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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
Processes end to end implementation of Engineering change notifications, New Product Implementation, provides support for supply chain, sourcing, Replenishment strategies, pallet management and packaging solutions.
Responsibilities
Working with Engineering team, Manufacturing team, Procurement Team, Category team, Operations and Logistics team for Implementation Engineering changs, NPI and NSI
Working solutions and strategies for Replenishment and Freight Management
Working with Packaging team for Packaging solutions
Working with master planners on outsourcing needs; establishing blanket purchase orders and vendor managed inventory (VMI).
Identifies and leads initiatives to improve the supply-chain process.
Supporting customers and leading customer proposal efforts with pricing information and supplier selection.
Accountable for maintaining supply chain application systems.
Degree Requirement
Degree or equivalent experience desired
Skill Descriptors
Business Process Improvement:
Knowledge of business process improvement best practices and ability to use methods for identifying, evaluating, introducing and implementing more efficient approaches to performing business related activities.
Level Extensive
Experience:
Analyzes business processes, identifies alternative solutions to outdated processes and assesses their feasibility.
Evaluates financial, cultural, technological and other factors that need to be addressed.
Recommends new approaches that seek the use of advanced technology.
Establishes requirements for large changes in the overall mission, roles, responsibilities and processes necessary to make business improvements.
Participates in defining organizational strategic goals and purposes; defines how to gather and keep customers.
Works to overcome BPI resistance from managers, the labor force and other groups.
Analytical Thinking:
Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
Level Extensive
Experience:
Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances.
Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation.
Identifies many possible causes for a problem based on prior experience and current research.
Quantifies the costs, benefits, risks and chances for success before recommending a course of action.
Approaches a complex problem by breaking it down into its component parts.
Chooses among a diverse set of analytical tools according to the nature of the situation.
Decision Making and Critical Thinking:
Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
Level Extensive
Experience:
Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks.
Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process.
Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts their potential impact.
Advises others in analyzing and synthesizing relevant data and assessing alternatives.
Uses effective decision-making approaches such as consultative, command, or consensus.
Ensures that assumptions and received wisdom are objectively analyzed in decisions.
Problem Solving:
Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
Level Extensive
Experience:
Ensures capture of lessons to be learned from a problem-solving effort.
Organizes potential problem solvers and leads problem resolution efforts.
Uses varying problem-solving approaches and techniques as appropriate.
Contributes to standard practices for problem-solving approaches, tools, and processes.
Analyses and synthesizes information and devises alternative resolution strategies.
Develops successful resolutions to critical or wide-impact problems.
Project Management:
Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.
Level Extensive
Experience:
Utilizes preferred tools, techniques and methods for estimating project cost and time.
Plans, estimates, staffs, organizes and monitors…
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