Supply Chain Planning Engineer

Company: Caterpillar, Inc.
Location: Lafayette
Posted on: August 6, 2022

Job Description:

**Career Area:**Manufacturing & Supply Chain**Job Description:****Supply Chain Planning Engineer****Lafayette, Indiana****Relocation Assistance Available****CATERPILLAR - WE BUILD WHAT MATTERS**What matters most to you? Is it being part of a strong team? Supporting your family? Solving global problems? You can do these and more at Caterpillar; where your work enables progress around the globe, and you contribute to meaningful work!The **Supply Chain Planning Engineer** is responsible for facility performance levels to corporate targets for Supply Chain stability to ensure Assurance of Supply, increased inventory turns and improved order-to-delivery results. Leads facility efforts to develop and implement the Plan for Every Part, Pull material Replenishment and improved throughput efficiency. The incumbent is responsible to achieve corporate supply chain performance targets, including improvements in Order-to-Delivery time, inventory levels and supply chain assessments for a facility.**Job Responsibilities, include but are not limited to:**+ Key supply chain representative focused on the defect free process for supply chain and implement process improvements. Incumbent is required to work effectively with diverse, multi-functional teams in order to apply the supply chain planning process and lead team efforts to develop inventory plans for the facility.+ Responsible for performing work to achieve corporate supply chain performance targets focused on strategic inventory buffer, increased inventory turns and improved order-to-delivery results.+ Incumbent will also be involved in a variety of supply chain planning, logistics and engineering functions that support cross-functional projects across the organization.**Basic Qualifications:**+ Bachelor's degree related to Supply Chain, or equivalent experience+ 3+ years of progressively responsible supply chain job experience+ Experience in the development and deployment of Supply Chain processes+ Must possess strong collaborative, interpersonal and negotiation skills in order to drive common supply chain processes across multiple departments within a business division.+ Must have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and the ability to creatively solve complex problems.**Top Candidates will also have:**+ 5+ years of progressively responsible supply chain job experience+ Experience and knowledge of lean concepts and tools.+ Experience and knowledge about CPS supply chain principles, Supply Chain Planning analytical tools, and inventory management+ Previous experience as a Supply Chain Planning Analyst or Engineer is a plus**Additional Information:**+ This position will close on **8/8/2022** at 11:59pm.+ This position is located in Lafayette, IN.+ Relocation Assistance is available for this position.**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).**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 .\#LIRelocation is available for this position.EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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