Inventory Planner

About Caterpillar

Caterpillar is a global organization focused on creating stronger, more sustainable communities. The company's Oil & Gas and Marine Division operates with a diverse portfolio including the Cat, MaK, and SPM brands, employing over 2500 individuals across 25 countries. This division delivers manufacturing, sales, services, and operations excellence, offering products and services such as engines, transmissions, pumps, flow iron, pressure control, carbon capture, systems integration, and digital solutions.

Role Summary

Caterpillar is seeking an Inventory Planner to support the SPM Oil & Gas parts business in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role is critical for ensuring optimal inventory availability, minimizing stock shortages, and enhancing overall inventory control to support revenue generation and customer satisfaction. The position requires 2-5 years of experience and involves close collaboration with sales, operations, supply chain, and customer-facing teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage inventory levels to ensure optimal stock availability while minimizing excess inventory.
• Monitor, analyze, and maintain inventory accuracy using ERP systems.
• Support parts sales activities by ensuring timely availability of critical SPM Oil & Gas components.
• Develop and maintain forecasting and demand planning models to support business requirements.
• Identify stock shortages, excess inventory, and supply risks, implementing corrective actions as required.
• Generate inventory reports and provide recommendations to improve stock control and inventory performance.
• Coordinate with supply chain, procurement, warehousing, and operations teams to ensure efficient inventory replenishment.
• Investigate inventory discrepancies and drive root cause analyses to prevent recurrence.
• Ensure compliance with internal inventory control procedures and best practices.
• Communicate inventory status, risks, and recommendations to key stakeholders.
• Travel to multiple customer and operational sites as required.

Desired Outcomes

Success in this role will be demonstrated through improved inventory visibility and control, reduced stock shortages and stock-outs, and enhanced forecast accuracy. The Inventory Planner will contribute to increased parts availability, supporting customer demand and revenue growth, while also improving inventory data integrity and ERP accuracy. Strong cross-functional collaboration with sales, operations, and supply chain teams is essential.

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum

  4 years of experience in inventory planning or a related field.

• Proficiency in inventory planning, forecasting, and demand management.
• Experience with ERP-driven inventory control systems.
• Ability to analyze inventory data and provide actionable recommendations.

Work Environment

This is an office-based position requiring attendance 5 days a week in Riyadh, KSA. The role may require travel to various customer and operational sites.