Planning & Fulfillment Specialist

ABB Smart Power Division Job Opportunity

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This position reports to :

Planning & Fulfillment Manager

Your Role And Responsibilities

In this role, you will ensure the efficient planning and fulfillment of products required by customers, focusing on performance improvements such as on-time delivery, lead time reduction, inventory management, and supply plan optimization. You will support production scheduling, material planning, and inventory optimization while driving improvement initiatives and ensuring high customer service levels.

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

This role is contributing to the Electrification Smart Power Division in Richmond, VA area.

You will be mainly accountable to :

• Supports the site supply planning process by creating production schedules, planning materials at the supplier end, and managing logistics. Releases production orders in SAP and tracks the plan vs. actual production.
• Manages and plans drop-shipped materials from suppliers to customer sites. Oversees site inventory and drives inventory optimization projects to ensure efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
• Maintains optimal inventory levels according to company targets, ensuring high customer service levels. Supports and maintains inventory management processes for finished / semi-finished goods and raw materials, in line with company guidelines. Conducts detailed analyses of planning and fulfillment metrics, including Days Inventory on Hand (DIH), on-time delivery, lead time, forecast accuracy, and resource utilization.
• Identifies root causes of non-performance and drives continuous improvement initiatives across the business. Establishes and shares best practices for operations planning, inventory management, and resource optimization.
• Supports the local implementation of planning technology solutions and compiles weekly / monthly reports to share planning, fulfillment, and inventory performance with business leaders.

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 For The Role

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.

More About Us

ABB Smart Power provides energy distribution solutions for data centers, industrial and manufacturing plants, critical infrastructure and commercial buildings. The Division's technical teams work closely with industry partners, delivering advanced solutions that support rapid growth, energy transition, and sustainability objectives. The Division's portfolio includes industrial circuit breakers, low-voltage systems, motor starting applications, and safety devices like switches and relays. Its Power Protection unit supports the world's largest data center companies with advanced energy-efficient UPS solutions. The Division's ABB Ability Energy Manager provides a scalable, easy-to-use platform that helps organizations save energy and reduce CO2 emissions.

Benefits

Our benefits? Competitive, comprehensive, and crafted with you in mind.

ABB Benefit Summary for eligible US employees :

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Health, Life & Disability

Retirement

Time Off

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

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