Career Area:
Logistics
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. Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer's needs. Join us.
Job Summary: To develop, implement and maintain "supply chain" logistics plans for the timely acquisition/delivery of quality production material at the most economical price to achieve external or internal customer responsiveness expectations.
Job Duties/Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:
Incumbents on this job serve as an integral part of the material procurement/shipment planning process. Primary responsibility is the development/maintenance of a formal, negotiated/documented and implemented logistics plan which includes:
Inbound/Outbound Flow Plans
Documented/Monitored Performance Measurements
Negotiated Supplier (delivery)/Customer (shipping) process
Quality levels
Communications
Material availability
Lead time
Lot size
Packaging/labeling
Transportation
Pick up/drop off points
Prepares a formal production material supply order requirements plan to assess internal and external capacity and resource needs, and forecasts inventory asset dollar investment commitment needs for business planning. Communicates "need-to-know" information to suppliers and other facilities for clear understanding of the execution plan for cost containment and development of partnership relations.
This position, in addition to performing the more complex duties listed above, performs the functions described for Material Planner as assigned.
This is position will support the PD Crib.
Basic Qualifications:
Requires 2 to 5 years of experience in or a general knowledge of Material Control, Inventory Control, Manufacturing operations and processes.
Purchasing and a working knowledge of their various data processing systems.
Must be able to effectively communicate and work with all levels of personnel both inside and outside the Company.
Basic Microsoft Excel follow up experience preferred
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).
Additional Information:
This position is located in Lafayette, IN.
This position is likely to require up to 10% travel.
This position is being posted internally and externally.
Relocation assistance is available for this position (within U.S. only).
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 job closes on November 30th, 2022 at 11:59PM EST.
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Relocation is available for this position.
EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.
There's more to work at Caterpillar than just the work itself. We hire smart, friendly people and it shows in our culture. We hold ourselves to high standards and make sure our values of integrity, excellence, teamwork, commitment and sustainability come to life in the way we work. We make sure our employees feel continuously challenged while also supported. We provide professional growth opportunities, including leadership programs. We celebrate the diversity of our team, while also working together as one Caterpillar.
Our culture, like everything at our company, is made possible by each employee's contribution. Person by person, we create the environment we work in, and we are proud of the Caterpillar we've built.
