Material Planning Analyst 1 Jobs at India Full Time

Career Area: Manufacturing & Supply Chain Job Description:

Incumbent ensures the timely delivery of materials to the facility, collaborating with suppliers to coordinate deliveries, shipping schedules and work schedules to meet facility production plans. Using supplier collaboration technologies, collaborates with suppliers and operations to plan delivery of material for production.

Actively collaborates with suppliers to perform root cause corrective actions to resolve quality and supplier performance issues. This work may require planning for alternate manufacturing methods.

This position analyzes established parts schedules and production requirements, converting requirements into appropriate piece parts, requisitioning the materials and regulating inventory levels at an optimized freight cost. Analyzes engineering releases for changes and/or new releases and coordinates effective release dates to provide an efficient depletion of related existing stock items.

Incumbent manages and performs supplier scheduling and implementation of engineering changes for the efficient manufacture of products and components. This position supports supply chain performance efforts by monitoring and tracking supplier performance metrics.

Incumbent performs work to improve point of use material availability, ing root cause analysis and corrective actions. Provides Material Planning expertise to facility functions in support of improving demand variability, forecast credibility and usability for production planning.

Minimal Travel Required

JOB REQUIREMENTS:
•Knowledge and understanding of 6 Sigma project management principles
•CPS Functional Job Role Qualified
•APICS CPIM or CSPC National Certification highly desired
•Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
•College or university degree related to Supply Chain, or equivalent experience, is required.
•Excellent interpersonal, teamwork, organization and communication skills
•Understanding of company policies and procedures
•General product knowledge

BACKGROUND/EXPERIENCE:
•General knowledge of material planning and scheduling and capacity management
•Ability to use and troubleshoot the MRP, pricing and Invoice Grief.
•Knowledge and/or experience in material control, purchasing, parts distribution, inventory control, operations and transportation or logistics desired

Relocation is available for this position.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).

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