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Position Information:
This is an on-site position in Pontiac, IL.
Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.
Role Definition:
Coordinate and balance workload for the Pontiac Product Change Control team. You will coordinate Pontiac's Product Change Control activities between Engineering Design and Pontiac's various Operations, Manufacturing, Logistics, Supply Chain, Business Resources and Safety process partners.
What You Will Do:
Oversee the engineering change management for all Pontiac product groups.
Coordinate and balance workload for the Pontiac Product Change Control team.
Effectively manage Pontiac's MFG Pro releasing and JRS activities releasing for all new engineering releases and engineering changes going into production.
Manage MFG Pro & ARM BOM effectivities along with monitoring the exhaust, scrap or rework of all make and purchased finished part numbers.
Manage NPI Gateway reviews as Pontiac NPI Supply Chain Coordinator.
Manage Pontiac's Product Change Control team grief reports and metrics to ensure a high performing team.
Establishing new processes, tools, and metrics to further the development and enhance the productivity of the Pontiac Product Change Control team.
What You Will Have:
Supply Chain experience.
MCS or MFG Pro releasing experience.
NPI experience.
Service Excellence: Knowledge of customer service concepts and techniques; ability to meet or exceed customer needs and expectations and provide excellent service in a direct or indirect manner.
Provides a quality of service that customers describe as excellent.
Resolves common customer problems.
Responds to unexpected customer requests with a sense of urgency and positive action.
Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.
Evaluates and makes contributions to best practices.
Processes large quantities of detailed information with high levels of accuracy.
Implements a variety of cross-checking approaches and mechanisms.
Employs techniques for motivating employees to meet or exceed accuracy goals.
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.
Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks.
Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process.
Advises others in analyzing and synthesizing relevant data and assessing alternatives.
Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
Ensures capture of lessons to be learned from a problem-solving effort.
Organizes potential problem solvers and leads problem resolution efforts.
Uses varying problem-solving approaches and techniques as appropriate.
Contributes to standard practices for problem-solving approaches, tools, and processes.
Analyzes and synthesizes information and devises alternative resolution strategies.
Develops successful resolutions to critical or wide-impact problems.
Manufacturing Application Systems: Knowledge of company and industry databases and applications used in a manufacturing environment; ability to operate, maintain and update these systems.
Uses and maintains information or data stored in specific application; reports unusual situations.
Uses all basic features of the information system in context of own work.
Works with a specific type of manufacturing application or information system.
Manufacturing Requirements Planning (MRP): Experience with the processes, practices and systems used in manufacturing requirements planning (MRP); ability to optimize planning for manufacturing cycles and ensure capacity and materials availability.
Describes basic concepts of materials and capacity management processes and procedures.
Identifies parameters and considerations used in making decisions about production runs.
Describes the use of bills of materials and other documentation needed to provide supplies.
Top Candidates Will Also Have:
Previous team lead or supervisory experience.
What You Will Get:
Safety in words and actions. Safety is a core value at Caterpillar. We encourage and commit to safety in all processes that we do. We strive to provide a safe and secure work environment for all our employees.
You earn more than just a salary because we value your performance. We offer a total rewards package that provides benefits on day one (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with the potential of an annual bonus.
Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date).
The Power of Everyone : At Caterpillar, we believe each person is unique and valued, and are committed to ensuring that our workplace is diverse and representative of the many customers we serve around the globe. Different perspectives help us achieve our best work and come together to form a high-performing Caterpillar team that makes positive changes in the communities where we live and work.
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#LI Relocation is available for this position.Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers. Posting Dates:
Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.
EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.
