**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. **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. **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. **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. **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 Extensive Experience: • Manages the job cycle to ensure completion of jobs according to agreed-upon schedules. • Communicates with customers and sales staff on scheduled and unscheduled production work. • Resolves critical or costly workflow problem areas and recommends improvements. • Schedules and oversees all production runs for a specific plant or assembly line. • Produces master schedules for overall plant activities; shows all dependencies and contingencies. • Oversees production acceptance testing and associated performance measures. **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. **Posting Dates:** April 24, 2025 - April 30, 2025 Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community (http://flows.beamery.com/caterpillarinc/talcom) .