Material Planning Analyst

Caterpillar Caterpillar · Industrial · Suzhou, Jiangsu

This role focuses on material planning, production scheduling, and inventory management within a supply chain and logistics context. It involves developing and executing plans to ensure material requirements are met, organizing material flow, and generating forecasts for replenishment.

What you'd actually do

  1. Schedules, plans and oversees material procurement, production and delivery processes.
  2. Participates in scheduling production and delivery processes in accordance with current productivity and cost efficiency standards.
  3. 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.
  4. Organizes the flow of materials within the manufacturing unit and the transferring of materials to and from the inventory or warehouse.
  5. Generates forecasts and manages replenishment planning for parts and materials to ensure specified service levels are met.

Skills

Required

  • Decision Making and Critical Thinking
  • Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP)
  • Internal Resource Coordination
  • Manufacturing Requirements Planning (MRP)
  • Materials Handling and Management
  • Planning and Organizing
  • Problem Solving
  • Relationship Management