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Caterpillar

Makes heavy machinery, engines and gas turbines

Manager Material Requirements Planning

Production Planning & SchedulingPosted on Nov 10
Full-timeWest Fargo, ND, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • Ability to analyze information, organize relevant data, identify concerns, assess risks and alternatives, and make sound, informed decisions.
  • Ability to communicate clearly, provide and receive feedback, prepare presentations and reports, and adapt messages for the audience.
  • Ability to manage inventory processes, track stock levels, resolve discrepancies, prepare reports, and support receiving and distribution activities.
  • Ability to support logistics operations, maintain shipment records, track lead times, forecast delivery needs, and monitor cost and performance.
  • Ability to support employee performance through goals, feedback, development opportunities, recognition, and documented review input.
  • Ability to prioritize work, estimate resources and timelines, adjust plans as conditions change, and keep assignments on track.
  • Ability to identify problems, evaluate stakeholder perspectives, assess information, analyze risks and benefits, and support practical resolutions.
  • Ability to support supply chain processes, recognize relevant systems, analyze trends, and identify improvement opportunities across materials and supplier activities.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute supply chain plans that align customer demand, production requirements, material availability, inventory objectives, and facility capacity.
  • Work cross-functionally with Operations, Procurement, Warehouse, Engineering, and other business partners to ensure material and production plans support customer commitments while optimizing inventory and operational performance.
  • Identify constraints, improve planning accuracy, mitigate supply risks, and drive continuous improvement across the end-to-end supply chain.
  • Manage staffing, development, and performance management of materials management workers, and ensure proper labor relations.
  • Define and maintain optimal inventory levels, perform inventory analysis, and make recommendations for stock levels.

Desired Qualifications

  • A degree or equivalent experience is desired.
  • Previous experience leading or supervising materials, inventory, logistics, planning, or supply chain teams in a manufacturing environment.
  • Experience with material requirements planning, inventory control, stockroom operations, and maintaining optimal inventory levels.
  • Strong analytical skills, including the ability to review data, identify trends, resolve inventory discrepancies, and recommend process improvements.
  • Experience using inventory management systems, ERP systems, or related supply chain planning tools.
  • Ability to collaborate with cross-functional partners across operations, production, logistics, purchasing, and supplier teams.
  • Experience coaching, developing, and managing employee performance within a team-based environment.

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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