Logistics Analyst

**Career Area**:Logistics**:**A chance to make quality products that matter.**How does it feel to make something that makes life better for people around the globe? As a Caterpillar manufacturing professional, you’ll know—because every day you’ll make sure our customers get the quality products they need to build our world’s infrastructure. And you’ll do it in modern, clean, safe environments equipped with the latest technologies.**JOB PURPOSE**:To perform operational and tactical work to meet plant logistics deliverables.**JOB DUTIES**:Working under the direction of Procurement Manager/Matl Req Planning Supv, ensure material is shipped, received, stored, or delivered quickly and efficiently. Perform tasks to improve inbound material flow. Using the CPS Guiding Principles, participate in continuous improvement projects:- Manage material to PFEP-defined flow paths- Support RCCA process as it relates to material availability/supplier performance- Support efforts to improve carrier quality and container scheduling and availability- Collaborating (schedule collaboration) with nominated suppliers in order to meet on-time shipping performance and parts availability targets.- Support Supplier Development activities and Supply Chain Optimization initiatives if required.- Performing all necessary expediting functions to fill customer back orders and minimize service loss.- Proactively communicating with suppliers (Purchased Finished, WDO, Indirect Material or Cat Manufacturing Plants) as required, and- Making informed decisions on the appropriate action to take for specific schedules, including creating, maintaining, and deleting schedules after collaborating with the supplier. Balancing the needs of the customer with supplier constraints and concerns.- Ensuring all workload items are addressed in a timely manner.- Identifying and gaining participation of global team members and other necessary resources needed to accomplish work tasks.- Data cleansing efforts to ensure accurate lead-time, economic order quantity (EOQ), increment quantities, bracket pricing, minimum order quantities, etc.- Participate in 6 Sigma & CPS activities to continually improve processes.Investigate and/or support root causes process and perform corrective action to resolve material availability/supplier performance issues. File carrier loss and damaged freight claims and monitor.This position maintains tactical management for inventory levels; the incumbent is responsible to validate and update periodically the safety stock quantities according to current demand, procedures and work instructions.Follow up supplier deliveries and performs tasks that support carrier collaboration, administers returnable container programs. Responsible for ensuring availability of purchased finish components, raw material, subcontract and/or indirect material.Incumbent services production area needs in off shift hours.**POSITION IMPACTS**:Incumbent is responsible to achieve PQVC targets across Safety, POU Availability, Record Accuracy and MRDR/deviations Processing**JOB REQUIREMENTS**:- Knowledge and understanding of 6 Sigma project management principles- Good analytical and problem-solving skills- College or university degree related to Supply Chain, or equivalent experience, is required- Minimum of one year of supply chain or related field job experience- Excellent interpersonal, teamwork, organization, and communication skills- Thorough understanding of company policies and procedures- Must have the commitment & flexibility to participate as a key member of a global team- Applicants must be self-motivated, open minded, and customer focused, and have strong organizational skills.- Introductory knowledge of the proactive material availability grief process- Proactive- Self-steering- PC skills such as Excel, PowerPoint, and Word**BACKGROUND/EXPERIENCE:- Experience in Supply Chain / Logistics or Purchasing- Material distribution experience- Knowledge of logistics / procurement- **English required **(conversational)- Proactive- Self-directed- schedule availability- Microsoft Office- SAP**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? Submit your information to our Talent Network here.