Career Area:
Information Technology
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.
Job Purpose:
The Supply Chain and Indirect Procurement Product Owner Manager works as a leader within Resource Industries - IT, Order Fulfillment and Procurement Division. Products within this portfolio include Supply Chain and Indirect Procurement corporate applications and Network Planning and Execution and Elevate transformations. The portfolio works directly with business units, Group CIO organizations and Global Information Services to support the modernization of the supply chain and indirect procurement solutions and processes.
Description:
The Product Owner is accountable for providing leadership and guidance to the system teams across the organization in direct collaboration with system engineering, enterprise architects and process/data owners. Additionally, the role works with business partners to ensure product adoption that yields high enterprise value.
Job Duties/Responsibilities may include but not limited to:
Direct management for a team of IT Manager, Solution Architects, Project Managers, Team Leads and System Analysts
Drive solution delivery across enterprise, diversified departments
Responsible for maximizing the value of the product and the work of the Global Development Center
Responsible for acting as Product Owner for large, complex transformation projects with high value to the organization
Responsible for the technical vision of what is to be built, and conveying that vision to the team
Collaborates with Business Analysts and Project Managers
Work closely with key stakeholders throughout the organization
Responsible for establishing and delivering to major and minor release dates
Represent the customer, interfacing and engaging with the customer
Inspect the product progress at and accept or reject the delivery quality.
Be a good role model of project management and DevSecOps values; understand the framework and the roles of each team member
Job Related Statistics
Accountable for driving the product roadmap for multi-year, multi-million-dollar digital platform development.
Position will be responsible for a department of system professionals
Basic Requirements:
Four year Bachelor's degree preferably in marketing, communications, computer science, information systems, engineering or related field
Direct development and/or deployment experience with SaaS applications
Experience working with onshore/offshore team model
5+ years' experience leading enterprise development / deployment teams
Top Candidate Will Also Have:
Demonstrated ability to communicate appropriately to ensure a team's success
Domain expert in business applications
Accountability, planning/organization, teamwork and customer focus
Highly developed interpersonal skills to deal with sensitive, emotional or potentially controversial situations.
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Supply chain and indirect purchasing expertise
Expertise with supply chain and indirect procurement data domains
Demonstrated ability to empower teams
Additional Details:
Location: East Peoria, Illinois
Relocation is offered
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 day one benefits [medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401(k)] 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
EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.
