Material Specialist

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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.

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. 

As a Material Specialist you can expect to communicate, receive, or ship material from vendors to customers with a high level of quality in a safe an expeditious manner and to accurately document material movement. These individuals are responsible for preparing cycle counts, taking physical counts, recording counts within SAP, recounting variances within the assigned cycle count area. 

**THIS IS A SECOND SHIFT 02:00PM-10:00PM CST ROLE**

Essential Functions:

Responsible for putting safety first with a goal to prevent all injuries, occupational illnesses and safety incidents. Order and safely deliver all material to the appropriate locations ensuring right part at the right place at the right time in the right quantity and quality using various material handling equipment including counterbalance, reach truck, picker, tug and turret machines.  Responsible for scheduling safe, cost effective transportation and processing accurate paperwork for outbound delivery of international and domestic shipments for all types of materials  Receive and troubleshoot exceptions for transactions related to MRP, pull and SDPO parts Manage, create, and track complex SAP and computer material movement transactions.  This includes understanding of how transactions interact within all systems and processes. Take initiative to identify, document, communicate and correct problems related to material movement, report discrepancies and recommend solutions. Perform other tasks and projects as required including the following:

• Responsible for IRA/ILC Negatives. Run 902/ILC/Age Sensitive negative reports. Use data from reports to verify stock and correct inventory in SAP.

• Responsible for ILC and bulk ordering/bulk auditing. Receive ILC through JIT process. Reorder empty ILC Kanban’s to restock hardware, which includes bulk. Run audit reports for, ILC, Bulk and verity’s stack against reports.

• Responsible for hardware grief. Verify stock on empty hardware bins, adding part number information to grief file. Research available stock, work with material planner for grief parts, research ILC shortage report, verify on-hand stock and identify critical shortages for resolution.

• NCR Coordinator: Create and process NCRs in SAP. Process out and dispose of material in SAP. Support processes for dispositioning rejected parts.

• Grief Coordinator: Order, track and deliver grief parts, monitor and deliver on shortage reports and process, research red tag and deliver parts from the grief rack or to the appropriate kits or work centers and support the SORT process.

• Conduct IRA and cycle counts for inventory record accuracy, and emptying hoppers and dunnage

• Order releaser responsibilities

• Grief coordinator responsibilities

Additional Information 

Shift: 2nd Shift – 2:00PM – 10:00PM CST 

Location: Brooklyn Park, MN 

Compensation: Grade L02; $21.00HR + Quarterly Bonus and Benefits

Physical Requirements:   

• Lift up to 35 lbs frequently 

• Stand for a minimum of 8 hour shifts with minimal breaks 

• Work at multiple heights 

• Exposure to magnets that may impact medical devices 

• Repetitive grasping, pushing, pulling, rotating   

• Use of hand tools including band cutters and box cutter 

• Operate material handling equipment (i.e. counterbalance, turret, reach truck, picker) 

• Operate overhead cranes, jib cranes and hoists 

Environment:   

• Limited exposure to welding fumes and noise levels of 85db or greater  

• Work in environment with frequently changing temperatures  

• Work in tight spaces   

• Required Personal Protective Equipment: hearing protection, safety glasses, steel toed/metatarsal foot gear, bump caps and protective material handling equipment including safety/fall harness. 

Employee benefit details  

Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world. 

Final details  

Please frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application – please use the candidate log-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status. 

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.  

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