Manager Supply Chain Planning

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. Your Work Shapes the World Whether it is groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With 100 years of 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 customers’ needs. The Mapleton Foundry is one of the largest in the United States and home to the largest core making machine in the world! Working at the foundry is hard work that demands focus and safety, quality, and commitment to helping our customers build a better world. With over 800 employees at the foundry, we are looking for someone who can support process development projects for the continuous improvement of safety, quality, velocity and cost of manufacturing. Job Summary: Develops, implements and supports processes and practices for ensuring a plan for every part, Inventory Record Accuracy and appropriate and timely stock levels of materials, components and equipment needed to manufacture and deliver products for a focused facility. What You Will do: Further develop IRA program and lineside material delivery for all direct materials. Managing relationships with internal customers, coordinating and integrating planning processes. Developing and continuously improving the accuracy of logistical needs, including onsite storage capacity, equipment needs and resource needs. Setting up, maintaining, and monitoring logistical processes and dependencies, including Bom’s, Routings and IRA. Degree Requirement: Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management or equivalent experience What you will have: Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Working knowledge understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision. Data Gathering & Analysis: Working knowledge of data gathering and analysis tools, techniques, and processes; ability to collect and synthesize data from a variety of stakeholders and sources in an objective manner to reach a conclusion, goal, or judgment. Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP): Knowledge of the process, issues and considerations for systematically managing distribution of inventory for multiple plants or warehouses; ability to apply related knowledge and experience in real practice. Inventory Management - MFG: Working knowledge of processes and methods of inventory management; ability to effectively manage local or distributed inventories of raw materials, work-in-progress and finished goods. Supply Chain Management - MFG : Working knowledge of functions, principles and techniques used in supply chain management; ability to develop and use, strategies, practices and tools for controlling the logistical processes. Top Candidates will also have: Experience with IRA process improvements. Experience with lineside material delivery and presentation. 5s experience. MFG Pro Experience. Experience with managing hourly employees in a collective bargained facility. Additional Inf…

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