S&OP process of site's ability to support the demand plan
• Owns the inventory or NWC check book for the local unit. Establishes and maintains an inventory management processes including raw materials, WIP, finished goods in line with Group/Division/Business Unit instructions
• Is accountable for inventory within the site, and driving inventory optimization projects within the site
• Run a short-term planning process or S&OE process, connecting planning with execution. Coordinate an appropriate response to unplanned events
• Support the profitable execution of customer orders, in coordination with project management, engineering, manufacturing and procurement
• Leads/contributes to cross-functional initiatives for optimizing customer on-time delivery, lead-time, inventory, resource utilization, and forecast accuracy. Uses lean 6 sigma tools whenever applicable
• Collaborate with other units in the end-to-end supply chain
• Leads local planning function and ensures (with HR Manager support) that local planning teams are properly organized, staffed, and skilled and directed
• Guides, motivates, and develops direct and indirect subordinates within HR policies, for the benefit of both ABB and the employee
• Contributing to the short-term planning process, and linking the operations plan to the short-term production schedule
• Identifying root causes for deviation from the production plan and implementing initiatives to improve this and ensuring that planning bills of materials are up to date, and generating material plans based on supply plans
• Definition of the material planning strategies and PFEP, Regular review and update of the Production and Material planning parameters, Production orders scheduling/balancing
• E2E order fulfilment control/coordination: from order booking and confirmation to planning, scheduling, control, fulfilment and customer care: customer/Sales Unit alignment with latest/revised delivery plans

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.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's Degree and/or 8+ years of experience in Manufacturing (Scheduling, working as Planner/Scheduler, etc) is required
• Sound knowledge of SAP, Microsoft products
• Knowledge of Six Sigma Tools
• A collaborative, solution-focused approach and strong written and spoken communication skills
• Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US

Why ABB

Working at ABB gives you the opportunity to contribute to a healthier and more prosperous world. Add to your story by joining a passionate team, focused on pushing the boundaries of technology to drive performance, shape new business models and find new ways of working that benefit our customers, partners and society. We want you to be proud of being part of 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.

We Care

At ABB, we care about our people and their stories. We create safe, fair, equitable and inclusive working environments in which our people can succeed and develop, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or cultural, religious or social background. Diverse teams make us stronger. ABB is also committed to a high standard of integrity in everything we do.

We Grow

We help our people succeed and develop, and we empower them to create their own careers at ABB. Our benefits, reward and development programs encompass a wide array of offerings.

What's in it for You

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)
• Parental Leave – up to 6 weeks
• 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

Equal Employment Opportunity

ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer for protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities at ABB. 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: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf

• As an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer for Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities, 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 US-AskHR@abb.com. Resumes and applications will not be accepted in this manner.

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