Date: Jul 16, 2026
Location: Leeds, AL, US, 35094 Aiken, SC, US, 29801 Centralia, MO, US, 65240 St. Louis, MO, US, 63146
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Company: Hubbell Incorporated
Job Overview
The Supply Chain Distribution Planner & Analyst orchestrates all intercompany material flows (finished goods and components), aligns intercompany purchase orders across plants, and balances inflow to the distribution center to protect customer service and inventory health. The planner prioritizes lanes to ensure shipment visibility and drives timely escalation and recovery when risk emerges. The position requires strong communication, disciplined follow-up, and proactive issue escalation. This role serves as the primary liaison between sites, ensuring demand, supply, and priorities are understood and executed effectively.
A Day In The Life
Maintain and align intercompany purchase orders schedule lines (dates, quantities, splits) across all lanes, including heightened visibility and prioritization for lanes with a low number of POs.
Translate supply commits into a balanced inbound flow to the DC; publish weekly deployment and communicate “what changed” to site planners and operations.
Validate and synchronize closed loop component flows to prevent line starvation at supplying and receiving sites.
Use SAP delivery monitors to track outbound/inbound adherence and in transit accuracy; collaborate with logistics and site planners to expedite or re sequence as needed
Partner with the Supply Chain Systems team to tune exception logic, stabilize AutoPO/ICPO creation, and conduct monthly reviews of lead times, safety stocks, calendars, and related planning parameters.
Convert executive decisions into feasible network plans, running scenarios that respect capacity, material, and transit constraints.
Review interplant shipments and exceptions; align ship/receipt dates with site planners; protect service.
Monthly rhythm: SAP master data maintenance and alignment
Success Metrics (KPIs):
Intercompany on time delivery across all lanes (primary plus lanes with a low number of POs).
Lead time reliability and in transit accuracy (planned vs. actual at shipment and receipt).
DC Days of Supply adherence and reduced backorder exposure.
Exception message reduction and improved plan stability.
95% service and fill rates
Balance capacity, materials, and transit lead times; communicates trade-offs clearly and early
Lean on exception lists, availability checks, and shipment monitors to prevent service misses and manage risk proactively.
Apply Frozen/Slushy/Fluid rules rigorously to protect near-term execution.
Facilitate trade-offs among plants, DC, logistics, finance, and Systems; escalates with feasible options and impact transparency.
Maintain strong situational awareness and emotional resilience (“thick skin”) when delivering difficult messages or driving decisions that impact multiple teams.
Partner closely with manufacturing sites to set priorities, remove roadblocks, and ensure clarity of strategy, direction, and accountability.
Drive alignment across diverse stakeholders by synthesizing inputs and resolving competing priorities in a structured, consistent manner.
Lead with confidence in complex environments, exercising sound judgment while managing conflicting demands and operational constraints.
SAP planning and execution:
ICPO/STPO process familiarity and related master-data dependencies. and in-transit accuracy; SCOR-based performance framing.
Stewardship of planning parameters (lead times, safety stocks, calendars) and exception-rule tuning with Systems/MDM.
Shipment and exception control; date alignment with sites; focused protection of lanes with a low number of POs.
Consolidate supply commits; publish deployment; lock Frozen/Slushy changes with clear rationale.
Parameter and chronic-exception reviews with Systems; circulate learnings and rule changes.
What will help you thrive in this role?
Bachelor’s in Supply Chain, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Business, or Analytics (or equivalent experience).
Meaningful experience in supply planning, network deployment, or intercompany logistics within an SAP environment, including planning transactions and shipment monitors
Demonstrated results aligning intercompany PO dates/quantities across multiple plants and a DC, including hands-on ownership of low number of POs lanes.
Intercompany processing and stock-transfer best practices in SAP (ICPO/STO) experience
Production Planning or Network planning experience
Travel up to 25%
Hubbell Incorporated
Hubbell creates critical infrastructure solutions that power our customers, communities, people and the planet. Our company is strategically aligned around enabling grid modernization and electrification. As more products plug in to an aging grid, Hubbell solutions enable the transition to a more reliable, resilient and efficient energy infrastructure. Founded in 1888 our innovation has made us a leading global manufacturer of high quality electrical and utility solutions enabling customers to operate critical infrastructure reliably and efficiently.
The company operates in two segments. Hubbell Utility Solutions (HUS) enable the grid to conduct, communicate and control energy across utility applications and Hubbell Electrical Solutions (HES) are essential to managing power across a wide range of industries and applications. Our vertical market solutions can be applied to markets including Data Centers, Renewables, Commercial Buildings, Industrial, Telecom and Transportation. Supporting both of our business segments is our corporate and Hubbell Unified Business Solutions teams that provide consistent process, tools technologies across our businesses.
We are committed to operating sustainably and ethically while promoting an inclusive and supportive culture for our people to grow and develop in their careers. Our employees proudly work and serve our communities from our headquarters in Shelton, CT, across the United States and around the globe.
Hubbell Utility Solutions
Hubbell Utility Solutions (HUS) enable the grid to conduct, communicate and control energy across utility applications. HUS provides the critical components that allow the grid to reliably transmit and distribute energy, as well as the communications and controls technologies to make the grid smarter and more flexible.
Hubbell Incorporated, its subsidiaries and affiliates, is an EO Employer AA: M/F/Veteran/Disability. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other protected class.
The above summary of position responsibilities and requirements is not intended, and should not be construed, to be an exhaustive list of duties, skills, efforts, physical requirements, or working conditions associated with the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of those principal position elements essential for making decisions related to position performance, employee development, and compensation.
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