Materials Planning Analyst

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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.

What Youll Do

Coordinate ECN Process: Manage the end-to-end ECN workflow from initiation to release ensuring compliance with company standards and timelines.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Engineering Design teams to understand change requirements and Manufacturing Engineers to assess feasibility and impact.
Documentation & System Updates: Ensure all ECN-related documentation is accurate complete and properly recorded in the system.
Change Implementation: Communicate and cooperate with internal teams (Production Quality Procurement Planning) to support smooth implementation of changes.
Monitor Progress: Track ECN status follow up on pending actions and escalate issues to ensure timely completion.
Impact Analysis: Assist in evaluating the effect of changes on inventory production schedules and supply chain activities.
Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to streamline ECN processes and reduce lead time for change implementation.

What Were Looking For

Bachelors degree Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Management Logistics Engineering or a related field. Equivalent professional experience in these areas will also be considered

Experiences: 3-5 years in engineering change management product lifecycle management or related roles.
Familiarity with SAP / CBS systems

Knowledge of engineering documentation and manufacturing processes Demand planning inventory control

Certifications (optional but valuable): Lean Six Sigma

Skill Descriptors
Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.
Level Basic Understanding:
Explains the importance of accuracy in own function or unit.
Identifies tasks or outputs that require accuracy and detail-level attention.
Identifies the procedures for making sure that results are mistake-free.
Describes consequences of errors within own unit or function.

Cross-Team Integration: Understanding of the importance of inter-team collaboration in breaking down silos and achieving business results; ability to lead employees from various functions to communicate coordinate work across divisions and collaborate in solving problems as one team.
Level Basic Understanding:
Identifies the key teams or work groups whose work is closely related.
Applies the concept of collaboration to build relationships and coordinate with other teams.
Demonstrates the ability to coordinate work so that it can help more than one team.
Seeks help to secure support from another team when necessary.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
Level Basic Understanding:
Explains characteristics and steps in an effective decision-making process.
Identifies issues and communicates with others when a decision needs to be made.
Names decision makers in own environment and cites examples of past decisions.
Describes types of decisions incumbent may and may not make in own job or function.

Manufacturing Application Systems: Knowledge of company and industry databases and applications used in a manufacturing environment; ability to operate maintain and update these systems.
Level Basic Understanding:
Explains general flow of information throughout the manufacturing process and the supply chain.
Identifies major types of applications and information systems used in manufacturing.
Identifies core company proprietary and public information sources.
Describes the type of information maintained in manufacturing application systems and identifies its primary uses and users.

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 Basic Understanding:
Describes basic concepts of materials and capacity management processes and procedures.
Describes product life cycle and associated MRP cycle.
Identifies parameters and considerations used in making decisions about production runs.
Describes the use of bills of materials and other documentation needed to provide supplies.

Planning and Organizing: Knowledge of the process of planning and arranging tasks and resources; ability to plan and organize both time and resources to get things completed while structuring and maintaining work in a systematic and highly methodical way.
Level Basic Understanding:
Seeks help to modify priorities as new information surfaces or conditions change.
Demonstrates the ability to estimate the time and resources required to complete tasks.
Identifies own key assignments schedules and process steps.
Applies the concept of critical path in order to complete work in a timely manner and keep larger tasks on track.

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 Basic Understanding:
Explains the value of a disciplined approach to problem solving.
Describes problem reporting and escalation practices.
Utilizes accepted procedures for problem analysis and resolution.
Identifies key aspects of problem-solving techniques used in own area.

Production Scheduling and Control: Knowledge of procedures and tools for scheduling and controlling production runs; ability to utilize knowledge of daily manufacturing processes to assure quality deliverables.
Level Basic Understanding:
Describes key aspects of production control.
Identifies types of problems that can affect production schedules.
Lists major activities performed by production control staff.
Locates information regarding fundamental practices and policies.

On-Site Full Time

Working Hours: Monday Friday 07:30 am. 04:30 pm.

Work location: Caterpillar (Thailand) Ltd. 337/1 Moo 3 T. Nong La Lok A. Ban Khai Rayong 21120 Thailand

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

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