Career Area:
Manufacturing & Supply Chain
Job Description:
Your Work Shapes the World
Whether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.
When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators, and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don't just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that, because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in - the roads, hospitals, homes, and infrastructure.
We welcome applicants to come join the Advanced Power Products (APP) team. We are a growing team located within Large Power Systems Division serving the enterprise with our product lines. Advanced Power Products expand Caterpillar's world class power solutions so that our customers can continue to build a better world. You will find that we respect our powers systems legacy and are also passionate about future opportunities. We are a team with deep power system expertise. We strive to understand how the customer, business, competition, shape our work. We focus on being entrepreneurial. We accel when we act as a cohesive global team with global perspective. We also value positivity and diversity of thought. Specifically, we develop advanced batteries and chargers, relevant inverters and controls, photovoltaic and emerging technologies such as fuel cells. Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer's needs. Successful applicants will join us as we deliver on our commitments (customer and business). Together we will achieve predictable excellence. Come join and help our global team.
Job Summary:
This position collaborates with suppliers to ensure execution to planned orders and schedules, and resolves issues with suppliers to ensure material availability for facility production. The incumbent works with the facility production schedulers and operations personnel to support facility production for all Advanced Power Products and point of use material availability. Ensures alignment of facility inventory accuracy and inventory systems planning parameters with the plan for every part to maintain planning integrity.
Job Duties/Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:
Incumbent ensures the timely delivery of materials to the facility, collaborating with suppliers to coordinate deliveries, shipping schedules and work schedules to meet facility production plans. Using supplier collaboration technologies, collaborates with suppliers and operations to plan delivery of material for production.
Actively collaborates with suppliers to perform root cause corrective actions to resolve quality and supplier performance issues. This work may require planning for alternate manufacturing methods.
This position analyzes established parts schedules and production requirements, converting requirements into appropriate piece parts, requisitioning the materials, regulating inventory levels and issuing work orders.
Incumbent manages and performs supplier scheduling and implementation of engineering changes for the efficient manufacture of products and components. This position supports supply chain performance efforts by monitoring and tracking supplier performance metrics.
Incumbent performs work to improve point of use material availability, applying root cause analysis and corrective actions. Provides Material Planning expertise to facility functions in support of improving demand variability, forecast credibility and usability for production planning.
Basic Qualifications:
- Knowledge and understanding of 6 Sigma project management principles
- CPS Functional Job Role Qualified
- APICS CPIM or CSPC National Certification highly desired
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- College or university degree, or equivalent, preferably in Supply Chain and/or Logistics Management or Industrial Engineering is required
- Excellent interpersonal, teamwork, organization and communication skills
- Understanding of company policies and procedures
- General product knowledge
Top Candidates Will Also Have:
- General knowledge of production scheduling and capacity management
- Ability to use and troubleshoot the MRP, Lognet and MTS systems
- Knowledge and/or experience in material control, purchasing, parts distribution, inventory control, manufacturing engineering, operations and transportation or logistics desired"
Additional Information:
Location of this position is in Mossville, IL but can work remotely from any CAT office location.
This position may require
Relocation assistance is not available for this position. Any relocation costs incurred would be the responsibility of the selected applicant.
This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as H, L, TN, F, J, E, O.
This position will close on June 2nd, 2022 at 11:59 PM CST.
As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers
EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.
