ePLM Vendor Management Sr. IT Analyst

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.

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 improve sustainability, invent for the digital age and innovate in order to bring solutions to millions of people.  Sure, you work for Caterpillar. But more importantly, you work for the good of your career, your family, your community, and your world.

Job Summary:

The Enterprise PLM (ePLM) team is hiring a License and Financial Management engagement coordinator.  This position owns accountability to manage the vendor licenses across the ePLM landscape and manage engagement services with ePLM’s vendor landscape for ~$20M+ spend level threshold.  In this role, the candidate will work directly with ePLM business partners, vendor partners, and leadership to ensure financial, vendor, license management, and security governance protocols are aligned per divisional and enterprise directives.  The selected candidate will work with internal and external partners to establish, monitor, and align across EPLM’s diversified and complex tactical and strategic landscape.  This role will have accountability to review, evaluate, and govern vendor, financial, security, and license management artifacts to ensure alignment with master agreement protocols.  The successful candidate must have a strong planning and organizational skills, intellectual curiosity, a drive to solve complex problems, strong working knowledge of vendor management protocols, a high degree of initiative and the willingness to consistently produce and deliver high quality deliverables. Candidate must have excellent communication skills in both the verbal and written dimensions.  This position manages the completion of its own work assignments and coordinates work with vendors and Caterpillar internal partners (legal/purchasing/engineering) as well as creating reports for the leadership team. 

What You Will Do:

• Manage Statement of Work (SOW(s)) for license / maintenance and services with category buyers & leadership

• Review SOW language to ensure is in alignment with master / previous agreements

• Create FR3 / Guided Buy & Next Gen, DocuSign Entries with Quotes as part of ePLM IT Spend Management 

• Track budget vs actual of funding sources compared to SOW’s

• Manage project cost alignment with funding sources for budget alignment compliance

• Collaborate with leadership to roadmap spend for current / future years in terms of supplier work, license / maintenance requirements

• Process & Track invoices coming in with SOW to ensure actuals within budget estimates

• Administer Time Reporting protocols for the section.

What You Have:

• 4 Year Computer-Related/Engineering or Business Process degree

• Experience working in a global team and working across a matrixed organization

• Ability to deal with sensitive & critical issues, and communicate with leadership & business audiences

• High degree of problem-solving ability coupled with proactive risk management

• Strong customer focus

• Progressive IT experience (application development, application support, and/or resource and vendor management)

• Extensive experience working with 3 rd party vendors

• Enhanced communication skills

• Project Management Experience

• Proficiency with Service Now and NextGen 

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 paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date).

Additional Info :

• The primary location is Mossville, IL – Tech Center E

• MUST BE WILLING TO RELOCATE TO THIS LOCATION AND Work out of the office 3 times a week.

• This position may require 10% travel.

• Sponsorship is  not available including OPT, H4-EAD.  Must be US Citizen or Green Card holder.

About Caterpillar -

Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.

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 10, 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.

Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community .