Career Area:

Manufacturing

Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining 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 don't just 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:
Checks, stores and tracks incoming and outgoing inventory items.

Responsibilities:

Performing check-ins and check-outs. Verifying order completeness and inspecting for damages.Coordinating special or expedites orders; handling returns and exchanges of inventory items.Maintaining computerized inventory records and reporting on inventory levels and activity. Entering new items.Providing support to sales, purchasing and operations.

Degree Requirement:

Degree or equivalent experience desired

Skill Descriptors:
Core Application Systems: Knowledge of major production application systems used for delivery of services to internal and external clients; ability to leverage major production application systems in diverse situations.

Level Working Knowledge:

Helps create contingency plans to mitigate impact of disruption on core applications.Identifies key players, criticalities, roles, and responsibilities.Investigates application-related issues with both business and IT professionals.Recommends enhancements for a major application system or related subsystems.Works with core application systems for a major business unit or function.

Information Capture: Knowledge of the methods, channels and processes to obtain needed information; ability to identify, capture and document relevant business information in an auditable, organized, understandable and easily retrievable manner.

Level Working Knowledge:

Follows defined procedures to document all routine information.Identifies relevant established standards, policies and practices.Fulfills routine information capture needs in own area.Uses automated tools to capture, organize and archive relevant information.Cites examples of different types of relevant information that need to be captured.

Office Support Tools: Knowledge of commonly used office hardware, software and equipment; ability to use the tools available at the desktop (for example: word processing, email, presentation software, and spreadsheets.)

Level Working Knowledge:

Describes the benefits and relative strengths of tools for a specific application.Demonstrates some advanced functions of at least one product.Performs first-level problem resolution before seeking help elsewhere.Helps colleagues with desktop tools where necessary.Works with all basic office-support products.

Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.

Level Extensive Experience:

Evaluates and makes contributions to best practices.Processes large quantities of detailed information with high levels of accuracy.Productively balances speed and accuracy.Implements a variety of cross-checking approaches and mechanisms.Demonstrates expertise in quality assurance tools, techniques, and standards.Employs techniques for motivating employees to meet or exceed accuracy goals.

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 Working Knowledge:

Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives.Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder.Develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information.Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on resolution.Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems.

Data Gathering and Reporting: Knowledge of tools, techniques and processes for gathering and reporting data; ability to practice them in a particular department or division of a company.

Level Working Knowledge:

Detects and summarizes patterns in data and findings by producing simple reports.Assesses common problems and obstacles surrounding data-gathering.Customizes data fields to meet clients' needs.Interprets and explains results of a data-gathering initiative.Participates in projects to gather data for needs analysis.

Inventory Management - MFG: Knowledge of processes and methods of inventory management; ability to effectively manage local or distributed inventories of raw materials, work-in-progress and finished goods.

Level Extensive Experience:

Ensures that the inventory is at an appropriate level and meets both internal and external requirements.Devises standard inventory management benchmarks to improve the processes.Provides guidance on inventory management for a specific product group or location.Applies systems and processes to identify and coordinate inventory requirements; resolves conflicts.Coordinates daily work of inventory management for different locations within a facility or a supply network.Reviews reports used for inventory management to find out related problems.

Materials Handling and Management: Knowledge of material handling and management in plants; ability to perform, monitor and improve processes related to storage, transportation and handling of raw and hazardous materials.
 

Level Working Knowledge:

Assists in the responding of and dealing with emergency issues related in materials handling.Works with the packaging and storage of inbound or outbound materials.Performs the packing, shipping, identifying and transporting of materials.Explains key environmental issues for handling hazardous goods.Follows procedures to handle hazardous materials, hazardous substances and pollutants.

This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of “essential job functions” as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Posting Dates:

February 17, 2025 - April 29, 2025

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).

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