Career Area:
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Job Description:

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Description:

Job Description Summary

As a Supply Chain Planning Engineer at Caterpillar, you will be responsible for facility performance levels to corporate targets for inventory reduction, increased inventory turns and improved order-to-delivery results. You will lead facility efforts to develop and implement Lean principles and improved throughput efficiency.

Job Duties/Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Responsible for performing work to achieve corporate supply chain performance targets focused on inventory reduction, increased inventory turns and improved order-to-delivery results.
• Coordinates and manages a performance portfolio for multiple, cross functional work teams deploying the Supply Chain Planning Process, which develops the Plan for Every Part and MRP methods for a facility
• Leads team efforts to gather and analyze data on facility demand and demand variability for each part required for
• production based on daily demand.
• Leads team efforts to develop material flow plans for all material coming into a facility for production.
• Leads the work of Supply Chain Planning Analysts in the documentation of all process enhancements.
• Supports facility efforts to implement pull material replenishment where appropriate.
• This work requires knowledge of complex lean concepts and tools
• Supports facility efforts and leads teams to design and implement material packaging and containerization solutions for a facility
• Leads cross-functional teams to maximize the use of MRP and QAD ERP functionality
• Works with diverse, multi-functional work teams to drive improvements required to meet certification requirements

Required Qualifications:

• College degree Bachelor's Degree (related to Supply Chain, IT or equivalent)
• 85% English Communicates proficiently
• +5 Years supply chain experience.
• Experience with Value Stream Transformation process
• Avanced analytical and problem-solving skills, and the ability to creatively solve very complex problems
• Ability to use and troubleshoot the Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
• Ability to extract, manage and create reports from data from QAD.
• Knowledge of reporting Tools.
• Experience and knowledge of lean concepts and tools.
• Knowledge of and / or experience deploying using 6Sigma Project Management principles
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong knowledge of production scheduling and capacity management.
• Knowledge and/or experience in purchasing, parts distribution, inventory control, manufacturing engineering, operations and transportation or logistic

Desired Qualifications:

• Leadership skills
• APICS CPIM or CSPC National Certification
• Must be able to design and deploy lean systems in a highly productive environment with minimal disruption to daily requirement

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).

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