**Career Area**:Manufacturing & Supply Chain**:
**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.
**JOB PURPOSE:
**As Production Scheduler you will own, develop, and manage a production scheduling process that is innovative and promotes maximization of efficiency and optimization of resources/assets internally while retaining enough flexibility to ensure that all customer needs are met in a timely and cost-conscious manner.
**Your job duties may include**:
- Develops production plan to accommodate customer demand within practical production capabilities and balances the often-conflicting objectives of appropriate inventory levels to achieve optimum costs.
- Develops schedules for each prime product configuration, attachments, and related products.
- Assists facility supply chain leaders in developing inventory strategies to reconcile fluctuating demand and the need for factory stability while minimizing inventory investment.
- Facility expert and maintains thorough and current knowledge and understanding of the complete orders process from pre-order entry questions through final shipment of product for all products.
- Interpret product demand into a valid production schedule and execute the schedule to meet customer shipment dates.
- Process and coordinate customer orders and order changes with production capacity and commitments
- Communicate order status to customers through appropriate channels.
- Perform Root Cause Analysis, make recommendations and where applicable implement Corrective Action Plans for issues involving the production schedule and customer delivery.
- Work closely with management team and associates in marketing, sales, operations, and engineering to identify and resolve production schedule interruptions.
- This position will be the first point of contact for the Demand & Order team and main contact with the facility operations.
- Responsible for the integrity and consistency of all order-related data bases
- Manage the facility attachment forecasting system.
- Updating, and adjusting SAP system - checking for on-time delivery and system discrepancies
**JOB REQUIREMENTS**:
- University degree related to Supply Chain, and Previous experience of manufacturing scheduling.
- Job relevant experience in a supply chain or manufacturing role
- Strong knowledge of economic conditions and markets
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent interpersonal, teamwork, organization, and communication skills
- Excellent organization skills
**You will have**:
- Working knowledge of Excel
- Excellent communication skills (Spanish and English), English conversational
- Customer Service
- Assertive Communication
- Accountable
- Self-directed
- Proactive
- Initiative
- Ownership
- Prior experience in material planning or any related supply chain or logistics work environment
- Experience using SAP system.
**We offer**:
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 a monthly salary because we value your performance.
**Final Details**:
**The Caterpillar Code of Conduct states that we will select, and place employees based on their qualifications for the job to be performed, without regard to race, religion, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age or disability. In this company we do not request pregnancy nor HIV tests as requirements for employment entry, permanence or promotion.**
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).
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