Career Area:

Procurement

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.

When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators, and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don’t just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that, because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in – the roads, hospitals, homes, and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer’s needs. Join us.

Job Summary:

Reporting directly to the Director of Global Procurement for Product Facing, this role will lead a team of procurement solutions professionals with accountability for the development, communication, and governance of the RISM material cost reduction tracker. Collaborate with procurement category teams, Product EVC teams, and facility manufacturing teams to generate material cost savings ideas that will bring benefits to Caterpillar and our customers. This Senior Manager position will align resources to provide analytical support to our category teams when evaluating cost reduction opportunities along with investigating cost leads that are advantageous for category teams to execute with suppliers.

What You Will Do:

• Manages the relationship between procurement category teams and the Resource Industries Product Group extended value chain teams, to drive collaboration across groups in the development of cost reduction ideas to lower material cost.
• Leading a team responsible for investigating potential cost leads, providing governance for RISM category team cost reduction projects/pipeline, and monitoring cost reduction forecasts in alignment with business planning.
• Leveraging skillset and knowledge within procurement to help the product groups develop optimal and executable value chains.
• Leading and deploying key projects (including NPI/NSI execution) to successfully meet product group’s targets.

Education Requirement:

Bachelor’s degree in a business, engineering or supply chain concentration

What Skills You Will Have:

• Previous procurement, product, or manufacturing experience is required.
• Global sourcing knowledge and experience required. Experience in additional disciplines preferred.
• Previous cost reduction project experience is preferred.
• Previous 6 Sigma Green Belt, Black Belt or Sponsor experience preferred.
• Professional certification in Purchasing and/or Inventory Management preferred, e.g.; Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.), Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) and Certified in Integration Resource Management (CIRM), or comparable International certification.
• Affiliation with Institute for Supply Management (ISM) and American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS), or comparable professional purchasing organization, preferred.

Business Process Improvement:
• Analyzes business processes, identifies alternative solutions to outdated processes and assesses their feasibility.
• Evaluates financial, cultural, technological and other factors that need to be addressed.
• Recommends new approaches that seek the use of advanced technology.
• Establishes requirements for large changes in the overall mission, roles, responsibilities and processes necessary to make business improvements.
• Participates in defining organizational strategic goals and purposes; defines how to gather and keep customers.
• Works to overcome BPI resistance from managers, the labor force and other groups.

Cost-Benefit Analysis:
• Evaluates alternative approaches to determining the cost-benefit ratio.
• Advises others on developing cost-benefit analyses in different organizational areas.
• Correlates quantified benefits with user objectives.
• Establishes best practices for quantifying costs and benefits.
• Recommends processes for selecting measurements and approaches for cost-benefit analyses.
• Collaborates with senior management in aligning strategies with organizational goals and industry benchmarks.

Data Analytics:
• Collects required data through various data sources and documents them for evaluating trends and activities.
• Assists in preparing charts, graphs, tables, and other tools to represent the results obtained from data analysis.
• Researches business-related data, analyzes, interprets, and presents findings to management.
• Recognizes and assesses problems, opportunities, and methods for improving existing business performance.
• Utilizes designated data analysis software to analyze the data.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking:
• Analyzes and discusses alternatives with multiple stakeholders.
• Monitors developments in critical-thinking and decision-making models for potential use by organization.
• Coaches others in decision-making models, processes, and practices.
• Anticipates special issues and considerations for effective decision-making during a crisis.
• Shares experiences regarding optimal timing and circumstances for refraining from or making decisions.
• Differentiates between content and context of a decision.

Effective Communications:
• Reviews others' writing or presentations and provides feedback and coaching.
• Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience.
• Demonstrates both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position.
• Communicates well downward, upward, and outward.
• Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.
• Maintains focus on the topic at hand.

Matrix Management:
• Analyzes issues and determines who needs to be consulted or updated.
• Helps others in understanding their roles and responsibilities within a matrix.
• Builds networks and effective working relationships in relevant organizational areas.
• Works to achieve consensus across organizational and functional lines.
• Describes viewpoints of several functional groups.
• Obtains timely decisions from multiple parties in an efficient manner.

Problem Solving:
• Ensures capture of lessons to be learned from a problem-solving effort.
• Organizes potential problem solvers and leads problem resolution efforts.
• Uses varying problem-solving approaches and techniques as appropriate.
• Contributes to standard practices for problem-solving approaches, tools, and processes.
• Analyzes and synthesizes information and devises alternative resolution strategies.
• Develops successful resolutions to critical or wide-impact problems.

Procurement Function:
• Advises on how to use advanced technologies and tools for procurement functions.
• Provides appropriate solutions to complex procurement problems.
• Coaches others on the procedures and main considerations of procurement.
• Works with various complex procurement programs and activities in the organization.
• Improves processes to maximize procurement's efficiency and effectiveness.
• Builds key relationships and dependencies with other business functions and providers.

Additional Information

The locations for this position are Mossville, IL & Dallas, TX.

Relocation assistance is not available for this position. Any relocation costs incurred would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

This position may require up to 10% travel.

What You Will Get:

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. Here you earn more than just wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides:

• Competitive Base Salary
• Annual incentive bonus plan*
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)
• 401k savings plan
• Health savings account (HSA)
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Short and long-term disability coverage
• Life Insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Healthy Lifestyle Programs
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Voluntary Benefits (Ex. Accident, Identity Theft Protection)

*Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines.

Final details

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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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Summary Pay Range:

$156,000.00 - $234,000.00

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

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. 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.

Posting Dates:

March 13, 2025 - March 20, 2025

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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