Career Area:

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
Supports logistics processes, activities, and customers for all modes of transportation.

Responsibilities
•    Assisting in the development of process flows to track lead time by activity and identifying opportunities to reduce lead times.
•    Identifying opportunities for improvements including cost, quality, and service of customer needs and issues.
•    Implementing and maintaining monitoring systems to provide information on shipment status, shipped date, in transit location, estimated arrival date, and actual delivery date.
•    Generating and analyzing reports of transportation costs and carrier performance. Planning and tracking lead times including compliance with related regulations.

Degree Requirement
Degree or equivalent experience desired

Skill Descriptors
Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.
 Level Working Knowledge: 
•    Accurately gauges the impact and cost of errors, omissions, and oversights.
•    Utilizes specific approaches and tools for checking and cross-checking outputs.
•    Processes limited amounts of detailed information with good accuracy.
•    Learns from mistakes and applies lessons learned.
•    Develops and uses checklists to ensure that information goes out error-free.

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 Working Knowledge: 
•    Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue and determining its significance.
•    Makes a systematic comparison of two or more alternative solutions.
•    Uses flow charts, Pareto charts, fish diagrams, etc. to disclose meaningful data patterns.
•    Identifies the major forces, events and people impacting and impacted by the situation at hand.
•    Uses logic and intuition to make inferences about the meaning of the data and arrive at conclusions.

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 Working Knowledge: 
•    Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives.
•    Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder.
•    Develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information.
•    Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on resolution.
•    Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems.

Import/Export - MFG: Knowledge of issues, procedures, tools and practices of importing and exporting; ability to import and export goods to and from international locations.
 Level Basic Understanding: 
•    Explains commonly used import and export regulations of U.S. Customs.
•    Identifies basic documentation required for importing or exporting goods.
•    Describes typical letter of credit procedures and insurance requirements.
•    Displays an overall understanding of the import and export process.

Logistics Management: Knowledge of logistics and management; ability to follow proper processes and run operations for effective and efficient movement of materials and finished products.
 Level Basic Understanding: 
•    Explains how improvements in logistics contribute to competitive advantage in the marketplace.
•    Identifies issues and considerations for inbound and outbound logistics.
•    Documents internal and external informative sources or proprietary materials about logistics management.
•    Describes basic logistical processes and sub-processes.

Supplier Management - MFG: Knowledge of processes and methods to effectively manage business relationships and transactions with suppliers of raw materials or product components; ability to apply related knowledge, experience and skills into real practice.
 Level Basic Understanding: 
•    Describes the typical tasks associated with using and managing suppliers.
•    Defines common terms and conditions of agreements with suppliers.
•    Explains the organizational process for soliciting and selecting suppliers.
•    States the roles and responsibilities of one's own and suppliers' staff.

Supply Chain Management - MFG: Knowledge of functions, principles and techniques used in supply chain management; ability to develop and use, strategies, practices and tools for controlling the logistical processes.
 Level Working Knowledge: 
•    Discusses considerations for integrating partner and supplier transactions.
•    Recognizes software systems or components used to manage supply chain.
•    Summarizes supply chain considerations for different types of products or components.
•    Participates in supply chain analysis and uses it to spot trends and improvement opportunities.
•    Works with a specific part of supply chain management process.

Transportation - MFG: Knowledge of transportation; ability to transport materials and goods to and from suppliers, distribution centers, manufacturing facilities and customers.
 Level Extensive Experience: 
•    Conducts joint planning with carriers to forecast short- and long-term transportation needs.
•    Coaches others on using various approaches for assessing transportation alternatives and selecting optimum mode.
•    Manages arrangements with all major modes of domestic transportation.
•    Negotiates and monitors rates and service controls with major carriers.
•    Participates in evaluation, selection, monitoring and termination of carriers.
•    Collaborates with shippers to plan for and mitigate the transportation capacity crunch.

Relocation is available for this position.

Posting Dates:

September 10, 2024 - September 24, 2024

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).

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