Manager Supply Chain at Caterpillar in Lafayette, Indiana

Job Description:

Career Area:
Supply Chain and Logistics
Job Description:

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Manager Supply Chain

Lafayette, Indiana


Caterpillar is seeking a Manager Supply Chain in Lafayette, In. In this role, you will provide leadership and direction to the Machine Shop scheduling team, support Aftermarket Parts communications & target setting, and provide support to the Genset Packaging outplant processes.



What you will do:

• Provide leadership to Machine shop scheduling & planning teams.
• Ensures facility production schedules provide proper product availability to dealers/customers while balancing manufacturing constraint issues.
• Provide support to our Aftermarket Parts customers. Establish processes and tools to predict timing of parts shipments to Morton & Reman.
• End to End process maps for Machine Shop value streams.
• Works with product managers to ensure supply chain strategies are developed and aligned with worldwide sourcing strategies and provides inputs to supplier sourcing and resource management.
• Works closely with relevant functional areas and assigns resources to supply chain performance improvement projects.
• Responsible for all personnel issues and performance evaluation of direct reports, including development, capability building and succession planning.
• Internal customers include department employees, operations and business resource teams in the division as well as the internal Supply Chain team.
• Work closely with Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, & Product Support Life Cycle teams to communicate timelines of new capacity as it becomes available.
• Work closely with Triple Crown Process team to further improve the Component How Much by When process
• Support Sr. VP/VP requests on component status / recovery
• Provide leadership to the packaging outplant capacity growth projects. Develop and improve existing processes to support customer orders built at outplant locations.

Education: Four year College Degree Requirement

A successful candidate in this role will showcase their skills in:

• Manufacturing Requirements Planning (MRP): Knowledge of the processes, practices and systems used in manufacturing requirements planning (MRP); ability to optimize planning for manufacturing cycles and ensure capacity and materials availability.
• Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
• Inventory Management: Knowledge of processes and methods of inventory management; ability to effectively manage organization's materials, commodities, merchandises, or products.
• Strategic Thinking: Knowledge of the importance of "big picture" thinking and planning; ability to apply organizational acumen and competitiveness to identify and maintain focus on key success factors for the organization.

Top Candidates for this position may also have:

• Comprehensive supply chain experience
• Knowledge and experience with 6 Sigma
• Experience with end-to-end value chain analysis
• Possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Develop and deploy creative / original solutions to complex problems
• Ability to establish and monitor policies and guidelines
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and leadership skills
• Experience in a high-volume production facility
• Background in scheduling within complexity of attachments and/or internal value streams
• Experience in purchasing, parts distribution and/or logistics

Additional Information:

• This position is located in Lafayette, IN
• Travel up to 20% is possible
• Domestic relocation is available
• Sponsorship is not available for this position

Relocation is available for this position.Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. 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.
Posting Dates:
November 14, 2024 - November 20, 2024
Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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