Caterpillar Chennai Hiring Material Availability Analyst | ₹8 LPA

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Job Summary

This role is responsible for scheduling, planning, and overseeing material procurement, production, and delivery.

What You Will Do

• Coordinate the flow of materials within the manufacturing facility, including transfers (premium freight) to and from inventory or warehouse.
• Develop and execute material planning for a product line, ensuring all material requirements for assigned programs are met within the allocated timeframe.
• Schedule and control the release of materials, and monitor material inventory in the plant, the warehouse, and at critical suppliers.
• Build and follow up on procurement plan realization so it aligns with business objectives.
• Track and analyze supplier performance metrics, and collaborate and negotiate with suppliers to deliver materials as required.

What You Have

Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy, with the ability to complete tasks at a high level of precision. At a basic level, you can explain the importance of accuracy in your function, identify tasks that need detail-level attention, describe the procedures that keep results error-free, and describe the consequences of errors within your unit.

Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that support effective analysis, and the ability to find root causes of organizational problems and create alternative solutions. At a basic level, you can name analysis tools, describe business analytics software, give examples of analytical thinking used to solve problems, and help others learn about these tools.

Distribution Center Management: Knowledge of distribution center management and the ability to operate a warehouse that moves goods from supplier to production to customer. At a basic level, you can describe the distribution center's role in the supply chain, cite common disruptions and resolutions, explain basic performance measures, and describe inventory distribution processes.

Forecasting: Knowledge of forecasting tools, approaches, and practices, and the ability to determine product demand and estimate production requirements and loads. At a basic level, you can identify common forecasting techniques, describe demand forecasting roles, explain sources of demand information, and name forecasting indexes.

Inventory Management (MFG): Knowledge of inventory management processes and methods, and the ability to manage local or distributed inventories of raw materials, work-in-progress, and finished goods. At a basic level, you can identify inventory tools, describe basic functions and reports, cite seasonal adjustment examples, and describe basic benchmarks.

Manufacturing Requirements Planning (MRP): Knowledge of the processes, practices, and systems used in MRP, and the ability to optimize planning for manufacturing cycles and ensure capacity and materials availability. At a basic level, you can describe materials and capacity management, the product life cycle and MRP cycle, production run considerations, and the use of bills of materials.

Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches and tools for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational, or process problems. At a basic level, you can explain the value of a disciplined approach, describe problem reporting and escalation, use accepted analysis procedures, and identify key problem-solving techniques in your area.

Supplier Management (MFG): Knowledge of managing business relationships and transactions with suppliers of raw materials or components. At a basic level, you can describe supplier management tasks, define common agreement terms, explain how suppliers are solicited and selected, and state the roles of your staff and suppliers' staff.

Additional Information

• This role requires working in a shift, either 4:00 PM to 12:30 AM or 6:00 PM to 2:30 AM.
• This position requires working onsite five days a week.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

What You Will Get

Caterpillar aims to give you a rewarding career. We value your performance and offer a total rewards package with day one benefits and the potential of a variable bonus. Additional benefits include paid annual leave, flexi leave, and medical and insurance coverage (prorated based on hire date).

About Caterpillar

Caterpillar Inc. is the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years, we have helped customers build a better, more sustainable world, with a commitment to a reduced-carbon future.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.