Facility Procurement Manager

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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.

About Power & Energy Procurement

Caterpillar’s Power & Energy Procurement organization plays a critical role in supporting all divisions within Power & Energy. Our work is geared towards our pistons of Predictable Supply Excellence, Optimized Total Cost of Ownership, Supplier Relationship Management and Lifecycle Sourcing Strategy. We continue to develop suppliers who competitively deliver operational excellence, enabling our customers to build a better world. With a strong focus on data-driven decision-making and operational efficiency, Power & Energy Procurement leverages advanced tools and processes to connect the physical and digital supply chain, enabling business units to deliver high-performance solutions that meet evolving customers and business needs.

Role Definition

We are seeking a Facility Procurement Manager to lead procurement functions for Caterpillar Defense. This role will support U.S. and UK based Cat Defense products and teams and interacts closely with members of the broader Procurement organization.

What You Will Do:

• Leading the execution of delivering a lean, responsive, and resilient material and services flow for the facility from source to dock and additional required points.

• Managing a global team that is responsible for operating and monitoring the supply network procurement functions to meet the defined response time, cost, quality, and lean targets enabling optimal and efficient facility operations.

• Ensuring the supplier network is capable of meeting the business unit’s specific Quality, Cost, Logistics, Development, Management (QCLDM) requirements.

• Collaborating with business partners and suppliers and resolving facility specific supplier issues.

What You Will Have:

Initiative: Being proactive and committing to action on self-identified job responsibilities and challenges; ability to seek out work and the drive to accomplish goals.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Cites personal examples of persistence in the face of difficulties.

• Takes calculated risks because of orientation to action.

• Promotes learning by sharing diverse scenarios in which a sense of urgency was critically important.

• Maintains sense of commitment to success, personal achievement and satisfaction.

• Proceeds without seeking unnecessary permission

• Coaches others on leveraging their strengths in one environment and applying them to another.

Relationship Management: Knowledge of relationship management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Communicates to clients regarding expectations of all parties.

• Participates in negotiating the terms of the business relationship.

• Conducts periodic reviews of work effort, progress, issues, and successes.

• Maintains productive, long-term relationships with clients or vendors. Creates opportunities to educate support teams on client priorities.

• Empowers others to establish collaborative, healthy relationships.

Problem Management Process - MFG: Knowledge of manufacturing problem management processes, methodologies and techniques; ability to use a disciplined approach to bringing that problem to a successful resolution.

• Level Extensive Experience: Evaluates alternative approaches to resolving a customer problem.

• Receives, clarifies, and resolves a variety of standard and atypical problems.

• Implements the processes and activities for handling unusual problems.

• Advises others on the process and associated costs for different types of problems.

• Monitors and improves problem reporting, tracking, escalation, and resolution.

• Participates in trend and root cause analysis to identify and address recurring problems.

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.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Facilitates supplier partnering arrangements that share risk and reward.

• Monitors supplier performance; works to resolve discrepancies between performance and agreements.

• Develops quality standards and controls for suppliers.

• Builds and maintains partnerships with multiple and/or large suppliers.

• Evaluates issues and terminates supplier relationships as appropriate; works with legal departments.

• Ensures the fulfillment of report and record-keeping requirements.

Purchasing Tasks and Activities: Knowledge of policies, regulations and processes of purchasing; ability to use practices and procedures for procurement of materials, components, equipment and services.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Works with the implementation of complex purchasing programs and tasks.

• Advises on the appropriate solutions to complex purchasing activity problems.
  Monitors the effectiveness of procurement policies and strategies in high cost purchases.

• Improves procurement processes to maximize products or services efficiency and effectiveness.

• Teaches others how to use advanced technologies and tools for purchasing activities.

• Evaluates issues and considerations for purchasing various goods and services.

Additional Information:

• Relocation is not available.

• Sponsorship is not available.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen

This job is subject to Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (NNPI) which prohibits the release of technology and technical data to non-U.S. citizens.). By applying to this position, you acknowledge that you are a U.S. citizen; not hold dual citizenship with another county; and are willing to present evidence of your U.S. citizenship.

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.

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.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

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