Senior Manager, Category Procurement - Morton, United States - Caterpillar Brazil
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locations
Morton, Illinois
time type
Full time
posted on
Posted 2 Days Ago
job requisition id
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Career Area:
Procurement
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.Our
Product Support and Logistics Division (PSLD)
is one of the most innovative divisions within Caterpillar. In PSLD, as within all of Caterpillar, our priority is our customers and helping them build a better world. We touch nearly every element of the services value stream from procurement to design and manufacturing to
distribution. PSLD
is responsible for Aftermarket Parts DistributionofCat Parts, Integrated Logistics, segment Procurementand thedesign andmanufactureof
Wear Components (Undercarriage
and GET) and Maintenance
Components (Seals,
Tubes & Hardware, Hose & Couplings, Fluids and Filters).
We're committed to our customers, who build a better world with our products, services, and solutions. We understand
and show the value
of why they should always choose us. We're exploring new ideas and opportunities – innovating to discover the breakthroughs necessary for tomorrow's growth.
Through it
all, we are
one team
– creating and delivering world-class components and solutions superior to the competition. Learn more about the
Caterpillar Experience
.
What You Will Do:
As the
Senior Manager, Category Procurement
you will serve as the industry expert for Kitting and the Dealer Service Tools category. Deliver global leverage with local service excellence. This is a global role.
The Senior Manager, Category Procurement will partner with the product group to develop and execute a strategy that supports our 2026 growth plans.
You will be accountable to deliver the required results for People, Quality, Velocity, and Cost.Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Will manage a high performing, multi-site-based team of supplier development engineers and purchasing professionals who will develop the supply base capable of meeting QCLDM requirements.
Reporting directly to this position are Buyers, Supplier Development Engineers, Advanced Purchasing Analysts, and Purchasing Analysts.Develop, mentor, and train personnel capable of delivering the Global Supplier Strategy for the assigned category.
Adhere to the approved Performance Improvement Plan. Identify performance gaps within the supply base and develop improvement plans for the identified gaps.
Maintain the highest ethical and professional standards within this diverse global organization and recognize employee excellence.
Through a strong knowledge of the category the incumbent will set and sustain the strategy. Lead teams to fully understand the requirements and performance of the supply base.
Using a 6 Sigma Strategic Sourcing approach, the team will evaluate strategic options; decision a course of action and implement.
The role will encompass managing suppliers delivering into many Caterpillar facilities.The role will require a strong communicator capable of keeping the customer fully informed of progress and working closely with the customer to ensure all requirements are met.
Utilizing the QCLDM supplier development and measurement tool the incumbent will ensure an ongoing improvement plan is in effect with key suppliers.
This will require relationship building at senior levels with the suppliers that encourage trust, professionalism, and continuous improvement.Cost Modeling, both geographic and component-based, will be used extensively and will require a strong knowledge of macroeconomics as well as component costing.
Other duties as assigned by Caterpillar management from time-to-time.What You Have:
Effective Communications:
Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools, and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and need through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
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.
Business Intelligence:
Knowledge of business intelligence; ability to utilize business processes and technologies for gathering, storing, analyzing, and providing access to data that helps the organization make better business decisions.
Category Management:
Knowledge of category management within an organization's goods and services sector; ability to use this knowledge to analyze and improve the end-to-end procurement process and maximize business profitability.
Formulates a procurement strategy that utilizes the benefits of category management to streamline the procurement process and maximize business profitability.
Oversees the category management processes for all categories and provides technical guidance during implementation.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.
Strategic Sourcing:
Knowledge of strategic sourcing methods, technologies, and processes; ability to analyze, improve and re-evaluate organizational procurement process continuously. Participates in monitoring the execution for all stages of the strategic sourcing process. Works with complex strategic sourcing components including but not limited to negotiations, contracting, and continuous process improvement and
implementation.
Consults on strategic sourcing methods in relation to business relationships, inter-dependencies, and integration. Develops and explains strategic sourcing best practices and rationale for the organization and industry.
What Will Set You Apart:
Professional Certification in Purchasing and/or Inventory Management, example; Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM), Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) and Certified in Integration Resource Management (CIRM), or comparable international certification.
Affiliation with Institute for Supply Management (ISM) and American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS), or comparable professional purchasing organization.
6 Sigma Green Belt, Black Belt or Sponsor experience.Additional Information:
Location:
Morton, IL (USA)
Required Travel: 20%
(Domestic/International)
Relocation Assistance:
No
Sponsorship Availability:
No
Our team embraces flexibility through a hybrid work model.
In addition to working onsite at our facility in Morton, IL, our hybrid work model allows employees the flexibility to work from home based on business need.
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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 atPosting Dates:
May 3, May 16, 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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There's more to work at Caterpillar than just the work itself. We hire smart, friendly people and it shows in our culture.
We hold ourselves to high standards and make sure our values of integrity, excellence, teamwork, commitment and sustainability come to life in the way we work.
We make sure our employees feel continuously challenged while also supported. We provide professional growth opportunities, including leadership programs. We celebrate the diversity of our team, while also working together as one Caterpillar.Our culture, like everything at our company, is made possible by each employee's contribution. Person by person, we create the environment we work in, and we are proud of the Caterpillar we've built.
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