Supply Chain Manager - San Diego, CA

Career Area: · Supply Chain and Logistics · 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 fut ...

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Career Area:

Supply Chain and Logistics

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.

The Site Sourcing Manager is responsible for the sourcing, procurement, quality, cost, logistics and delivery of material and services utilized by Solar's facility operations in the US and Mexico and Solar's Customer Services operations around the world. The objectives of the position are to:

• Ensure suppliers utilized perform to metric expectations and are synchronized with Solar's Manufacturing operations and Customer Services demand
• Serve as the industry expert for procurement while developing and executing a supplier sourcing strategy that supports Solar's business growth and cost reduction targets while delivering year over year supplier performance improvements.

Role Overview

Lead and develop a team responsible for end-to-end order-to-delivery supply chain performance. This role drives supplier alignment with demand, ensures material availability, and delivers sourcing strategies that support growth, cost reduction, and continuous supplier performance improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead supplier value stream performance to ensure alignment with business demand and manufacturing needs
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies that support growth, cost, and year-over-year performance improvement
• Serve as subject matter expert for assigned commodity/value stream
• Partner with engineering and design teams to assess future material availability and design impacts
• Identify supplier performance gaps and implement improvement plans
• Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing global supply chain team

Key Skills

• Strategic and tactical planning
• Supplier negotiation and strategic sourcing
• Supply chain risk, contingency, and recovery planning
• Contract management
• Strong leadership, communication, and decision-making skills

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, Business, Engineering, or related field
• 10+ years of combined experience in procurement, manufacturing, or supply chain management
• Proven experience leading teams and managing supplier performance

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in supply chain, Business, Engineering, or related field
• 15+ years of combined experience in procurement, manufacturing, or management
• Experience in turbine blades and/ or investment castings for industrial gas turbine or aerospace industries
• Professional certifications (CPM, CPIM, CIRM)
• Six Sigma Black Belt or Master Black Belt
• Experience with ERP systems (BaaN 5C / ERP LN), Windchill, and Coupa

This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of "essential job functions" as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act

Summary Pay Range:

$128, $192,710.00

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

This position requires working onsite five days a week.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

Posting Dates:

February 20, March 19, 2026

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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