Demand and Orders Manager 1
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Supply Chain and LogisticsJob Description:
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Role Definition
The Manager, Demand & Orders is a strategic leadership role within the Supply Chain and Logistics function, responsible for managing and stabilizing supply and demand across the facility. This position plays a critical role in aligning production schedules, inventory levels, and customer demand through the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process and this position is responsible for supplier and first operations scheduling and inventory level process.
Responsibilities
Coordinating with multiple functions, such as manufacturing, product group, marketing, material planning etc., to acquire appropriate requirements to meet customer demand.
Managing day-to-day activities of their staff; participating in interviewing, hiring, and training and development of associates.
Ensuring compliance with established policies and procedures. Develop improved policies and procedures to strengthen compliance initiatives.
Participating in planning inventory and defining optimal inventory levels and adjustment authority; monitoring inventory levels.
Coordinate with Global Supplier Constraint Management to optimize scheduling.
Responsible for S&OP process and follow-up with customers and facility wise.
Production Scheduling:
Ensure production schedules maintain demand integrity and product availability.
Prepare scheduling proposals for special situations (e.g., strikes, plant shutdowns).
First Operations
Coordinating with first operations management team and nesting group on scheduling workload for all the internal work centers and doing recommendations for subcontract process.
Skills Descriptors:
Core Application Systems:
SAP (ERP System), modules MM (material Management, PP (Production Planning), SD (sales and distribution), WM (warehouse management), Used for: Inventory control, order management, production scheduling, Inventory control, order management, production scheduling
Modules: MM (Materials Management), PP (Production Planning), SD (Sales & Distribution) CRM (Customer relations Module),
Used for: Inventory control, order management, production scheduling
Power BI / Tableau
Used for: Data visualization, performance dashboards, forecasting analytics
Microsoft Excel (Advanced)
Used for: Ad hoc analysis, scenario modeling, forecasting templates ABP forecast (BH) simulations.
Operational Functions:
Demand Forecasting Analyzing sales history, market trends, and marketing strategies to develop accurate forecasts for future demand.
Inventory & Production Planning Creating Schedules for production and managing inventory levels to meet anticipated demand and avoid shortages or excess stock.
Order Management Processing Customer Orders, Tracking their status, and managing the flow from Order to Delivery.
Supplier & Logistic Management Collaborating with supply base, managing relationships with caterpillar subsidiaries and assuring timely delivery of materials.
Process Optimization> Evaluating and improving supply chain process. Implementing new tools and assuring standard operating procedures are up to date and effective.
Planning: Tactical, Strategic: Knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational (short term), tactical (1-2 years) and strategic (3-5 years) planning in support of the overall business plan. Level Working Knowledge:
Contributes to short-term operational plans.
Anticipates and adapts to plan changes.
Monitors progress of work against plan as required to meet objectives.
Reports variances and makes agreed-upon corrections.
Under guidance, develops tactical plan for own direct responsibility.
Process Management: Knowledge of business process improvement tools and techniques; ability to understand, monitor, update, control, or enhance existing business or work processes. Level Working Knowledge:
Employs process flows, cycle time, process time and waste concepts as appropriate.
Walks through steps, decisions, measurements, dependencies and hand-offs for a specific process.
Creates process flow or work flow diagrams.
Documents types of process decisions and potential impact of each decision.
Identifies and monitors common process bottlenecks.
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 Experience:
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.
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.
Level Extensive Experience:
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.
Planning and Organizing: Knowledge of the process of planning and arranging tasks and resources; ability to plan and organize both time and resources to get things completed while structuring and maintaining work in a systematic and highly methodical way. Level Working Knowledge:
Raises awareness of potential bottlenecks and disruptions to the schedule.
Breaks tasks into manageable steps that can be incorporated into a personal work plan.
Escalates concerns over competing or conflicting priorities.
Monitors progress continuously and adjusts tactics for handling situations on a case by case basis.
Creates action plans that ensure the accomplishment of responsibilities.
Supply Chain Management: Knowledge of functions, principles and techniques used in supply chain management; ability to develop and implement strategies, practices and tools for controlling the whole processes. Level Working Knowledge:
Recognizes software systems or components used to manage supply chain.
Participates in supply chain analysis and uses it to spot trends and improvement opportunities.
Discusses considerations for integrating partner and supplier transactions.
Summarizes supply chain considerations for different types of products.
Works with a specific part of supply chain management process.
Top Candidates must have:
Bachelor degree
Experience 10 years of experience on supply Chain or logistics processes
Experience in leadership with people under supervision (verifiable in interview).
Knowledge CPIM, APICS certification, LEAN.
English: Advanced
Availability to travel 20% USA VISA available.
Aditional Information:
Location: Caterpillar Torreón
ISE: NO
Sponsorship: NO
Relocation assistance: NO
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Posting Dates:
September 24, 2025 - October 2, 2025Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply
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