Derek Heidewald

Experience

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  Caterpillar Inc.

  May 2012 - Aug 2012

  Logistics Intern

  Tasked with shadowing the section managers of all three ILS facilities in order to learn the operationsprocesses as well as management and supervisory skills• Created and led 18 workshops on interview skills for over 50 Cat Logistics associates• Completed and submitted two months of Pro Card logs from two ILS facilities

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  Caterpillar Inc.

  Jun 2013 - Nov 2016

  • Designed and operated the Caterpillar Expanded Mining Bargain List in order to make sales on aged and obsolete inventory following the appropriate accounting methods.• Created and managed the Expanded Mining Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) report to assist with creating inventory forecasting models.• Facilitated annual and dealer divestiture inventory returns from global Caterpillar dealers. • Designed the process to analyze historical lead time trends to provide accurate lead times for new and converted part numbers. • Worked out of Dortmund, Germany to resolve country-of-origin grief from German supplier exports. • Planned and facilitated workshops to transition over 150 Caterpillar suppliers from Expanded Mining supply to traditional Cat supply after the Bucyrus acquisition. • Managed 7-person logistics team over three shifts in charge of reporting and improving records accuracy for 1.5 million square foot distribution center.• Designed a new Caterpillar Logistics Simulated Work Environment (SWE) training facility and implemented the Six Sigma course to improve efficiency in Clayton and many international Cat facilities.

  • Advanced Inventory Analyst

    Jun 2015 - Nov 2016

  • Lead Time Analyst/ Supplier Conversion Lead

    Jun 2014 - Jun 2015

  • Records Accuracy Supervisor/ Six Sigma Instructor

    Jun 2013 - Jun 2014
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  Caterpillar Logistics Inc.

  Jun 2013 - Oct 2015

  Caterpillar Logistics Professional Development Program

  Hired into the Logistics Professional Development Program, Caterpillar Inc.'s supply chain rotational program. Throughout my time in the LPDP, I had the opportunity to gain experience in several different logistics fields as well as leadership and management experience.

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  HID Global

  Jan 2017 - Jan 2019

  Global Demand Planner

  As a Global Demand Planner with HID Global, I was in charge of maintaining and producing the Demand Forecast for HID Credentials throughout our business units. As a part of my monthly duties, I approved new part numbers as they were created and assigned proper Supply Chain Hierarchies to ensure proper buy signals were triggered by the Demand Forecast. I worked closely with the sales teams in order to manage and maintain sales opportunities as well as with the operations and supply chain teams to ensure accurate lead times and provide the customers with an excellent experience. Show less

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  AMD

  Jan 2019 - now

  • Senior Manager Sales Ops

    Jun 2023 - now

  • Business Planning Manager

    Jul 2021 - Jun 2023

  • Senior Business Planning Specialist

    Jan 2019 - Jul 2021