The Role
Responsible for end-to-end forecast and operational planning, maintaining inventory levels, analyzing metrics, and leading a planning team to ensure optimal service levels and operational efficiency.
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This position reports to:
Planning & Fulfillment Manager__
Your role and responsibilities (Mandatory)
Reporting to the Planning & Fulfillment manager, you will own the end-to-end forecast and operational planning process — driving alignment between demand signals, production capacity, and supply chain execution to ensure on-time delivery, optimized inventory, and revenue realization. You will also showcase your expertise by ensuring adherence to inventory targets and supply plan optimization.
The work model for the role is: Onsite
This role is contributing to the Electrification Business in the Smart Power Division located in North Mississippi/Memphis area.
You will be mainly accountable for:
Reporting to the Planning & Fulfillment manager, you will own the end-to-end forecast and operational planning process — driving alignment between demand signals, production capacity, and supply chain execution to ensure on-time delivery, optimized inventory, and revenue realization. You will also showcase your expertise by ensuring adherence to inventory targets and supply plan optimization.
The work model for the role is: Onsite
This role is contributing to the Electrification Business in the Smart Power Division located in North Mississippi/Memphis area.
You will be mainly accountable for:
- Maintaining the right inventory levels, optimizing them according to the company’s targets while ensuring high customer service level.
- Performing standard and ad hoc detailed analyses of planning and fulfillment metrics, including Days Inventory on Hand (DIH), on-time delivery, lead time, forecast accuracy, and resource utilization.
- Identifying key root causes for non-performance and drives improvement initiatives across businesses.
- Develop and maintain demand forecasts using statistical models, market intelligence, and customer data
- Monitor and manage inventory levels (raw material, WIP, finished goods) to balance service levels and working capital targets
- Define, track, and report on planning KPIs: forecast accuracy, OTIF, inventory turns, schedule adherence
- Lead and develop a team of planners, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and data-driven decision making
- Responsible for partnering with Finance on E&O provision management and mitigation processes
Qualifications for the role (Mandatory)
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related field. APICS CPIM/CSCP preferred
- 5+ years in demand forecasting, production planning, or supply chain management
- 3+ years managing planning teams in a manufacturing environment
- Proven track record leading or co-leading S&OP/SIOP processes \
- Strong SAP proficiency; advanced Excel; Power BI or similar analytics tools a plus
- Ability to translate complex data into clear business decisions for senior leadership
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-stakes manufacturing environment
- Strong influencing skills — able to align Sales, Operations, Finance, and Supply Chain around a single plan
- Experience with ERP implementations or SAP upgrades
- Six Sigma Green Belt or Lean certification is a plus
- Experience planning in a high-volume, high-revenue manufacturing environment ($50M+/month preferred)
What We Offer
- A leadership role with real impact in a $900M operation
- Competitive salary, bonus, and ABB benefits package
- Career development opportunities within a global Fortune 500 company
- A collaborative, inclusive, and safety-first culture
- Exposure to ABB's broader Smart Power portfolio and global supply chain network
- While base salary is determined by things such as the successful applicant’s qualifications and experience, this position is expected to pay between $100,500 and $160,800 annually and is eligible for a short-term incentive plan/annual bonus.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related field.
- 5+ years in demand forecasting, production planning, or supply chain management.
- 3+ years managing planning teams in a manufacturing environment.
- Proven track record leading S&OP/SIOP processes.
- Strong SAP proficiency; advanced Excel; Power BI or similar analytics tools a plus.
- Six Sigma Green Belt or Lean certification is a plus.
- Experience planning in a high-volume manufacturing environment ($50M+/month preferred).
ABB Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ABB and has not been reviewed or approved by ABB.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, with medical, dental, vision, mental health support, and disability and life insurance included. Immediate eligibility in some roles reinforces the sense of dependable core coverage.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are described as broad, including paid holidays, sick days, volunteer time, sabbaticals, and, in some cases, 25 days of PTO. Flexible scheduling and remote-work options add to perceived time-off and flexibility value.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are positioned as robust, including a 401(k) with company contributions or matching and, in some cases, profit sharing or pension savings. Stock purchase/share acquisition programs complement longer-term savings options.
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What We Do
ABB is a leading global technology company that energizes the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. By connecting software to its electrification, robotics, automation and motion portfolio, ABB pushes the boundaries of technology to drive performance to new levels. With a history of excellence stretching back more than 130 years, ABB’s success is driven by about 110,000 talented employees in over 100 countries. www.abb.com
