About Us:
Progress Rail Services Corporation, a Caterpillar company, is one of the largest integrated and diversified suppliers of railroad and transit system products and services worldwide. With Coverage spanning across 23 locations throughout Australia, Progress Rail serves as a leader in rolling stock & infrastructure solutions for Australia and the southeast Asian Markets.
About the role:
The position of Planner Supply Chain is accountable for all inventory/part planning matters. Accountabilities include determining demand related inventory/part requirements, dissemination of inventory/part demand through Supply Chain, accuracy and upkeep of inventory/part masters and lead times, identification of opportunities to drive year-on-year reductions in inventory, route cause analysis on DIFOT failures and finally expediating of inventory where required.
This includes:
* Determining all long/medium-term inventory/part requirements settings (through to Maintenance Planning) based on aggregated forecast/planned demand by asset type/class and maintenance event.
* Setting DIFOT (new materials) targets and driving improvements in DIFOT, irrespective of supply source.
* Accountable for delivering inventory/part DIFOT to internal and external customers.
* Accountable for disseminating forecast/planned demand and inventory/part requirements associated with that demand through Supply Chain.
* Ensuring Supply Chain actually delivers internal DIFOT to the facilities production schedule, given core pool size and inventory/part lead times.
* Being accountable for the accurate upkeep of supply chain master data, including inventory/part masters and lead times.
* Identifying (for delivery) inventory/part opportunities to drive 3%+ year-on-year reductions in inventory/part holdings.
About you:
- Degree, Diploma, Planning (APICS) or Systems/Information Technology qualification.
- Continuous improvement/quality (six sigma, TQM, lean).
- 5 years original equipment manufacturer (OEM) or rail, aviation, logistics, mining or supply chain industry experience.
- 5 years supply chain planning experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Demonstrated rail industry knowledge, including regulations and regulators, rail operator parameters and SHE requirements.
- Significant ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, AX, D365 ……..) experience.
- Demonstratable knowledge of quality processes and systems.
What We Offer ?
* Competitive starting rate with opportunities to increase based on skill set and/or length of service.
* Great work life balance with flexible working hours
* Supportive & Dynamic team
* Opportunities for ongoing training to increase your skill set.
* Secure on site parking.
* Novated leasing options available
* Flexible work hours
* Great work life balance with our Monday to Friday work week.
* Opportunities for growth and career development
* Access to mentoring programs
* 8 weeks paid parental leave for primary carer at full pay following 12 months of service
About Our Process
At Progress Rail, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted for a role, including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug & alcohol testing and / or reference checks.
If you are wanting to grow in a dynamic company that caters to a great work life balance, come work for us.
We look forward to hearing from you