Material Planning Analyst

Material Planning Analyst

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Job Summary :

The Material Planning Analyst position collaborates with suppliers to ensure execution to planned orders and schedules and resolves issues with suppliers to ensure material availability for facility production. The incumbent works with the facility production schedulers and operations personnel to support facility production and point of use material availability. Ensures alignment of facility inventory accuracy and inventory systems planning parameters with the plan for every part to maintain planning integrity. The incumbent ensures the timely delivery of materials to the facility, collaborating with suppliers to coordinate deliveries, shipping schedules and work schedules to meet facility production plans. Using supplier collaboration technologies, collaborates with suppliers and operations to plan delivery of material for production.

What you will do :

• This position analyzes established parts schedules and production requirements, converting requirements into appropriate piece parts, requisitioning the materials, regulating inventory levels and issuing work orders.
• Incumbent performs work to improve point of use material availability, applying root cause analysis and corrective actions. Provides Material Planning expertise to facility functions in support of improving demand variability, forecast credibility and usability for production planning.
• Serving as the purchasing representative when Buyer is not available.
• Assisting in decisions relative to supplier choice, quality and quantity performance and cost negotiations.
• Contributing to initiation and implementation of cost reduction projects to meet purchasing objectives.
• Reviewing engineering change and release notices, working to establish best Just In Time delivery and economical lot sizes, contacting suppliers for information on hazardous materials and expediting material as necessary.
• Assisting Buyer in purchasing duties as needed including rejections, quality requirements, cost improvements and quotation evaluation.
• Contacting supplier regarding release quantity, delivery date and method of shipment, etc.
• Assisting in request for quotations as required to establish best cost, quality, and delivery.
• Processing and negotiating resolutions to rejections, supplier debits and credits and investigating price discrepancies.

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What you will get :

Summary Pay Range : $71,040.00 - $106,440.00 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.

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