Career Area:
Sales
Job Description:
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Orders & Demand Consultant
Location: Decatur, IL – Tucson AZ
Travel: Up to 5%
Relocation Assistance: Available
Visa Sponsorship: Not Available
Job Description:
We are seeking a dynamic and strategic Orders & Demand Consultant to support the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process within the Rigid Frame Truck product group. This role partners closely with regional marketing teams and multiple sources of supply to confirm truck body availability and provide clarity on commercial agreements and technical drawings, enabling effective planning across the truck body supply value chain.
This role serves as a key liaison between regional marketing teams, managing the truck body order board and ensuring alignment across stakeholders. This role is responsible for truck body inventory management.
In addition, this position supports the onboarding of new truck body sources from an S&OP process perspective, ensuring seamless integration into existing planning and execution workflows.
Responsibilities:
- Respond to truck body opportunities submitted by regional marketing teams through the quoting process.
- Follow up with opportunity owners and the MCOE team to obtain required truck body drawings, technical details and delivery requirements.
- Participate in regional team discussions and act as a key liaison between regional teams and the S&OP organization.
- Consolidate and publish truck body opportunity reports to support internal planning and decision‑making.
- Collect and maintain accurate truck body inventory records across all source facilities and initiate liquidation actions as required.
- Maintain and manage the truck body order board for regional source facilities and enable system updates as needed.
Skill Descriptors:
Customer Focus: Ability to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
Collaboration: Strong interpersonal skills to support a unified S&OP process across multiple departments.
Effective Communication: Proficient in transmitting and interpreting ideas and information across diverse teams and stakeholders.
Process Automation & Optimization: Proven ability to identify manual, repetitive tasks and implement automated solutions using digital tools and systems, resulting in improved efficiency, reduced errors, and enhanced scalability across operations.
Relationship Management: Ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with internal and external customers
Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
Negotiating: Ability to negotiate successfully across the organizations in a constructive and collaborative manner.
Summary Pay Range:
$97,530.00 - $146,290.00
Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.
Benefits:
Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.
Medical, dental, and vision benefits*
Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*
401(k) savings plans*
Health Savings Account (HSA)*
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*
Health Lifestyle Programs*
Employee Assistance Program*
Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*
Career Development*
Incentive bonus*
Disability benefits
Life Insurance
Parental leave
Adoption benefits
Tuition Reimbursement
* These benefits also apply to part-time employees
Posting Dates:
April 10, 2026 - April 23, 2026
Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.
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