Supply Chain Planning Manager

Supply Chain Planning Manager

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Location: East Peoria, IL (SS) Travel: Up to 5% Relocation Assistance: Available Visa Sponsorship: Not Available

When you join Caterpillar, you join a team that helps build stronger, more sustainable communities. In this role, you will lead the planning, scheduling, and daily execution of the Building SS kitting operations supporting assembly to ensure safe, efficient, and uninterrupted material flow to production. This role is responsible for leading hourly team members, optimizing material availability, driving operational excellence, and supporting automation initiatives that improve safety, quality, velocity, and cost.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the daily execution of supply chain kitting operations to ensure uninterrupted production.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and development for hourly team members while fostering a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Manage kitting order release, point-of-use availability, and material flow to support assembly operations.
• Utilize data, reporting, and analytics to identify trends, eliminate waste, and improve operational performance.
• Partner with Requirements, Supply Chain Planning, Engineering, Quality, and other process partners to resolve material shortages, improve quality, and enhance execution.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, quality, velocity, cost, and employee engagement.
• Support the implementation, sustainment, and continuous improvement of automation technologies including ASRS/VLMs, AGVs, AMRs, and digital material management systems.
• Monitor and improve key performance indicators including safety, kit accuracy, kit quality, material availability, inventory accuracy, productivity, and operational performance.
• Develop and sustain standard work, process documentation, and best practices to ensure consistent execution.

Required Skills

• Supply Chain Planning & Execution: Working knowledge of supply chain management within manufacturing, with the ability to analyze supply chain data, identify trends, and support planning decisions that improve material availability and operational performance.
• Supplier & Inventory Management: Experience supporting supplier coordination and managing inventory processes, including resolving discrepancies, tracking materials, and ensuring delivery timelines and quality requirements are met.
• Data Analysis & Decision Support: Ability to gather and synthesize data from multiple sources to support forecasting, logistics planning, and continuous improvement of planning accuracy.
• Planning, Organization & Attention to Detail: Strong ability to plan and prioritize work, maintain structured processes, and ensure a high level of accuracy in supply chain data and execution.
• Communication & Cross-Functional Collaboration: Effective communication skills with the ability to partner with sales, manufacturing, and suppliers to align production forecasts, logistics needs, and planning processes.

Preferred Skills

• Forecasting & Planning Optimization: Experience improving production forecasting, logistics capacity planning, and material availability in a manufacturing environment, with a focus on driving planning accuracy and efficiency.
• Continuous Improvement Mindset: Experience identifying process gaps and implementing improvements that enhance supply chain performance, inventory strategies, and operational effectiveness.
• Advanced Data Utilization: Strong ability to leverage data across multiple stakeholders to support decision-making, root cause analysis, and operational enhancements in supply chain planning.
• Manufacturing Systems & Tools Exposure: Experience working with supply chain planning systems or tools (e.g., ERP, MRP, or logistics platforms) to support material planning and execution.
• Automated Warehouse: Knowledge of ASRS system, VLM systems, and/or AGV/AMR systems.

Summary Pay Range:

$97,530.00 - $146,290.00

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits*
• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*
• 401(k) savings plans*
• Health Savings Account (HSA)*
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*
• Health Lifestyle Programs*
• Employee Assistance Program*
• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*
• Career Development*
• Incentive bonus*
• Disability benefits
• Life Insurance
• Parental leave
• Adoption benefits
• Tuition Reimbursement

* These benefits also apply to part-time employees