Senior Procurement Technical Professional

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 has an incredible opportunity in Peoria, IL. In this role as a Senior Procurement Technical Professional, you will report to the Director of Strategic Procurement and will be primarily responsible for applying technical expertise and experience to drive communication, collaboration, and problem solving for the procurement organization supporting global Caterpillar-owned supplier tooling management, compliance, training, and process improvements. As a member of the Supply Resiliency Team, you will need to have a growth mindset, promote continuous improvement, and help build a defect-free culture. We have a fabulous team that does some of the most exciting work at Caterpillar, and we can’t wait for you to join the team!

What You Will Do:

• Leading a variety of complex supplier tooling-related initiatives, projects, processes, and operations with innovative thinking.
• Initiating and driving collaboration among engineering personnel, business unit procurement teams, suppliers, and Caterpillar tax, technical accounting, and legal experts to maintain compliance while solving complex global business problems.
• Providing guidance and leadership on complex technical issues in the resolution of supplier quality problems, field failures, manufacturing problems, and warranty claims as they may relate to supplier tooling.
• Implementing new ideas on products, processes, technologies, techniques, and procedures to ensure that suppliers provide optimum quality tooling at a competitive cost that ensures the continuity of supply of quality parts throughout the product life.
• Driving the continued development of a state-of-the-art tooling management system supporting predictive and proactive tooling management prior to tooling end of life.
• Benchmarking Caterpillar against Industry leaders to drive World Class tools and processes.
• Provide standard work and documentation supported by on-line and in-person training.
• Own, manage, and modify as needed the supplier tooling Procurement Purchasing Practice.     

What Skills You Will Have:

Quality Management:
• Interprets results of quantitative and statistical tools and explains results to others.
• Develops programs for motivating personnel to meet or exceed quality goals.

Data-driven Decision Making:
• Advises on advanced data analysis methodologies and technologies to make more informed decisions.
• Coaches others on improving the validity and reliability of data used in various Decision-Making processes.
• Designs KPIs and metrics to analyze data and influence decisions.
• Evaluates the opportunities and the challenges of integrating data into decisions.
• Oversees data gathering and analysis activities within the organization.
• Seeks input from multiple sources to generate diverse ideas for Decision Making.

Influencing:
• Develops basic persuasive arguments.
• Discusses organizational culture around providing input on decisions.
• Uses active listening skills and probing techniques to surface opportunities to influence.
• Identifies who the decision makers are and how they receive information.
• Regularly presents ideas or suggestions to associates in persuasive terms.

Problem Solving:
• Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives.
• Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder.
• Develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information.
• Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on resolution.
• Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems.
 

Key Manufacturing Processes and Related Tooling:

• Able to understand the requirements and have basic knowledge regarding tooling/fixtures for the foundry industry (ferrous & non-ferrous), forgings, machining, injection molding, sheet metalwork, and fabrications. 

Additional Information:

The location for this position is 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 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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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:

November 20, 2024 - December 4, 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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