Career Area:
Supply Chain and Logistics
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Job Summary:
The primary goal is to support the Product Support & Logistics (PSLD) division's effort in achieving the inventory and customer service objectives in a manner consistent with PSLD. As a Inventory Analyst at Caterpillar, you will support Production Withdrawal (PW) related work for Cat Parts. Inventory Analyst will coordinate and distribute the various workload functions necessary to ensure material is allocated and shipped for emergency and line down situations for production facilities and suppliers.This function involves working on projects and ad hoc analysis to enhance systems and process efficiency within Cat Parts.
What You Will Do:
- Responsible for providing Business and System support to production and supplier withdrawals.
- Performing work to achieve corporate supply chain performance targets focused on inventory reduction, increased inventory turns and improved parts availability.
- Identifying opportunities for improvements including cost, quality, and service of customer needs and issues.
- Implementing and maintaining monitoring systems to provide information on shipment status, shipped date, in transit location, estimated arrival date, and actual delivery date.
- Working effectively with diverse, multi-functional teams to apply the supply chain logistics process and leading team efforts to develop a lean parts distribution network.
Additional Information:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering / Math's / Science / Commerce.
- Minimum 4-6 years of experience in Supply chain management, Logistics, 3PL, Warehousing, Service parts Logistics and supplier performance management.
What You Have:
Business Acumen: Knowledge of business concepts, tools, and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the company's business; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Communicates key considerations for business decision making process.
- Cites examples of types of information needed to make sound business decisions.
- Participates in business task to get things done in own unit or area.
- Caters to key stakeholders and their priorities.
Inventory Management: Knowledge of processes and methods of inventory management; ability to effectively manage organization's materials, commodities, merchandises, or products.
Level Extensive Experience:
- Manage daily/weekly service loss analysis and share RCCA for top loss parts.
- Involves detailed root cause analysis for discrepancy between systems and documentation of the same.
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:
- 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.
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:
- Organizes potential problem solvers and leads problem resolution efforts.
- Uses varying problem-solving approaches and techniques as appropriate.
- Develops successful resolutions to critical or wide-impact problems.
Supplier Management: Knowledge of processes and methods to effectively manage business relationships and transactions with suppliers of raw materials or product components; ability to apply related knowledge, experience, and skills into real practice.
Level Basic Understanding:
- Describes the typical tasks associated with using and managing suppliers.
- Defines common terms and conditions of agreements with suppliers.
- Explains the organizational process for soliciting and selecting suppliers.
- States the roles and responsibilities of one's own and suppliers staff.
Supply Chain Management: Knowledge of functions, principles and techniques used in supply chain management; ability to develop and use, strategies, practices and tools for controlling the logistical processes.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Discusses considerations for integrating partner and supplier transactions.
- Recognizes software systems or components used to manage supply chain.
- Summarizes supply chain considerations for different types of products or components.
- Participates in supply chain analysis and uses it to spot trends and improvement opportunities.
- Works with a specific part of supply chain management process.
Caterpillar is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status; however, as a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of India which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.
What You Will Get:
Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world. Here you earn more than just wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides day one benefits along with the potential of a variable bonus. Additional benefits include paid annual leave, flexi leave, medical and insurance (prorated based upon hire date).
Final Details:
Please frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application please use the candidate log-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status.If you are interested in joining our team, please apply using an English version of your CV. We look forward to meeting you!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.
About Caterpillar
Caterpillar Inc. is the world's 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, we've 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.
Posting Dates:
January 6, 2026 - January 20, 2026Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to applyNot ready to apply Join our Talent Community.
