Planning & Fulfillment Excellence Specialist

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Planning & Fulfillment Manager

Your role and responsibilities

For Distribution Solutions we are looking for a Planning & Fulfillment Excellence Specialist will join our the Grid Components and MV Switchgear organization located in Dalmine, Italy. This role supports the development of the planning and fulfillment-related processes, skills, and tools. Supports performance improvement, including supplier and customer on-time delivery and lead time, ensuring adherence to inventory targets and supply plan optimization. The work model for the role is: #LI-Hybrid This role is contributing to the Distribution Solutions Division within the Electrification Area in Dalmine. You will be mainly accountable for • Implementing continuous improvement actions with critical suppliers/top offenders in order to increase their on-time delivery performances. Performing full supplier integration where needed. • Being responsible for stock profile and segmenting the portfolio of materials through an ABC/XYZ analysis, product lifecycle management and commercial policy, defining inventory policies according to this segmentation. • Tracking programs, initiatives, projects, and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to demonstrate progress and value in the own area, enabling decision-makers to allocate resources and recognize success. • Promoting a systematic fact-based approach to identify and evaluate opportunities for future improvement. • Calculating and maintaining in the planning systems and the ERPs the inventory parameters: safety stock, reorder point, lot size, lead time, and replenishment strategies. Performing regular reviews of lead times/lot sizes for all suppliers. • Collaborating with Category Managers for obtaining the best possible supplier performance in terms of supplier on-time delivery, MOQ, quality, lead time, and flexibility. • Conducting financial risk assessments decisions relating to inventory, conducting root cause analysis when necessary. • Identifying, evaluating, and implementing solutions to facilitate information/data exchange with vendors and to simplify/digitalize material planning activities. • Calculating, maintaining, and sharing yearly budget/forecast for the portfolio of materials with relevant stakeholders (vendors, Category Managers). • Leading/contributing to cross-functional initiatives for optimizing customer on-time delivery, lead time, inventory, resource utilization, and forecast accuracy. • Supporting cycle counting and/or year-end inventory counting.

Qualifications for the role

• You have a minimum of 3 years of experience in similar roles performed in structured and complex environments
• You are a Management Engineer or a Mechanical Engineer. Experience in material planning is considered a plus;
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office, in particular on Microsoft Excel;
• Knowledge of SAP and data analysis tools (Power BI or similar) are considered a plus;
• You are creative, innovative and digitally smart;
• You have ownership and a problem solving attitude, you are result oriented;
• You have and agile approach;
• You have a teamwork attitude, good communication skills and courage complete the profile.
• You are at ease communicating in Italian and English, both written and spoken.

More about us

ABB's Distribution Solutions Division facilitates the efficient and reliable distribution, protection and control of power by improving electric power quality while strengthening the resilience of the grid. The Division offers segment-specific products and solutions that largely serve utilities, industry and infrastructure segments, often providing the requisite medium-voltage link between high-voltage transmission systems and low-voltage users. With ABB Ability™ enabled connected solutions at its core, the offering includes medium-voltage air- and gas-insulated switchgear (1 to 66 kilovolts), indoor and outdoor circuit breakers, reclosers, fuses, contactors, relays, instrument transformers, sensors, motor control centers, as well as low-voltage switchgear for the ANSI standard markets. We value people from different backgrounds. Apply today for your next career step within ABB and visit www.abb.com to learn about the impact of our solutions across the globe. #MyABBStory For further info: Davide Lippiello, Talent Partner