What are the responsibilities and job description for the Global Demand Planner position at ABB?
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This Position reports to:
Global Procurement Manager
Your Role And Responsibilities
In this role you will be responsible for forecasting product demand across four global manufacturing facilities, ensuring Supply chain optimization with Procurement team and production planning to meet customer requirements in the UPS industry. This role involves analyzing market trends, collaborating with sales teams and factory managers, and balancing supply chain efficiency across multiple regions to minimize costs while maintaining high service levels.
Work model: hybrid ( hybrid)
Preferred location: USA
You will be mainly accountable for:
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.
We value people from different backgrounds. Could this be your story? Apply today or visit www.abb.com to read more about us and learn about the impact of our solutions across the globe.
This Position reports to:
Global Procurement Manager
Your Role And Responsibilities
In this role you will be responsible for forecasting product demand across four global manufacturing facilities, ensuring Supply chain optimization with Procurement team and production planning to meet customer requirements in the UPS industry. This role involves analyzing market trends, collaborating with sales teams and factory managers, and balancing supply chain efficiency across multiple regions to minimize costs while maintaining high service levels.
Work model: hybrid ( hybrid)
Preferred location: USA
You will be mainly accountable for:
- Performing standard and ad hoc detailed analyses for planning & fulfillment metrics (inventory, on-time delivery, lead-time, forecast accuracy, resource utilization).
- Identifying key root clauses for non-performance and drives improvement initiatives across the overseen area of accountability.
- Establishing and sharing best practices for operations planning, inventory management and resource management.
- Supporting local Operations Planners Master Schedule Planner and Material planner in case of implementation of new processes and/or tools in area of Material Planning.
- Creating and maintaining rolling 18-24 months of unconstrained demand forecasts for assigned products.
- Partnering with Sales, Projects, Finance, Product Management team, and internal customers to develop best practices for rolling 18-24 months forecast (e.g., implement appropriate forecasting techniques, identify macro-economic factors, review trends, and monitor mix shifts amongst product family options, understand changes in demand drivers, etc.) thereby improving forecast accuracy. Compiling and sharing timely report out to business leaders on planning and fulfillment and inventory performance.
- BA degree in engineering (ideally industrial, electrical engineering)
- Experience in demand and capacity management for large industries
- At least 7 years of experience in similar role
- Strong problem-solving skills and good stakeholders’ relationship management skills
- Fluency in English (both written and spoken)
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.
We value people from different backgrounds. Could this be your story? Apply today or visit www.abb.com to read more about us and learn about the impact of our solutions across the globe.