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Caterpillar

Makes heavy machinery, engines and gas turbines

Material Planner

Production Planning & SchedulingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMannheim, Germany

About the Job

Requirements

  • Completed commercial vocational training; an IHK specialist qualification or comparable further training is desirable.
  • Professional experience in supply chain management.
  • Negotiation skills, assertiveness, customer orientation, a confident manner, and persuasive communication skills.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office and SAP R/3.
  • Business-fluent German at least at C1 level and very good English at least at B2 level.
  • Six Sigma or project-management skills are desirable.
  • High engagement, initiative, teamwork, and the ability to work independently and responsibly.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical support to the team leader in leading the team’s cross-departmental coordination for purchased parts, in-house manufactured parts, and support manufacturing.
  • Ensure material availability, focusing on critical A-items.
  • Coordinate and monitor special material requests, particularly during short-notice changes to the production program.
  • Monitor and ensure delivery performance using key performance indicators.
  • Support the introduction of new tools and structures to optimize material data and processes.
  • Introduce measures to improve delivery lead times.
  • Implement forecasts with suppliers to improve capacity planning.
  • Create and analyze metrics and Power BI dashboards to manage and optimize material-planning processes.
  • Coordinate projects to improve material flow.
  • Implement and support production and workflow control through process checks.
  • Support the development and coordination of Sarbanes-Oxley controls for inventory control and parts availability.

Desired Qualifications

  • An IHK specialist qualification or comparable further training is desirable.
  • Six Sigma or project-management skills are advantageous.

About the Company

Caterpillar

Makes heavy machinery, engines and gas turbines

Caterpillar makes construction and mining machines, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and locomotives for contractors, mines, energy companies and data center builders. It is the world's largest maker of construction and mining equipment, and its yellow Cat bulldozers and excavators work in nearly every country. Customers buy or rent machines through independent Cat dealers, while its engines and turbines generate electricity and push natural gas through pipelines. Caterpillar earns money from equipment sales and from the parts and repairs that dealers supply over a machine's working life. It was formed in 1925 when California's Holt and Best tractor companies merged, and it is based in Irving, Texas.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Irving, TX
Founded
1925

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