Senior Manager Supply Chain

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About LPSD

The Large Power Systems Division (LPSD) is part of Caterpillar’s Power & Energy segment. Through this global organization, Caterpillar designs and manufacture large (greater than 18 liters) diesel and natural gas engines, powertrains and key engine systems. LPSD products and solutions support customers across power generation, industrial, marine, oil & gas, rail, services and Cat® machine applications worldwide.

Job Summary

Lead critical component global, end-to-end supply chain, responsible for aligning demand, supply, inventory, capacity, supplier capability, logistics, and facility execution across LEC, CTL, and AEC. Establish the strategy, governance, organization, and management system required to optimize the global supply network, protect customer commitments, resolve critical supply constraints, and improve service, cost, cash, velocity, and resilience.

Note: Preferred location for this role is Lafayette, IN, open to candidates located in the Peoria, IL area.

What You Will Do

• Provide critical component leadership and strategic direction for the global supply chain organization across LEC, CTL, and AEC.
• Establish the global critical component supply chain strategy and operating model connecting worldwide demand, supply capability, inventory, capacity, supplier performance, procurement commitments, logistics, and manufacturing execution.
• Lead global supply alignment to ensure constrained component demand and schedules support the worldwide build plan and customer commitments.
• Provide executive oversight of constrained-component allocation across facilities, ensuring enterprise priorities and customer requirements drive supply decisions.
• Establish the management system for identifying, prioritizing, resolving, and escalating global supply constraints and recovery actions.
• Lead global inventory strategy and optimization, balancing material availability, customer service, manufacturing requirements, working capital, and supply risk.
• Lead long-term supply network optimization, including capacity, footprint, material flow, logistics, sourcing interfaces, inventory positioning, and supply resiliency.
• Establish enterprise performance measures and benchmarks for supply chain performance, including planned versus actual results and senior-management reporting.
• Integrate Global Demand Management, Procurement/Purchasing, site Supply Chain, Product, Operations, Quality/SDE, Logistics, and other stakeholders into one global supply management process.
• Partner with Procurement/Purchasing leadership to ensure supplier capacity, performance, sourcing, quality, commercial commitments, and recovery actions support the global supply strategy.
• Utilize Supply Alignment processes and digital tools that provide component coverage, scenario planning, constraint visibility, risk identification, forecasting, and decision support.
• Lead major cross-functional initiatives to improve global supply chain performance, standardize processes, eliminate organizational silos, and improve enterprise decision-making.

• Provide direction for constrained-component allocation and recovery priorities across facilities.
• Resolve or escalate enterprise trade-offs involving customer commitments, production output, inventory, capacity, and supply availability.
• Recommend changes to the global supply network, inventory strategy, capacity, footprint, logistics flow, and resiliency strategy.
• Establish critical component supply chain performance measures, management reviews, and escalation thresholds.
• Align cross-functional organizations around agreed supply chain priorities and accountability.

Key Deliverables

• Global critical component supply chain strategy and multi-year roadmap.
• Worldwide constrained-component management and allocation process.
• Global component gap, coverage, and recovery view.
• Executive supply-risk scorecard and escalation process.
• Global inventory strategy and optimization roadmap.
• Global network, capacity, footprint, logistics, and resilience roadmap.
• Standard global supply chain management system and operating cadence.

Degree Requirements

Bachelor's degree in supply chain, operations, business, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience. Advanced degree preferred.

What You Will Have

• Forecasting: Knowledge of forecasting tools, approaches and practices; ability to determine product demand and estimate production requirements and loads.
  Level Extensive Knowledge:
• Manufacturing Requirements Planning (MRP): Knowledge of the processes, practices and systems used in manufacturing requirements planning (MRP); ability to optimize planning for manufacturing cycles and ensure capacity and materials availability.
• Supplier Management - MFG: Knowledge of processes and methods to effectively manage business relationships and transactions with suppliers of raw materials or product components; ability to apply related knowledge, experience and skills into real practice.
• Strategic Thinking: Knowledge of the importance of "big picture" thinking and planning; ability to apply organizational acumen and competitiveness to identify and maintain focus on key success factors for the organization.
• Cross-Team Integration: Understanding of the importance of inter-team collaboration in breaking down silos and achieving business results; ability to lead employees from various functions to communicate, coordinate work across divisions, and collaborate in solving problems as one team.
• Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
• Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Progressive leadership experience in complex manufacturing supply chains, including supply planning, material management, inventory, supplier management, logistics, manufacturing operations, capacity planning, and cross-functional transformation.
• Demonstrated experience leading large, complex, multi-site or global supply chain organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to establish strategy, translate strategy into operating mechanisms, and lead execution across organizational and functional boundaries.
• Strong executive leadership and communication capability with demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities, make enterprise trade-offs, and influence senior leaders.
• Strong knowledge of supply chain planning, forecasting, MRP, supplier management, performance measurement, and integrated decision-making.

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Summary Pay Range:

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

Posting Dates:

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

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