Cat Jobs – Value Chain Designer

Website Caterpillar

Job Description:

As Value Chain Designer at Caterpillar, you will ensure linkage between product value stream teams and end-to-end value chains, including process planning and execution to meet or exceed customer order to delivery market requirements while improving the business’ Operating Profit after Capital Charge (OPACC).

Job Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for working to maintain and strengthen communications and alignment between logistics and manufacturing activities, as well as driving collaboration between all members of the enterprise value chain network.
  • Responsible for posting, publishing and presenting, modeling results into relevant and insightful Business information, visuals, and business cases.
  • Provides support to value chain teams responsible for the management of end-to-end value chain functions in alignment with customer Order-to-Delivery requirements.
  • Accountable to maintain strong expertise in network modeling processes, platforms and techniques for the Enterprise.
  • Supports other members of the value chain design team to help to identify OIA opportunities, solve problems and resolve model feasibility gaps.
  • Support business and operational decisions of both internal and external value chain partners, by providing data-backed proposals to drive continuous improvements across the overall value stream.
  • Perform detailed value stream network modeling / optimization, which will be used to support value chain performance project management.
  • Demonstrates advanced skills and expertise on value stream modeling and design

Job Requirements:

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Network Modeling experience using in-house or commercial tools such as Supply Chain Guru
  • MRP experience – Legacy and MRP
  • Ability to ramp up quickly within a new environment
  • Previous expert-level experience with BOMs, SC Guru or other modeling tools
  • 3 years of Value Stream or Supply Chain or Distribution or Purchasing
  • Knowledge of Caterpillar’s product structure and ability to visualize the network
  • Knowledgeable of basic purchasing practices (site, category)
  • APICS CSCP National Certification
  • Advanced Degree in Operations Research, Engineering, Value Stream, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, management, or related quantitative field
  • Knowledge of Caterpillar business language
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Operations Research, Engineering, Value Stream, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, management, or related quantitative field
  • Previous experience with data visualization software like Tableau
  • NPI and value chain transformation experience
  • Database management experience

Job Details:

Company: Caterpillar

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Job Location: Decatur, IL, US

Application Deadline: N/A

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