Inventory Management Supervisor

Caterpillar · Industrial · Wuxi, Jiangsu

Inventory Management Supervisor role at Caterpillar, focusing on scientific planning, control, and optimization of inventory across the supply chain. Responsibilities include reducing costs, ensuring supply stability, improving responsiveness, and performing system inventory analysis. Requires a Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain or related field, 5+ years of experience, and proficiency in SAP/WMS, Excel, Power BI, and Power Automate.

What you'd actually do

  1. Define optimal inventory levels for raw materials, semi-finished, and finished goods; monitor CBS or system inventory data with deep analytics to find inventory reduction opportunity and adjust to meet production and customer needs.
  2. Work closely with procurement, logistics, and manufacturing teams to resolve product-related issues and incorporate business requirements.
  3. Lead development and refinement of planning systems and digital tools to identify bottlenecks and improve efficiency.

Skills

Required

  • Supply Chain Management
  • Logistics
  • Inventory Management
  • SAP/WMS systems
  • Excel
  • Power BI
  • Power Automate
  • Lean Management
  • Continuous Improvement
  • problem-solving
  • cross-functional coordination

Nice to have

  • team leadership experience