**Career Area:** Supply Chain and Logistics **Job Description:** **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. Role Definition Checks, stores and tracks incoming and outgoing inventory items. Responsibilities + The Inventory Analyst is responsible for the overall planning and managing of the facility’s IRA program and assisting with the Corporate IDA program. + The Inventory Analyst is also responsible for IRA metric compilation and reporting to senior management on a monthly basis. + Inventory Analyst is responsible for taking proactive steps to improve inventory records accuracy, drive issue ownership and escalation, etc. + Perform as a liaison for Supply Chain SOX audit, understand the requirement of SOX risk and control matrix to ensure it is align with corporate principles + Responsible for Supply Chian Next Gen indirect procurement, order placement, incoming tracking, receipt confirmation. + Lead regularly internal audits and inventory check activities, and take actions to address potential broken processes to ensure it is fully align with the compliance requirement. Degree Requirement Degree or equivalent experience desired Skill Descriptors Core Application Systems: Knowledge of major production application systems used for delivery of services to internal and external clients; ability to leverage major production application systems in diverse situations. Level Working Knowledge: • Helps create contingency plans to mitigate impact of disruption on core applications. • Identifies key players, criticalities, roles, and responsibilities. • Investigates application-related issues with both business and IT professionals. • Recommends enhancements for a major application system or related subsystems. • Works with core application systems for a major business unit or function. Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision. Level Extensive Experience: • Evaluates and makes contributions to best practices. • Processes large quantities of detailed information with high levels of accuracy. • Productively balances speed and accuracy. • Implements a variety of cross-checking approaches and mechanisms. • Demonstrates expertise in quality assurance tools, techniques, and standards. • Employs techniques for motivating employees to meet or exceed accuracy goals. Data Gathering and Reporting: Knowledge of tools, techniques and processes for gathering and reporting data; ability to practice them in a particular department or division of a company. Level Working Knowledge: • Detects and summarizes patterns in data and findings by producing simple reports. • Assesses common problems and obstacles surrounding data-gathering. • Customizes data fields to meet clients' needs. • Interprets and explains results of a data-gathering initiative. • Participates in projects to gather data for needs analysis. Inventory Management - MFG: Knowledge of processes and methods of inventory management; ability to effectively manage local or distributed inventories of raw materials, work-in-progress and finished goods. Level Extensive Experience: • Ensures that the inventory is at an appropriate level and meets both internal and external requirements. • Devises standard inventory management benchmarks to improve the processes. • Provides guidance on inventory management for a specific product group or location. • Applies systems and processes to identify and coordinate inventory requirements; resolves conflicts. • Coordinates daily work of inventory management for different locations within a facility or a supply network. • Reviews reports used for inventory management to find out related problems. Materials Handling and Management: Knowledge of material handling and management in plants; ability to perform, monitor and improve processes related to storage, transportation and handling of raw and hazardous materials. Level Working Knowledge: • Assists in the responding of and dealing with emergency issues related in materials handling. • Works with the packaging and storage of inbound or outbound materials. • Performs the packing, shipping, identifying and transporting of materials. • Explains key environmental issues for handling hazardous goods. • Follows procedures to handle hazardous materials, hazardous substances and pollutants. Level Extensive Experience: • Evaluates and makes contributions to best practices. • Processes large quantities of detailed information with high levels of accuracy. • Productively balances speed and accuracy. • Implements a variety of cross-checking approaches and mechanisms. • Demonstrates expertise in quality assurance tools, techniques, and standards. • Employs techniques for motivating employees to meet or exceed accuracy goals. Relationship Management: Knowledge of relationship management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers. Level Basic Understanding: • Provides examples of the characteristics of effective business relationships. • Identifies key business relationships in own organization. • Describes the nature of a productive business relationship. • Explains the benefits of building business partnerships. Data Gathering and Reporting: Knowledge of tools, techniques and processes for gathering and reporting data; ability to practice them in a particular department or division of a company. Level Working Knowledge: • Detects and summarizes patterns in data and findings by producing simple reports. • Assesses common problems and obstacles surrounding data-gathering. • Customizes data fields to meet clients' needs. • Interprets and explains results of a data-gathering initiative. • Participates in projects to gather data for needs analysis. Inventory Management - MFG: Knowledge of processes and methods of inventory management; ability to effectively manage local or distributed inventories of raw materials, work-in-progress and finished goods. Level Extensive Experience: • Ensures that the inventory is at an appropriate level and meets both internal and external requirements. • Devises standard inventory management benchmarks to improve the processes. • Provides guidance on inventory management for a specific product group or location. • Applies systems and processes to identify and coordinate inventory requirements; resolves conflicts. • Coordinates daily work of inventory management for different locations within a facility or a supply network. • Reviews reports used for inventory management to find out related problems. Materials Handling and Management: Knowledge of material handling and management in plants; ability to perform, monitor and improve processes related to storage, transportation and handling of raw and hazardous materials. Level Working Knowledge: • Assists in the responding of and dealing with emergency issues related in materials handling. • Works with the packaging and storage of inbound or outbound materials. • Performs the packing, shipping, identifying and transporting of materials. • Explains key environmental issues for handling hazardous goods. • Follows procedures to handle hazardous materials, hazardous substances and pollutants. Supply Chain Management - MFG: Knowledge of functions, principles and techniques used in supply chain management; ability to develop and use, strategies, practices and tools for controlling the logistical processes. Level Working Knowledge: • Discusses considerations for integrating partner and supplier transactions. • Recognizes software systems or components used to manage supply chain. • Summarizes supply chain considerations for different types of products or components. • Participates in supply chain analysis and uses it to spot trends and improvement opportunities. • Works with a specific part of supply chain management process. This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of “essential job functions” as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act. **Posting Dates:** May 6, 2025 - May 15, 2025 Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community (http://flows.beamery.com/caterpillarinc/talcom) .