Logistics Analyst (Returnship Program)

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Job Description - Logistics Analyst (Returnship Program)

For nearly 100 years, Caterpillar Inc. has been making sustainable progress possible and driving positive change on every continent. Customers turn to Caterpillar to help them develop infrastructure, energy and natural resource assets. Caterpillar is the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. A lasting legacy of talented and committed employees give Caterpillar its competitive edge. It is our team that has allowed this company to accomplish great things. From the construction of the Hoover Dam, to facilitating communication for the Apollo moon-landing mission, to earthquake relief in Indonesia, our employees have never failed to give customers enduring results through superior service and innovation.

Supply Chain Services Returnship Details:

Supply Chain Services team is focused on improving Caterpillar’s overall supply chain performance. This group is responsible for seamless execution of critical processes in the areas of Inventory Management, New Product Introduction (NPI), Continuous Product Improvement (CPI), Supply Chain Solutions, Inventory Control Services and Business Analytics. Supply Chain Services team delivers value by initiating and driving business-critical projects and solutions.

Supply Chain Services team is currently hiring mid-career interns who are eager to restart their professional career. This position would provide opportunity to lead projects on supply chain/data analytics focussed on improving supply chain velocity, efficiency and customer experience.

What You Will Do:

• Design and develop solutions to improve customer experience and mitigate business challenges.

• Lead, motivate people and encourage teamwork to ensure successful completion of programs/ projects.
• Collaborate with cross functional team to understand process challenges and lead discussion to identify improvement opportunities.
• Responsible provide technical and functional guidance and lead data analytics team.
• Bridge Technical and Business teams to arrive at potential technical solution for global facilities.
• Work independently on defining and testing complex programs, processes, or systems.
• Support in the functional design, development, maintenance/administration, prioritization and/or upgrades of major system modules and programs.
• Become fully knowledgeable of Caterpillar application infrastructure components: the current operating environment, program design and specification development, programming logic, logic diagrams, testing, debugging and documentation.
• Analyze and model user requirements, specify information flows, processes, procedures, data objects and dialogues between information systems and their users.
• Accountable for enhancing inbound receiving efficiency across Caterpillar’s global network of manufacturing plants, logistics centers, and cross-dock facilities by ensuring compliance with enterprise standards for EDI ASN and SP20 shipping labels.
• Leading the development and stabilization of processes from supplier shipment to facility receipt, aligning with SP20 label compliance to support the enterprise-wide "Scan to Receive" initiative.

Additional Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Commerce/Science/Engineering or equivalent degree
• Minimum 8-10 years of experience in Supply chain management, Logistics, 3PL, Warehousing, Service parts Logistics.

• Effective oral and written communications skills required to collaborate with a wide variety of teams to achieve project deliverables.
• Must be flexible to work in night shifts and rotational shifts to have enough overlap with global teams.

What You Have:

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:

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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.

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