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.

Caterpillar’s Earthmoving Division’s product lines play a significant role in helping our customers build a better world. We have an exciting career opportunity for you to join our Value Chain team as a Supply Chain Planning Engineer! In this role, you will help us realize our vision of providing operations and value chain solutions that transform product strategy into reality. 

 

In this role, you will work with a diverse and geographically dispersed team, spearheading initiatives to enhance agility, flexibility, and visibility across the entire network. You will ensure the delivery of products and services with the utmost safety, quality, velocity, and competitive cost. Additionally, you will achieve results in Inventory Optimization, cost reduction, and maintaining stable order-to-delivery metrics throughout business cycles. 

 

What You Will Do: 

Lead Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) / Demand & Supply planning for Earthmoving product line Work Tools (attachments) and manage/monitor the Order to Delivery (OTD) process. 

Lead and manage the deployment of Work Tool projects centered around OPACC Improvement Agenda (OIA). 

Develop and implement end-to-end value chain solutions in alignment with product strategy. 

Deliver on key metrics like Order Promise Date (OPD), Product Availability & Inventory turns. 

What You Will Have: 

Experience in Supply Chain Management that provides you the ability to lead efforts to develop and implement strategies, practices, and tools for controlling whole processes. 

Project Management experience where you have demonstrated your ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives. 

Demonstrated ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment gained through effective experience in Decision Making and Critical Thinking  

The ability to apply knowledge of Problem-Solving approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; approached, tools, problem solving appropriately to diverse situations. 

Top candidates will also bring: 

Experience with Manufacturing Requirements Planning (MRP) to optimize planning for manufacturing cycles and ensure capacity and materials availability. 

Demand Management to effectively sense, predict, plan for, and manage the demand for products and services. 

Experience in Supply Chain, Operations, Inventory / Value Chain Management or Engineering  

CPS, Six Sigma Black Belt, or project management experience 

Previous experience with or exposure to Caterpillar products  

Demonstrated experience as a strong collaborator including interpersonal and negotiation skills driving common value chain processes across multiple facilities within a product. 

APICS, CPIM, or CSCP National Certification 

 

Additional Details  

Preferred Location: Peoria, IL 

Caterpillar operates in a hybrid work environment, requiring a minimum of 3 days per week of onsite, in office work.  This is NOT a remote role. 

Travel: 20% 

Relocation assistance IS available 

Sponsorship is NOT offered 

  

  

Final details:  

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How We Support You (Employee Benefits) 

Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. We offer a total rewards package that provides day one benefits (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with the potential of a yearly bonus. Additional benefits include paid vacation days, paid volunteer days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date). 

  

About Caterpillar   

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 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, back 

ed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.  

 

Summary Pay Range:

$95,640.00 - $143,520.00

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 Lifestyle Programs*

Employee Assistance Program*

Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*

Career Development*

Incentive bonus*

Disability benefits

Life Insurance

Parental leave

Adoption benefits

Tuition Reimbursement

       

* These benefits also apply to part-time employees

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:

February 28, 2025 - March 14, 2025

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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