Career Area:
Purchasing & Procurement
Job Description:
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.
Description
Caterpillar's world class supply chain is a critical strategic advantage that enables us to maintain an edge in the industries and markets we serve. To aid in maintaining this leadership position, we have established the Strategy & Planning team within the Strategic Procurement & Planning Division (SPPD) where we can best leverage this advantage.
If you are looking for a great opportunity to have an impact on our supply chain across the enterprise, we have an excellent career opportunity for you to join the team as a Solutions Owner III.
Job Duties
In this role, you will
- Lead multiple projects to support Enterprise-wide Category procurement teams, initially focusing on resolving organizational complexities and establishing sourcing philosophies to enable Caterpillar to flow sourcing workload to the correct direct category buyer - get the right part to the right team
- Collaborate with purchasing verticals and leadership to design the next generation buyer assignment logic to meet business needs while driving simplification and clarity for teams (output = agreed upon scope and rules to flow work)
- Use detailed data analytics tools to understand the impact of possible changes and create recommendations based on facts & data
- Gain approval from Procurement VPs and create implementation plans that impact teams around the world
- Create & execute robust change management plans to roll out decisions and see your work help the impacted teams
- Integrate with our digital team to design permanent desktop tools to support new standard work
- Example Projects:
-Clarify noncurrent part ownership & create rules using data attributes to drive work to the correct team
-Resolve scenarios where teams are not organized per SPC (Strategic Planning Committee) guidelines - where can we standardize and where do we need an ongoing and agreed upon exception
-Determine the category support strategy for topics such as Serviceable Components, Kits, non-traditional procurement groups, and other one-off exceptions or current grief situations
Basic Qualifications
- At least 10 years of practical experience serving in supply chain, procurement or closely aligned product or engineering roles that contribute to a strong understanding of supply chain or procurement
- At least 3 years of Caterpillar direct procurement experience
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate and drive alignment with peers and vertical purchasing organizations
- Demonstrated exceptional verbal and written communication skills including the ability to create and present to Upper Management
- Ability to lead without authority; Facilitation skills demonstrated through your ability to manage projects, lead discussions and guide teams though change for high impact initiatives
- Demonstrated ability to analyze data and use data to build creative solutions through strategic thinking
Top Candidates will also have
- Previous 6 Sigma Black Belt for formal Project Management experience preferred
- Knowledge of Caterpillar category team structures or current workload management methods or tools
- General understanding of how parts are released and assigned to category buyers today
- Ability to understand the big picture, simplify a message, and execute implementation plans at detailed level
Additional Information
The location for this position is Mossville, IL or Dallas, TX-- however open to considering other Caterpillar facilities within the U.S. (candidate's permanent address must be within a 50-mile driving distance to a Caterpillar facility). For a full list of U.S. Caterpillar facilities, please visit: https://www.caterpillar.com/en/company/global-footprint/americas/united-states.html
Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.
This position may require up to 10% travel.
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.
Here you earn more than just a salary because we value your performance. We offer a total rewards package that provides benefits on day one (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with the potential of an annual bonus.
Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date).
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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There's more to work at Caterpillar than just the work itself. We hire smart, friendly people and it shows in our culture. We hold ourselves to high standards and make sure our values of integrity, excellence, teamwork, commitment and sustainability come to life in the way we work. We make sure our employees feel continuously challenged while also supported. We provide professional growth opportunities, including leadership programs. We celebrate the diversity of our team, while also working together as one Caterpillar.
Our culture, like everything at our company, is made possible by each employee's contribution. Person by person, we create the environment we work in, and we are proud of the Caterpillar we've built.
