Material Master Owner 1

**Career Area**:Manufacturing & Supply Chain**:
Your Work Shapes the World Whether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe. When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don’t just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that, because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in - the roads, hospitals, homes and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce, Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer’s needs. If this seems an opportunity to be part of the earth change, join us and become part of our team

**Job Summary**:
This role is to effectively manage the SAP materials originating from Marketing, Product Design, Manufacturing and Procurement groups that require creation and changes to support Order to Delivery functions. This is a full-time position in SAP (CBS) and strong background in material planning and leadership role **. **This role is expected to take on 50% of the job scope as material planners, while the other 50% perform improvement projects: end to end supply chain process

**Responsibilities**:

- Responsible for executing the end to end Material Master Process. Responsible for participating with all SAP (CBS) process areas to ensure the end to end quality of the Material Master which ensures supply chain and plant production execution
- Collaborate with the Local Change Coordinator to process engineering packages and manufacturing changes
- Collaborate with Variant Configuration Shared Services, Earthmoving Supply Management, Shared Services Accounting, plant purchasing, supply chain planners, logistics management, and quality managers to provide timely release and implementation of new and changed Material Master
- Required to work effectively with diverse, cross-functional groups in order to execute the Material Master Process by understanding the integrated nature of material master data
- Follows progress of material master creation and changes and provides guidance to resolve problems

**Qualifications**:

- College or university degree; engineering background is preferred
- Knowledge of SAP, PFEP, product change control processes and procedures.
- Minimum of 3 years in supply chain related work experience
- Previous experience as a Supply Chain Planning Analyst, Product Change Control Engineer or Logistics Planning Engineer is highly desired
- Good command of Business English; ability to interact with global team and overseas suppliers
- Knowledge of 6Sigma background and/or experienced in leading some improvement projects
- Experience and knowledge of lean manufacturing - supply chain principles

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). 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. We welcome all applicants without regard to race, religion or belief, national origin, disability, marital status, gender identity, sexual orientation or age.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).

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