Planning & Fulfillment Manager

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This position reports to:
Front End Operations and Order Management Leader

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JOB PROFILE SUMMARY

Leads supply planning, inventory management, and resource management in the regional distribution center or local Sales organization. Drives planning initiatives to improve customer on-time delivery and lead time, ensuring adherence to inventory and supply plan. Onsite Richmond, VA (#LI-Onsite)

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Owns the site supply planning process and provides visibility of supply capacity and objectives within the S&OP process, including feedback on the site's ability to support the demand plan.
• Manages the inventory and Net Working Capital (NWC) checkbook, ensuring optimal inventory levels, conducting periodic reviews, and maintaining inventory management processes for finished goods in line with company guidelines.
• Leads the Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE) short-term planning process, ensuring alignment between planning and execution and coordinating responses to unplanned events.
• Supports the profitable execution of customer orders by collaborating with business functions and supply units, and leading discussions on inbound issues, planning parameters, and reverse logistics.
• Drives continuous improvement and cross-functional initiatives to enhance on-time delivery, lead time, inventory optimization, resource utilization, and forecast accuracy while applying Lean Six Sigma and supporting best practices in planning systems and integrated ERPs.

Required JOB SKILLS and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Materials/Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or Engineering (Industrial preferred) with 5+ years of experience in materials planning, sourcing, or logistics, including people management.
• Advanced knowledge of ERP systems (especially SAP), with APICS/ISM or equivalent supply chain certifications preferred.
• Strong analytical, time management, and organizational skills, with the ability to achieve results with minimal supervision.
• Effective communication and presentation skills, with proficiency in MS Power BI and Excel for data analysis and reporting.
• Experience in budget and performance management, strategy implementation, inventory management, logistics, order fulfillment, and resource/capacity planning.

What's In It For You

We empower you to take the lead, share bold ideas, and shape real outcomes. You'll grow through hands-on experience, mentorship, and learning that fits your goals. Here, your work doesn't just matter, it moves things forward

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.

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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 [email protected] . 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
• 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.

Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. That's why we welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.

Ready to make an impact?

Apply today or visit to learn more about the impact of our solutions across the globe.

Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. That's why we welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.

Ready to make an impact?

Apply today or visit to learn more about the impact of our solutions across the globe.