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Career Area: Supply Chain and Logistics : 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 Summary Checks, stores, and tracks incoming and outgoing inventory items. What You Will Do: Provide RMD support for various service parts facilities / Logistics Centre s located in US, Europe and Asia Pacific regions. Provides necessary assistance to facilities to work on problem resolution and process improvement. Representing the service parts facilities as the Inbound coordinator, responsible for contacting LPAs on discrepancy and disposition issues. Meet required levels of customer service / turnaround time, agreed upon with the parts facilities. Actively participate in all technical or functional discussions to establish an effective RCCA to prevent the re-occurrence. Identifying and resolving inventory discrepancies. Coordinating efforts with facility to ensure inventory counting completed and discrepancies are resolved. Apart from core responsibilities, be flexible to support Inventory control processes whenever required. Preparing required monthly reports for the facilities. End user knowledge and exposure in SAP, IBM Mainframe and/or any ERP. Experience with statistical analysis using MS Excel (Pivot tables, v-lookups, etc.). Degree Requirement Degree or equivalent experience desired What you will have: Inventory Management: 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 Working Knowledge Follows processes to take stock, release inventory or return into processing; resolves discrepancies. Tracks inventory information for a specific product group or location. Works with basic tasks of inventory management for a specific location. Produces basic inventory management reports for senior staff to reconcile the inventory balances. Performs the receiving, ticketing, checking in and distributing of inventory items for a specific location. 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 procsses. 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 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 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 Working Knowledge Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient. Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness. Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work. Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate. Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups. Additional Information: . Must have exposure to MS Office suite of applications and intermediate experience in Excel spreadsheet/pivot tables. Must have good communication, interpersonal skills. End user knowledge and exposure in SAP, IBM mainframe and/or any ERP. Strong initiative and the ability to learn quickly is desired. Should have good team skills and positivity for working in a cooperative and diverse team environment. Willingness to work in US/UK/Australia timings
