Career Area:
Manufacturing & Supply Chain
Job Description:
Your Impact Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.
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 global team who cares not just about he work we do - but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here - we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.
Job Description:
Caterpillar's Resource Industries Operations & Products (RIOP) Scheduling & Orders Manager develop and recommend production, attachment, and inventory schedules and order fulfillment activities for Wheel Loaders & Excavators Division (WLED).
Job Duties / Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:
Provides leadership and direction to scheduling and orders staff to help WLED accomplish order fulfillment objectives. Identifies areas/projects requiring attention, develops priorities, identifies work plan for staff and coordinates review of projects with facility management.
Develops master production plan to accommodate customer demand within practical production capabilities and balances the often conflicting objectives of employment stability, efficient manufacturing and appropriate inventory levels to achieve optimum costs and profit. Coordinates development of schedules for each prime product configuration, attachments and related products. Monitors external issues which impact on scheduling concerns. Issues include strikes by key suppliers, legal requirements related to manpower and the opening, closing and softening of markets due to economic and political situations.
Develops availability and inventory strategies that satisfy product needs of the Rolling Business Planning (RBM) shipment forecast. Reconciles fluctuating demand and the need for factory stability while minimizing inventory investment.
Monitors the production plan and modifies as needed to maintain acceptable product availability and inventory levels. Collects, monitors and analyzes actual results against business variables of the RBM forecasts such as sales to users, orders, shipments and factory and dealer inventory. Develops a plan for critical review by Product Managers, materials, factory managers and marketing subsidiaries, explaining why this plan provides the best compromise to conflicting objectives. Adjusts RBM forecast for supply constraints such as machinery, equipment, manpower, etc.
Coordinates and facilitates global S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning) meetings with marketing subsidiaries on a monthly basis. Analyzes industry and dealer trends assess risks and opportunities. 6 Sigma training is a key attribute to this position as worldwide historical statistics on sales, pins, market indicators play a critical role in effective forecasting and trend management of product demand. Customers include product managers, commercial managers, marketing managers and operations managers worldwide. Monthly presentations include reports to Vice Presidents of Business Units and marketing.
Optimizes product mix in short supply based on margin, forecasts, large project requirements, special customers, etc. Provides availability administration including demand management, special order programs, responding to critical deals, quoting delivery for large projects, etc. Prepares scheduling proposals to accommodate special situations such as strike hedge plans or reviewing costs and consequences of layoffs, carrying inventory, using plant shutdowns, etc.
Oversees analysis and development of complex attachment forecasts utilizing the latest tools available to compensate for changes in dealer ordering behavior. Monitors attachment inventory daily and develops schedules to achieve inventory turns goals while maintaining good availability on key attachments to compensate for order changes and diversions from stock inventory.
The position manages a work unit of primarily management/professional employees where monitoring and reviewing work of subordinates is required as well as training, developing and mentoring. The position is responsible for all personnel issues and performance evaluation of subordinates.
Also: Coordinates scheduling activities for commercial entity products not scheduled at the WLED facilities for Gosselies, Akashi, Piracicaba, and Sagami; Develops phasein/phaseout schedule plans for New Product Introduction; Provides input to scheduling and orders analysts performance reviews; Provides leadership/ training to analysts; Manages prime product inventory; Initiates and sponsors 6-Sigma projects.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree
10+ years' experience in supply chain, product group, manufacturing, or design engineering
Top Candidates will also have:
6-Sigma experience
Black Belt or Master Black Belt
Extensive knowledge of prime products and attachments
Knowledge of economic conditions and markets
Ability to provide sound judgement and be a strong communicator
Additional Information:
The primary location for this position is East Peoria, IL
Domestic relocation assistance is available
This position may require 15% travel
Sponsorship is not available
This posting will close at midnight on November 17, 2022
Employee benefit details:
Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world.
Here you earn more than just a salary because we value your performance. We offer a total rewards package that provides benefits on day one (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with the potential of an annual bonus.
Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date).
Final details:
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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. 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 .
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