**Career Area:**:Logistics
**Job Description:**:**LOGISTIC PLANNING ANALYST (Indirect Material) - SANTA CATARINA**:
**Materials matter here.
So, do you.
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For every new road or bridge that connects people and enables commerce, there was once a fleet of Cat® machines at work—and those machines were once just iron and steel.
As a member of our supply chain team, you'll make sure those raw materials make their way into our factories, where they're transformed into the products that help build a better world.
**JOB PURPOSE**:
This position collaborates with suppliers to ensure execution to planned orders and schedules and resolves issues with suppliers to ensure material availability for facility production.
The incumbent works with the facility production schedulers and operations personnel to support facility production and point of use material availability.
Ensures alignment of facility inventory accuracy and inventory systems planning parameters with the plan for every part to maintain planning integrity.
**JOB RELATED STATISTICS**:
of suppliers per Analyst: Less than 100
Facility Supplier Spend per Analyst: less than $500M
of supplier schedules / releases per Analyst per day: Less than 750
% of schedules / releases are worked orders / parts: Less than 25%
**JOB DUTIES**: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, regulating inventory levels and issuing work orders.
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.
Minimal Travel Required
**JOB REQUIREMENTS**:
- Knowledge and understanding of 6 Sigma project management principles
- CPS Functional Job Role Qualified
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- College or university degree related to Supply Chain, or equivalent experience, is required
- Advanced English level is desired
- Excellent interpersonal, teamwork, organization and communication skills
- Understanding of company policies and procedures
- General product knowledge
**BACKGROUND/EXPERIENCE**:
- General knowledge of production scheduling and capacity management
- Ability to use and troubleshoot the MRP (SAP/CBS Prefer), MRC, Excel, Outlook, Teams,etc
- Knowledge and/or experience in material control, purchasing, parts distribution, inventory control, manufacturing engineering, operations and transportation or logistics desired
- **This job position will be responsible for the procurement of indirect material.
**All qualified individuals - Including minorities, women, and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.
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Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).
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