Supply Chain Planning Manager-Electric Power

Caterpillar Inc.•Griffin, GA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

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. About Electric Power Caterpillar's Electric Power Division (EPD) offers integrated solutions, parts, and services to meet the needs of our various commercial and industrial electric power customers. EPD supports a wide range of customer applications across the globe, including providing back-up power to hospitals, providing emergency power when natural disasters strike, and supporting critical infrastructure for data centers, municipalities, and more. With a rich history of more than 95 years in the electric power business, our team has world-class expertise and a proven ability to adapt to changing demands. We’re committed to providing sustainable and reliable solutions to our customers. Join our team to help build a better, more sustainable world for future generations! We’re looking for an experienced supply chain professional to join our Electric Power global team as a Supply Chain Manager at our Griffin, Georgia facility. Our business focuses on designing and manufacturing custom power solutions, and with our continued growth, we need a strong supply chain leader with deep expertise in supply chain design and management in addition to extensive leadership. This role is essential to the success of our Griffin operations and the broader North American supply chain, ensuring we meet customer demands efficiently and effectively. In this role, you will lead a team of managers, individual contributors, and logistics professionals, overseeing supply chain planning, scheduling, inventory management, logistics coordination, and material cost reduction initiatives. You will be responsible for ensuring the timely availability of materials to support operations. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in process transformation, excelling in a fast-paced environment while driving continuous improvement and implementing innovative solutions. Strong leadership and expertise in all aspects of people management are essential for success in this role. Our Griffin-based supply chain manages planning and supply to both our own manufacturing operations and those of our solution package suppliers. This creates a highly interconnected supply network spanning multiple business units across North America. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate SAP experience and a strong grasp of supply chain planning logic, with the ability to translate theory into practical application. They must possess a deep understanding of compliance within the supply chain, strong financial acumen for planning and team management, and expertise in transportation, storage, and inventory planning.

Requirements

Performance Management: Knowledge of how to deliver feedback, recognize achievement, and provide recommendations for improvement. Ability to define and agree upon performance goals and objectives with associates. Ability to identify performance problem areas early on and defines specific improvement activities. Ability to adjust and communicate performance objectives as necessary for team objectives.
Effective Communications: Ability to reviews others' writing or presentations and provides feedback and coaching when necessary Ability to adapt documents and presentations for the intended audience – this role will report to senior leaders in our organization Ability to communicate with all levels of the employee workforce Knowledge of appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.
Inventory Management - MFG: Ability to ensure that the inventory is at an appropriate level and meets both internal and external requirements. Knowledge of how to devise standard inventory management benchmarks to improve the processes. Ability to provides guidance on inventory management for a specific product group or location. Knowledge of how to apply systems and processes to identify and coordinate inventory requirements; resolves conflicts. Ability to coordinate daily work of inventory management for different locations within a facility or a supply network.
Logistics Management: Ability to implement and maintain monitoring systems to provide information on shipment status, shipped date, in transit location, estimated arrival date, and actual delivery date. Ability to manage logistics processes through process improvement, prioritization, and project planning. Knowledge of how to develop and analyze logistics plans that affect production, distribution, and inventory. Ability to work with historical, legislative and practical issues associated with domestic freight. Knowledge of contract negotiations and interfaces with selected carriers necessary to maintain expected levels of service. Ability to consult on all major logistics processes, their interactions and operational requirements.
Supplier Management - MFG: Knowledge of how to facilitate supplier partnering arrangements that share risk and reward. Ability to monitor supplier performance; works to resolve discrepancies between performance and agreements. Ability to develop quality standards and controls for suppliers. Ability to build and maintain partnerships with multiple and/or large suppliers. Ability to evaluate issues and terminate supplier relationships as appropriate; works with legal departments.
SAP experience
strong grasp of supply chain planning logic
deep understanding of compliance within the supply chain
strong financial acumen for planning and team management
expertise in transportation, storage, and inventory planning

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, Operations, Engineering, or related field
APICS CSCP Certification
Previous usage of SAP software

Responsibilities

Efficiently plans and manages inventory to align with production demands while controlling surplus stock.
Develops strategic guidelines and processes to optimize inventory utilization and maximize efficiency.
Facilitates clear communication with operations, procurement, logistics, and distribution, developing integrated processes to optimize and streamline the supply chain.
Coordinating with sales, engineering, and facilities management to align production schedules and ensure timely delivery of expected outcomes.
Managing and directing the logistics specialists, including training, hiring, and coaching.
Establishing key performance metrics and benchmarks to guide supply chain planning and forecasting; monitoring planned vs. actual performance and presenting results to senior management.
Owns the North America scheduling and capacity planning elements that support both Griffin and our integrated supply base.
Leads a portfolio of projects and initiatives to drive efficiency and compliance