Logistics Analyst

Caterpillar Caterpillar · Industrial · Bangalore, Karnataka

Logistics Analyst role at Caterpillar focused on coordinating and overseeing workload activities to ensure material availability. Responsibilities include tracking orders, expediting shipments, managing stock issues, resolving discrepancies, making sourcing decisions, and providing training. The role requires collaboration with suppliers, purchasing, and other internal teams to improve performance and resolve capacity/capability issues.

What you'd actually do

  1. Work with Suppliers to improve performance standards for suppliers
  2. Collaborate with suppliers to get promise dates and actively follow-up & monitor progress on all the supplier's commitments.
  3. Engage and discuss with Global Purchasing whenever a lack of supplier capacity/capability is identified.
  4. Take ownership to lead the appropriate action plans for process improvements with Purchasing and other Process Partners including Warehouse and Transportation teams.
  5. providing training and support for Material Availability Analysts toward departmental objectives.

Skills

Required

  • Business unit logistic planning groups experience
  • demand planning experience
  • logistic planning experience
  • analytical skills
  • problem-solving skills
  • data query analysis ability
  • Oral & Written Communication skills
  • Interpersonal skills
  • teamwork skills
  • organization skills
  • 6 Sigma knowledge
  • CPS Knowledge
  • project management principles knowledge

Nice to have

  • Manufacturing background
  • Operations background
  • Inventory Management background
  • Material Requirements background
  • Supply Chain /Logistics background
  • Familiar with company policies and procedures
  • strong department background
  • Able to build strong relationships with various stakeholders
  • Willing to work in Shift timings 3 -12pm

What the JD emphasized

  • Delivering consistently below 95% on time
  • Suppliers with lack of capacity/capability
  • Suppliers with lack of planning or execution discipline