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Supply Chain Planning Engineer

Supply Chain Planning Engineer

CaterpillarHouston, TX, US
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Supply Chain Planning Engineer

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.

Caterpillar's Oil and Gas division, provides superior products and service solutions to make our customers more efficient and lower total cost of ownership. Globally, we deliver engineered oilfield and drilling equipment repair and certification, mechanical and rotating equipment repairs and upgrades, rapid prototyping of spare parts, robust asset management, operation and maintenance and field engineering services. We offer a wide range of career opportunities across a variety of technical and business roles in engineering and service locations worldwide. Join our team and help build engineering solutions that change the industry.

We are currently seeking a Supply Chain Planning Engineer in Houston, Texas, Lafayette, Indiana or Virginia Beach, Virginia. The Supply Chain Planning Engineer in the Marine Product Group will support various facets of the value chain and order to delivery process to help ensure our marine customers get the products they need in a timely, efficient, and cost-effective manner.

What You Will Do :

  • Lead the design and optimization of value chain and order-to-delivery processes for new marine product offerings, ensuring operational efficiency and customer satisfaction.
  • Support the development of Marine New Source Introduction (NSI) and Manufacturing Footprint strategy, aligning supply chain capabilities with long-term business growth.
  • Provide strategic Dealer S&OP support for both marine prime products and aftermarket, enhancing demand planning and inventory alignment.
  • Deliver Assurance of Supply solutions for marine territory sales managers and dealers, ensuring consistent availability of prime and aftermarket products.
  • Train and coach the marine commercial team on parts ordering and escalation protocols, serving as the primary escalation contact for the Marine Aftermarket Group.
  • Manage key account support activities, including order prioritization, pipeline visibility, and inventory management to drive customer satisfaction and operational excellence.

Degree Requirement :

  • Degree or equivalent experience desired
  • Top Candidates Will Have :

  • Demonstrates the ability to adjust quickly to changing priorities, business needs, and environments.
  • Thrives in dynamic settings and remains effective under pressure or ambiguity.
  • Open to new ideas, feedback, and approaches, with a proactive mindset toward continuous learning and improvement.
  • What You Have Skills, Knowledge, & Experiences :

    Business Process Improvement : Knowledge of business process improvement best practices and ability to use methods for identifying, evaluating, introducing and implementing more efficient approaches to performing business related activities.

    Level Extensive Experience :

  • Analyzes business processes, identifies alternative solutions to outdated processes and assesses their feasibility.
  • Evaluates financial, cultural, technological and other factors that need to be addressed.
  • Recommends new approaches that seek the use of advanced technology.
  • Establishes requirements for large changes in the overall mission, roles, responsibilities and processes necessary to make business improvements.
  • Participates in defining organizational strategic goals and purposes; defines how to gather and keep customers.
  • Works to overcome BPI resistance from managers, the labor force and other groups.
  • 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.

    Level Extensive Experience :

  • Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks.
  • Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process.
  • Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts their potential impact.
  • Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances.
  • Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation.
  • Ensures that assumptions and received wisdom are objectively analyzed in decisions.
  • 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 Extensive Experience :

  • Ensures capture of lessons to be learned from a problem-solving effort.
  • Organizes potential problem solvers and leads problem resolution efforts.
  • Uses varying problem-solving approaches and techniques as appropriate.
  • Contributes to standard practices for problem-solving approaches, tools, and processes.
  • Analyzes and synthesizes information and devises alternative resolution strategies.
  • Develops successful resolutions to critical or wide-impact problems.
  • Project Management : Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.

    Level Extensive Experience :

  • Utilizes preferred tools, techniques and methods for estimating project cost and time.
  • Plans, estimates, staffs, organizes and monitors significant projects.
  • Identifies risks and vulnerabilities; creates contingency plans.
  • Conducts regular and ad-hoc project reviews with project team, sponsors, and clients.
  • Maintains open communication among project participants and interested parties.
  • Communicates reporting requirements; creates monitoring and control mechanisms.
  • 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 Extensive Experience :

  • Manages supply chain finance activities and measurements of effectiveness.
  • Advises others on capacity issues at various points in the supply chain.
  • Manages logistics processes through process improvement, prioritization, and project planning.
  • Implements and maintains monitoring systems to provide information on shipment status, shipped date, in transit location, estimated arrival date, and actual delivery date.
  • Compares and contrasts alternative sourcing strategies (sole sourcing, reverse auctions, etc.).
  • Develops alternative sources of supply for the manufacturing organization.
  • Manages logistics processes through process improvement, prioritization, and project planning.
  • Additional Information :

  • Relocation is not available for this position.
  • Travel will be expected up to 25% of the time.
  • This position is a fully onsite work model, requiring you are onsite in either Houston, TX, Lafayette, IN or Virginia Beach, VA COGMD offices.
  • 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.

    Caterpillar Inc. is the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years, we have been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.

    Summary Pay Range : $110,520.00 - $165,840.00 Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

    Benefits : Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits
  • Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)
  • 401(k) savings plans
  • Health Savings Account (HSA)
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
  • Health
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