Inventory & Logistics Coordinator at ABB Houston, TX

Overview

Inventory & Logistics Coordinator job ston, TX. ABB helps industries outrun - leaner and cleaner. Progress is an expectation for you, your team, and the world. This position reports to:
Project Support Operations Manager.

Your role and responsibilities: The Inventory & Logistics Coordinator is responsible for managing the end-to-end shipping process, coordinating import and export freight activities, and ensuring timely delivery of materials and products to Customers, Project Sites and Inventory Locations. The ideal candidate plans, coordinates, and monitors customer shipments to ensure seamless processing and compliance with U.S. Customs and International regulations. Leads logistics operations across internal teams and external partners, serving as the key liaison between factories, project managers, and customers.

Oversees shipping documentation, customs compliance, vendor performance, and inventory control. Mitigates shipping risks and manages ABB-established inventory locations. Drives effective communication, promotes digital logistics solutions, and ensures adherence to trade regulations and tariff requirements to optimize delivery timelines and cost efficiency. This is an on-site position based in Houston, TX. This role is contributing to the Electrification Solutions business (ELDS) in North America.

Main stakeholders are external and internal customers, project management and engineering, supply chain, project operations management, etc.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Lead and oversee ABB's Supplier Managed Inventory (SMI) program and warehousing operations, serving as the central liaison between factories, project teams, and customers to ensure smooth coordination and information flow.
• Manage and optimize inventory levels by monitoring SMI stock, maintaining accurate records, ensuring safety stock coverage, and driving inventory optimization projects aligned with company targets.
• Support supply planning and logistics operations through cycle counts, audits, ERP alignment, shipment tracking, documentation, and collaboration with stakeholders to resolve challenges and maintain high service levels.
• Ensure compliance and continuous improvement by analyzing fulfillment metrics, managing tariff and trade regulations, driving vendor compliance, and promoting innovative digital tools and best practices for inventory and resource management.

• Bachelor's Degree along with 5+ years of experience in project execution environment and Inventory Management and Control.
• Proven trade compliance, international shipping, and logistics experience. Experience with tariffs is a strong plus.
• Strong computer skills, with emphasis on Microsoft Suite (Excel), SAP and Power BI and other database management tools.
• Ability to think strategically about complex multifaceted concepts. Qualities of proven relationship-building capabilities will be required.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written required. Spanish is a plus.
• Availability to frequent travel (~25%) both domestic and international.
• Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the 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. The ABB Ability 3TM enabled connected solutions at its core, the offering includes medium-voltage equipment and related solutions as described in the original text.

Why ABB?
What's in it for you: We want you to bring your full self to work—your ideas, your energy, your ambition. You'll have the tools and freedom to grow your skills, shape your path, and take on challenges that matter. Here, your work creates impact you can see and feel, every day.

ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer for protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities  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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