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) Production Scheduler develops and manages a production scheduling process that is innovative and promotes maximization of efficiency and optimization of resources/assets internally while retaining enough flexibility to ensure that all customer needs are met in a timely and cost-conscious manner. Responsible for key supply chain performance indicators across velocity and order-to-delivery.
Job Duties / Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:
Develops schedules for each prime product configuration, attachment and related products. Monitors internal & external issues which impact on scheduling concerns.
Monitors the production plan and modifies as needed to maintain acceptable product availability and inventory levels.
Allocates product in short supply based on margin, forecasts, large project requirements, special customers, etc. Provides subject matter expertise to project teams addressing sales order and configuration grief, Mach I system grief, and supply constraints, performing impact analysis and providing data. Reviews scheduling activities for commercial entity products not scheduled at facility to ensure schedules are consistent with product strategies.
Develops phase in/phase out schedule plans for New Product Introduction (NPI)
Creates, serializes, resolves grief and releases production orders to the factory
In addition, the incumbent leads and provides support for multiple project teams working with Manufacturing, Product Group, Operations, Supply Chain Performance, Requirements, Planning and Outbound Shipping groups at facilities
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree, preferably in Supply Chain and/or Logistics or Industrial Engineering
In lieu of degree, 4+ years of progressively more complex supply chain experience
Top Candidates will also have:
3+ years of deep SAP Mach I experience
Advanced knowledge of prime products and attachments, especially track type dozers
Strong knowledge of economic conditions and markets
Experience in product scheduling and/or material requirements planning highly desired
Knowledge and understanding of 6 Sigma project management principles
APICS CPIM or CSCP National Certification highly desired
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Advanced MS Excel & Power BI experience required
Excellent interpersonal, teamwork, organization and communication skills
Thorough understanding of company policies and procedures
Additional Information:
The primary location for this position is East Peoria, IL
Domestic relocation assistance is not available
This position may require
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:
Please frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application - please use the candidate log-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status.
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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EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.
