Senior IT Analyst; Supply Chain Applications

Career Area:

Business Technologies, Digital and Data

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 Impact Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team that 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.

What does it mean to live the Caterpillar Experience? 

It means you play a part in building a better world. You contribute to a winning culture—a spirit of accountability—that has driven change on every continent for more than 90 years. To work with us is a commitment to improving sustainability, inventing for the digital age, and innovating to bring solutions to millions of people. Sure, you work for Caterpillar. But more importantly, you work for the good of your career, family, community, and world.

Job Summary:

Provide functional and technical solutions and collaborate with a Global team. Engage with stakeholders to perform business analysis, implement IT solutions, manage code changes, and ensure alignment with technical and business objectives. This role requires collaboration with architects, developers, data scientists, and project managers to maintain efficient IT operations and enhance application performance, focusing on supply chain solutions.

What You Will Do:

• Work with a team of 8 members within the Global Team/Vendor organization, developing functional expertise and ownership for mBOM/BOD(Manufacturing Bill of Material and Bill of Distribution) and ECR (Enterprise Capacity requirement) functional areas.
• Actively collaborate with business stakeholders to develop and implement IT solutions, ensuring full integration with existing systems.
• Review and approve code changes to ensure compliance with technical and organizational standards.
• Provide development teams technical oversight, feedback, and guidance, ensuring robust and functional solutions.
• Work closely with project managers to define timelines, manage costs, and establish project goals.
• Partner with architects to ensure IT solutions align with business and technical objectives.
• In collaboration with developers and data scientists, ensure timely and effective delivery of IT controls for the EPPS team.

What You Have:

Effective Communications:

• Ability to collaborate with an extended professional technology network to help effectively identify, plan, and accomplish technology objectives.
• Experience providing direction and mentoring developers and analysts across various systems/applications, technologies, services, and solutions, preferably in the Supply Chain technology domain.

Application Design, Architecture:

• Knowledge of application design activities and deliverables; ability to utilize application design methodologies, tools, and techniques to convert business requirements and logical models into technical application designs.

Technical Troubleshooting:

• Knowledge of technical troubleshooting approaches, tools, and techniques; ability to anticipate, recognize, and resolve technical issues on hardware, software, or application.

Problem Solving:

• Experiencing evaluating, learning, and advising on emerging technologies and their impact on IT and the business.
• Finds and enjoys using technology to solve business problems and deliver enterprise value!

Considerations For Top Candidates:

• 7+ of relevant professional experience
• Bachelor’s Degree or related certifications
• Experienced working with technologies that include AWS – Snowflake, Hive, PySpark and Big Data
• Additional technical experience with Neo4j graph database, integration middleware technologies, and application architecture with strong Supply Chain knowledge.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity principles, best practices, and standards to ensure the secure design and implementation of technical solutions.

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 an hourly wage. Because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides day-one benefits (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with the potential of an annual bonus.

Additional benefits include paid vacation days and holidays (prorated based on the hire date).

Additional Info :

• The primary locations for this position are East Peoria, IL
• This position may require 10% travel.
• Sponsorship is  not available.

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 27, 2024 - December 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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