Logistics Planning Analyst

**Career Area**:Supply Chain and Logistics**:**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.**About the Role**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.**What You Will Do**- 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.**What is Required**- **College or university degree Industrial/ Mechanical Engineer, International business or related to Supply Chain, or equivalent experience, is required.**:- **English 85% minimum able to have a business conversation.**:- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills- Excellent interpersonal, teamwork, organization, and communication skills- General product knowledge- Knowledge and understanding of 6 Sigma project management principles- APICS CPIM or CSPC National Certification highly desired- General knowledge of production scheduling and capacity management- Ability to use and troubleshoot any ERP, preferably SAP/CBS and MRC systems- Knowledge and/or experience in material control, purchasing, parts distribution, inventory control, manufacturing engineering, operations and transportation or logistics desired**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 just a monthly salary because we value your performance. We offer a total rewards package based on your yearly performance rating and corporate results.**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 tests, nor HIV tests as requirements for employment entry, permanence, or promotion.**Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community.