Manager Production Scheduling

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Job 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
Supervises schedulers schedules coordinates and controls the production schedules; reviews and manages the production process efficiency and quality.

Responsibilities
Analyzing and troubleshooting planned production scheduling problems; recommending process improvements to optimize the scheduling process.
Collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve product-related issues and incorporate customer and business requirements.
Directing complex production schedules; reviewing workflow of production workers inventory levels capacity constraints machine breakdowns product quality etc. to ensure operational excellence.

Degree Requirement
Degree or equivalent experience desired

Skill Descriptors

Planning: Tactical Strategic: Knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational (short term) tactical (1-2 years) and strategic (3-5 years) planning in support of the overall business plan.

Level Extensive Experience:

Develops refines and communicates tactical plans for own responsibilities.

Provides the right level of detail as input for strategic plan development.

Demonstrates the value and necessity of linking tactical plans to overall strategic plan.

Ensures attention to the detail and dependencies of existing departmental-level plans.

Plans for allocation of resources in line with unit goals technical and business objectives.

Ensures the planning process is integrated with the overall business plan.

Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit receive and accurately interpret ideas information and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.

Level Extensive Experience:

Reviews others writing or presentations and provides feedback and coaching.

Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience.

Demonstrates both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position.

Communicates well downward upward and outward.

Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.

Maintains focus on the topic at hand.

Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches tools techniques for recognizing anticipating and resolving organizational operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.

Level Extensive Experience:

Ensures capture of lessons to be learned from a problem-solving effort.

Organizes potential problem solvers and leads problem resolution efforts.

Uses varying problem-solving approaches and techniques as appropriate.

Contributes to standard practices for problem-solving approaches tools and processes.

Analyzes and synthesizes information and devises alternative resolution strategies.

Develops successful resolutions to critical or wide-impact problems.

Forecasting: Knowledge of forecasting tools approaches and practices; ability to determine product demand and estimate production requirements and loads.

Level Extensive Experience:

Monitors effectiveness of sales and production forecasting systems; adjusts as necessary.

Advises others in the selection and implementation of demand forecasting and management software.

Trains others on implementing approaches for creating annual and long-term demand forecasts.

Integrates input from diverse sources to produce demand forecasts for multiple products or regions.

Selects appropriate forecasting techniques for each product line and plant.

Teaches others about the use and impact of historical data in forecasting.

Manufacturing Requirements Planning (MRP): Knowledge of the processes practices and systems used in manufacturing requirements planning (MRP); ability to optimize planning for manufacturing cycles and ensure capacity and materials availability.

Level Extensive Experience:

Monitors total plant production scheduling vis-a-vis orders.

Evaluates considerations for synchronizing demand for products with production capabilities.

Participates in sequencing work to meet targeted delivery dates for multiple and critical orders.

Participates in setting parameters for reorders min/max levels lead days and job days.

Coordinates capacity and materials planning for net demand within a planning period.

Adjusts plans based on sales forecasts custom orders and demand-driven orders.

This position requires the candidate to work a 5-day-a-week schedule in the office.

About Caterpillar

Caterpillar Inc. is the worlds 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 weve been helping customers build a better more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services backed by our global dealer network provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.

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