Career Area:Supply Chain and Logistics
Job Description:Job SummaryThe Material Planning Analyst schedules, plans and oversees material procurement, production and delivery processes.
What you will do:- Participates in scheduling production and delivery processes in accordance with current productivity and cost efficiency standards.
- Develops and executes material planning for a product line to ensure that all material requirements for assigned programs are met within the allocated time frame.
- Organizes the flow of materials within the manufacturing unit and the transferring of materials to and from the inventory or warehouse.
- Generates forecasts and manages replenishment planning for parts and materials to ensure specified service levels are met.
Degree Requirements- Degree or Relevant Experience
What you will have: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.
- Advises others in analyzing and synthesizing relevant data and assessing alternatives.
- Uses effective decision-making approaches such as consultative, command, or consensus.
- 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.
Relationship Management: Knowledge of relationship management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Provides prompt and effective responses to client requests and interactions.
- Monitors client satisfaction levels on a regular basis.
- Alerts own team to problems in client satisfaction.
- Differentiates the roles and responsibilities in a business relationship.
- Works with clients to address critical issues and resolve major problems.
Internal Resource Coordination: Knowledge of the techniques, tools and applications associated with coordination of internal resources; ability to synchronize and integrate activities, responsibilities, and command and control structures to ensure that internal resources are used most efficiently in pursuit of business objectives.
Level Extensive Experience:
- Resolves issues related to collaborative efforts in varying business conditions.
- Designs a comprehensive tool set to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of business information.
- Optimizes existing collaborative styles using advanced coordination skills.
- Advises on organizational best practices for internal resource coordination.
- Monitors overall coordination programs and business activities for compliance with relevant policies.
- Trains others on coordination techniques according to a particular business requirement.
Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP): Knowledge of the process, issues and considerations for systematically managing distribution of inventory for multiple plants or warehouses; ability to apply related knowledge and experience in real practice.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Works with real-time inventory software, moving supplies to where needed, when needed.
- Interprets the impact of bottlenecks and delays on operating costs.
- Follows processes and applies technologies for items and inventory management.
- Assists in solving issues related to distribution to meet orders or inventory replenishment requirements.
- Works with basic distribution requirements planning (DRP) processes and operations.
Manufacturing Requirements Planning (MRP): Knowledge of the processes, practices and systems used in manufacturing requirements planning (MRP); ability to optimize planning for manufacturing cycles and ensure capacity and materials availability.
Level Extensive Experience:
- Monitors total plant production scheduling vis-a-vis orders.
- Evaluates considerations for synchronizing demand for products with production capabilities.
- Participates in sequencing work to meet targeted delivery dates for multiple and critical orders.
- Participates in setting parameters for reorders, min/max levels, lead days and job days.
- Coordinates capacity and materials planning for net demand within a planning period.
- Adjusts plans based on sales forecasts, custom orders and demand-driven orders.
Materials Handling and Management: Knowledge of material handling and management in plants; ability to perform, monitor and improve processes related to storage, transportation and handling of raw and hazardous materials.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Assists in the responding of and dealing with emergency issues related in materials handling.
- Works with the packaging and storage of inbound or outbound materials.
- Performs the packing, shipping, identifying and transporting of materials.
- Explains key environmental issues for handling hazardous goods.
- Follows procedures to handle hazardous materials, hazardous substances and pollutants.
Transportation - MFG: Knowledge of transportation; ability to transport materials and goods to and from suppliers, distribution centers, manufacturing facilities and customers.
Level Basic Understanding:
- Explains basic measurements used in transportation management.
- Locates and interprets carrier costs, rates and time requirements.
- Identifies the various modes of transportation and their application.
- Describes the types, purpose and use of basic shipping documents.
Summary Pay Range:$81,370.00 - $122,060.00
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
This position requires working onsite five days a week.
Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.
Posting Dates:August 18, 2026 - August 24, 2026
Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.
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