Senior Procurement Solutions Professional
Caterpillar

Job Info

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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:

Caterpillar is searching for a Senior Procurement Solutions Professional in Dallas, TX, or Peoria, IL. In this role, you will report to the Senior Manager of Procurement Solutions and be primarily responsible for supporting the execution of designing, developing, deploying, and monitoring procurement capabilities. We are committed to providing business solutions that are globally effective & applicable. As a member of the Supply Resiliency - Supply Center of Excellence team, you will be part of a culture that values growth, continuous improvement, and a defect-free mindset, ensuring the highest standards of quality and reliability. Join our team and be part of the most exciting work at Caterpillar!

What You Will Do:

• Develop and enhance the Enterprise Supplier Risk and Response Management (SRRM) process to ensure unified VOB/VOC requirements and drive business adoption.
• Connect the Sense-Analyze-Respond process and regional insights to global risk prioritization.
• Enhance Supplier Performance Index.
• Develop and institutionalize the Supplier Predictive index.
• Drive visibility/insights/efficiency through alignment of technology roadmap
• Ensure governance with the user community to drive a sustainable process for partner success.
• Inspire and align with highly effective regional teams to integrate supplier risk and response management activities across SPPD, procurement, supply chain/operations, transportation and others.

Education Requirement:

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university

What Skills You Will Have:

Business Process Improvement:
• Gathers data for use in the analysis of business processes.
• Illustrates problems, opportunities, and methods for improving existing business processes.
• Suggests ways to reduce variation and/or waste in processes.
• Helps evaluate what factors should be addressed in the change program.
• Participates in requirements analysis for process changes.

• Project management background

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.

Effective Communications:
• Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.
• Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.
• Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.
• Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.
• Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.

• A demonstrated ability to work with a diverse group of people and collaborate across functional areas across the Enterprise

Negotiating:
• Works to achieve win-win in negotiations, rather than taking a win-lose approach.
• Focuses on issues rather than personalities.
• Uses active listening and probing techniques to surface problems, issues, and interests.
• Demonstrates a willingness to examine own position.
• Presents own position and listens attentively to position of others.

Matrix Management:
• Communicates effectively up, down, and across the organization.
• Balances requirements and deliverables from various functional areas.
• Describes fundamental viewpoint of own functional specialty.
• Under guidance, identifies and resolves potentially conflicting requirements.
• Keeps relevant functional and line associates involved in key projects or tactical issues.

Top Candidates Will Have:
• 5 Plus years of Procurement/Supply Chain experience

Additional Information

The locations for this position are in Peoria & Mossville, IL.

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 15% 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

Please frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application - please use the candidate log-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status.

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 .

For more information, visit caterpillar.com. To connect with us on social media, visit caterpillar.com/social-media

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Posting Dates:
October 25, 2024 - November 8, 2024
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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