Production Scheduler
Production Scheduler
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$ 87480 - 131280
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Job Description
Career Area:
ManufacturingJob Description:
Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.
When you join Caterpillar yourejoining a global team who cares not just about the work we do but also about each other. We are the makers problem solvers and future world builders who are creating stronger more sustainable communities. We dontjust talk about progress and innovation here we make it happen with our customers where we work and live. Together we are building a better world so we can all enjoy living in it.
Role Definition
Produces Master schedules for overall plant activities; considers all dependencies and contingencies. Responsible for new orders and order change make sure requests can be successfully received by order system. Supervises schedules coordinates and controls complex production schedules. Supports customer inquiries for order lead time and order configuration change.
Responsibilities
- Supervising and controlling new sales orders identifying the key elements and communicate downstream for required actions.
- Auditing order change requests from customers evaluate acceptance of the order change request from a material production plan technical and logistics perspective.
- Serving as primary contact for customer inquiries; providing feedback about lead time planned timeline order change order reschedules etc.
- Aligned customers order with Sales production plan to achieve the monthly goal.
- Primary contact with other departments to manage sales and customer priorities.
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve product-related issues and incorporate customer and business requirements.
Skills & Qualifications:
- Strong scheduling and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Knowledge of inventory planning and basic manufacturing operations; product and commodity knowledge is a plus.
- Excellent analytical problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Proficiency in MS Office especially Excel and ERP systems. SAP experience preferred
- Bachelors degree or equivalent experience required; minimum 5 years in a manufacturing environment.
- APICS certification and familiarity with Six Sigma principles preferred.
- Strong internal customer orientation to set production up for success
- Solid understanding of Demand/Supply Chain processes and Lean Manufacturing principles.
Description of activities
Plan work orders for all products aligned with customer and company expectations generated by customer orders ERP system messages and internal work order requests
Maintain plan board for specific product families
Enable optimal utilization of available resources (materials people machines)
Perform capacity adjustments in ERP software and escalate capacity shortfalls
Monitor material availability: escalate issues
Skill Descriptors
- Data Gathering & Analysis
- Shop floor interaction and planning
- Effective Communications
- Problem Solving
- Cross-Team Integration
Summary Pay Range:
$87480.00 - $131280.00Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors job level market locationjob-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
Posting Dates:
June 26 2025 - July 19 2025Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.
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Employment Type
Full-Time
