Supply Chain Planning Engineer
Caterpillar

Career Area:
Supply Chain and Logistics
Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the 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.

Role Definition

The Supply Chain Planning Engineer (Warehouse Lead) is responsible for facility supply chain performance levels and corporate targets for inventory reduction, increasing inventory turns, and improving order-to-delivery results. This position leads facility efforts to run multiple projects to develop and implement the plan for every part, pull material replenishment, warehousing, autonomy, and improved throughput efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Warehouse strategy and planning
  
• Warehouse facility health
  
• Capacity forecast planning
  
• Supplier relationship management for external Warehousing
  
• Strategic Buffer Planning
  
• Deliver on key critical OPACC Improvement Initiatives including automated material handling and Warehouse optimization
  
• Identifying, defining, and implementing integrated supply chain solutions and performance improvements, including building internal and external alliances to explore opportunities.
  
• Establishing effective linkages, partnerships, and best practices with business partners and internal functions.
  
• Investigating and incorporating industry benchmarks, metrics and best practices to develop optimal supply chains for suppliers and/or product sets.
  
• Developing and analyzing data and information to identify and prioritize opportunities for improving performance and creating more cost-effective supply chains, inventory utilization, and business partnerships.
  

Degree Requirement

Degree or equivalent experience desired

Skills You Must Have

Core Application Systems: Level Working Knowledge

Knowledge of major production application systems used for delivery of services to internal and external clients; ability to leverage major production application systems in diverse situations.

Effectiveness Measurement: Level Working Knowledge

Knowledge of effective measurement techniques and ability to measure the quality and quantity of work effort for the purpose of improvement.

Project Administration: Level Basic Understanding

Knowledge of project administration best practices and ability to use organizational strategies, practices and tools for administering projects.

Standard Operating Procedures: Level Basic Understanding

Knowledge of established standard operating procedures (SOP); ability to design, implement and evaluate standard operating procedures affecting daily and strategic business operations in order to

increase operational efficiency.

Conflict Management: Level Working Knowledge

Knowledge of managing conflicts; ability to anticipate, recognize, and deal effectively with

existing or potential conflicts at the individual, group, or situation level.

Vendor/Supplier Management: Level Basic Understanding

Knowledge of external provider management processes and ability to effectively manage the business relationship with external providers (e.g. vendors, service providers, contractors, consultants and suppliers).

Supply Chain Management - PHA: Level Working Knowledge

Knowledge of strategies and tools for controlling and optimizing the factors that lie between the purchase of raw materials, components and supplies, and delivery of finished products.

Vendor/Supplier Evaluations & Certification: Level Working Knowledge

Knowledge of vendor/supplier evaluations and certification; ability to develop and use, strategies, practices and tools for evaluating, selecting and certifying vendors, suppliers and partners.

Additional Information

• This position will close 12/01/2024 at 11:59 pm.
  
• The location for this position is East Peoria, IL (Building KK).
  
• Relocation (domestic) assistance is available for this position.
  
• Sponsorship is not available for this position.
  
• This position may require less than 10% travel.
  

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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Relocation is available for this position.Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. 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.
Posting Dates:
November 22, 2024 - December 1, 2024
Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

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