ABB Ltd

Material Planner

ABB Ltd$70K — $95K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, supply chain, or related field
  • Minimum 5 years experience in material planning/purchasing/supply chain
  • Experience with SAP MM/PP
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Power Query, Power BI, and data analysis
  • Experience in Inventory Management & Control
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office
  • Work authorization to work for ABB in the US

Responsibilities

  • Define inventory policies based on specified segmentation
  • Calculate and maintain inventory parameters in planning systems and ERPs
  • Analyze potential shortages and assign valid notifications to Purchasing
  • Troubleshoot inconsequential warnings and adjust SAP parameters when applicable
  • Collaborate with buyers to enhance supplier performance

Benefits

  • Choice between two medical plan options
  • Choice between two dental plan options
  • Vision benefit
  • Company paid life insurance
  • Company paid AD&D insurance
  • Short Term and Long Term Disability coverage by the company
  • Parental Leave up to 6 weeks
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • 401k Savings Plan with company contributions
  • Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)
  • Permissive time away policy for vacation
Full Job Description

This position reports to:

Planning & Fulfillment Manager

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The work model for the role is: Onsite, Richmond, VA

Your role and responsibilities

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 adequate replenishment of inventory through purchase orders, ensuring material availability as per manufacturing plan.

You will be mainly accountable to:

  • 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.

  • Analyze potential shortage; assign valid notifications to Purchasing team; troubleshoot inconsequential warnings and adjust SAP parametrization when applicable.

  • 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 for the role

  • Bachelor degree in engineering, supply chain, or related field PLUS minimum 5 years of experience in material planning/purchasing/ supply chain

  • Must have experience in SAP MM/PP

  • Proficiency in Microsoft Power Query, Power BI and data analysis, preferred

  • Experience in Inventory Management & Control

  • Microsoft Office

  • Candidates must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.

ABB Benefit Summary for eligible US employees

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

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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

Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.

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About ABB Ltd

ABB Ltd is a Swiss multinational corporation that specializes in electrical equipment. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. ABB operates in a variety of industries, including power generation, transmission, and distribution, as well as automation and robotics. The company's products and services are used in a range of applications, from electric vehicles to renewable energy systems. ABB has a global presence, with operations in more than 100 countries. The company is committed to sustainability and has set ambitious targets for reducing its environmental impact.
Learn more about ABB Ltd
Size
104,400 employees
Market Cap
$59.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
$5.1 billion
Founded
1988
5 Year Trend
+3%
Revenue
$26.1 billion
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