Product Application Specialist - Lafayette, United States - Caterpillar

Description

Job Description:

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About EPD

Caterpillar's Electric Power Division (EPD) offers integrated solutions, parts, and services to meet the needs of our various commercial and industrial electric power customers. EPD supports a wide range of customer applications across the globe, including providing back-up power to hospitals, providing emergency power when natural disasters strike, and supporting critical infrastructure for data centers, municipalities, and more. With a rich history of more than 95 years in the electric power business, our team has world-class expertise and a proven ability to adapt to changing demands. We're committed to providing sustainable and reliable solutions to our customers. Join our team to help build a better, more sustainable world for future generations

Responsibilities
The Caterpillar Large Electric Power Solutions Division (LEPS) is seeking a Product Strategy and Product Definition lead for . In this role, the successful candidate will perform market analysis, strategy development, product portfolio definition, and detailed product definition for Large Electric Power's microgrid and , with a focus on Energy Storage Systems and the integration of these systems at a site level. This position will define and support a portfolio of products that meet our customer's needs, contribute to LEPS' Energy Transition Strategy , and drives the organization to maximize Caterpillar's value to Electric Power customers and Caterpillar's share of future market OPACC.

Skill Requirements
Customer Focus: Knowledge of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and ability to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.

• Facilitates creation of the 'right' products and services to resolve customer business issues.

• Fosters strong customer relationships via delivery on commitments, open communication, and on-going feedback/improvement.

• Anticipates customer needs, focusing efforts to proactively meet needs and exceed customer expectations.

• Measures and observes customer satisfaction levels to ascertain and implement service improvement alternatives.

Products and Services: Knowledge of Energy Storage Systems, Microgrids and Advanced Power Products; ability to apply knowledge of ESS, Microgrids and Advanced Technology to diverse situations.

• Obtains information about product and service linkages with other related products and services elsewhere in organization.

• Researches the target market and how the product and services are sold and delivered.

• Explains current status, delivery alternatives and announced updates to products and services.

• Summarizes key features of major products or services in own unit.

• Assesses own unit's product alternatives, costs, and pricing.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques;

• Identifies, obtains, and organizes relevant data and ideas.

• Participates in documenting data, ideas, players, stakeholders, and processes.

• Recognizes, clarifies, and prioritizes concerns.

• Assists in assessing risks, benefits and consideration of alternatives.

Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.

• Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience.

• Communicates well downward, upward, and outward.

• Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.

Negotiating: Knowledge of successful negotiation concepts and techniques; ability to negotiate successfully across the organization and with external vendors and clients in a constructive and collaborative manner.

• Uses active listening and probing techniques to surface problems, issues, and interests.

• Presents own position and listens attentively to position of others.

Technical Excellence: Knowledge of Energy Storage Systems and/or battery systems and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.

• Advises others on the assessment and provision of all technical solutions.

• Engages appropriate subject matter resources to effectively resolve technical issues.

• Mentors others to enhance their technical competence and its application to achieve more effective technical solutions.

• Coaches others in promoting, defining, analyzing, and providing superior technical solutions to business problems.

• Provides effective solutions to moderate technical challenges through strong technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.

Value Selling: While this is not a sales position knowledge of the principles and practices for selling products, technology and services remains important;

• Applies customer knowledge and understanding to define products & services with a focus on customer value and differentiation that will enable value selling consistently.
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• Solicits feedback from the dealer & customer community as a valued solution provider.

Influencing: Knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to impact decisions within and outside own organization.

• Achieves influence and impact even when holding a position contrary to the majority.

• Discards examples of persuasive arguments lacking substance or impact.

• Leads and presents collaborative assessments that persuasively influence decision makers.

• Advises on techniques to build rapport and commitment to common purpose.

• Determines and leverages the decision-making style of the individual or group being influenced.

• Delivers well-received presentations of cost, benefits, risks, and other considerations.

Preferred Location is Mossville, IL

Additional locations that will be considered: