Logistics Integration Lead

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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.

Role Definition
Manages a team that oversees the order to delivery supply chain to ensure availability of necessary commodities to support manufacturing or distribution. Develops, implements, and manages supply chain strategies and solutions.

Responsibilities
• Maintaining communications with operations, procurement, logistics, and distribution. Creating integrated processes to streamline supply chains.
• Interacting with sales, engineering, and facilities management on production schedules and expected deliverables.
• 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 presents results to senior management.

• Provide strategic leadership and support business supply chain to meet customer demand​.

• Establish control tower in Logistic operation through robust governance and align to facility demand and supply needs. Remain integrated with cross functional teams and build efficiency and agility in supply chain stream.

• Provide leadership in risk identification and mitigation.
• Ensure compliance .

Degree Requirement
Engineering Degree with Relevant experience in Logistics Operation
15+ Years of core experience in Logistics operation.

Skill Descriptors
Effectiveness Measurement: Knowledge of effective measurement techniques and ability to measure the quality and quantity of work effort for the purpose of improvement.
Level Extensive Knowledge:
• Monitors planned improvement efforts in quality and productivity.
• Uses recognized industry benchmarks.
• Evaluates improvement efforts in quality and productivity.
• Uses measurements to drive improvement in a number of different ways.
• Supervises others in their use of data collection, analysis, and reporting tools.
• Defines, captures and monitors metrics for multiple functions.

Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue and determining its significance.
• Makes a systematic comparison of two or more alternative solutions.
• Uses flow charts, Pareto charts, fish diagrams, etc. to disclose meaningful data patterns.
• Identifies the major forces, events, and people impacting and impacted by the situation at hand.
• Uses logic and intuition to make inferences about the meaning of the data and arrive at conclusions.

Cross-Team Integration: Understanding of the importance of inter-team collaboration in breaking down silos and achieving business results; ability to lead employees from various functions to communicate, coordinate work across divisions, and collaborate in solving problems as one team.
Level Extensive Knowledge:
• Involves key stakeholders in upfront planning efforts.
• Enlists formal and informal network contacts to improve collaboration among teams.
• Generates "win-win" strategies to gain support for key initiatives from others across boundaries.
• Establishes ways to encourage teamwork across functions.
• Coaches others on best methods for performing teamwork across organizational boundaries.
• Recommends systems and technology to promote widespread collaboration.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
Level Extensive Knowledge:
• Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks.
• Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process.
• Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts their potential impact.
• Advises others in analyzing and synthesizing relevant data and assessing alternatives.
• Uses effective decision-making approaches such as consultative, command, or consensus.
• Ensures that assumptions and received wisdom are objectively analyzed in decisions.

Forecasting: Knowledge of forecasting tools, approaches and practices; ability to determine product demand and estimate production requirements and loads.
Level Extensive Knowledge:
• Monitors effectiveness of sales and production forecasting systems; adjusts as necessary.
• Advises others in the selection and implementation of demand forecasting and management software.
• Trains others on implementing approaches for creating annual and long-term demand forecasts.
• Integrates input from diverse sources to produce demand forecasts for multiple products or regions.
• Selects appropriate forecasting techniques for each product line and plant.
• Teaches others about the use and impact of historical data in forecasting.

Manufacturing Requirements Planning (MRP): Knowledge of the processes, practices and systems used in manufacturing requirements planning (MRP); ability to optimize planning for manufacturing cycles and ensure capacity and materials availability.
Level Extensive Knowledge:
• Monitors total plant production scheduling vis-a-vis orders.
• Evaluates considerations for synchronizing demand for products with production capabilities.
• Participates in sequencing work to meet targeted delivery dates for multiple and critical orders.
• Participates in setting parameters for reorders, min/max levels, lead days and job days.
• Coordinates capacity and materials planning for net demand within a planning period.
• Adjusts plans based on sales forecasts, custom orders and demand-driven orders.

Strategic Thinking: Knowledge of the importance of "big picture" thinking and planning; ability to apply organizational acumen and competitiveness to identify and maintain focus on key success factors for the organization.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Implements the group's go-to-market strategy.
• Raises awareness of potential strategic alliances and partnerships.
• Explains elements of the strategy to others and encourages questions.
• Monitors marketplace trends, opportunities, and vulnerabilities; reports findings.
• Makes sound recommendations when faced with complex and contradictory alternatives.

Supplier Management - MFG: Knowledge of processes and methods to effectively manage business relationships and transactions with suppliers of raw materials or product components; ability to apply related knowledge, experience and skills into real practice.
Level Extensive Knowledge:
• Facilitates supplier partnering arrangements that share risk and reward.
• Monitors supplier performance; works to resolve discrepancies between performance and agreements.
• Develops quality standards and controls for suppliers.
• Builds and maintains partnerships with multiple and/or large suppliers.
• Evaluates issues and terminates supplier relationships as appropriate; works with legal departments.
• Ensures the fulfillment of report and record-keeping requirements.
 

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