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.

Responsibilities
? 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 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 specific facilities’ Quality, Cost, Logistics, Development, Management (QCLDM) requirements.
? Collaborating with business partners and suppliers, and resolving facility specific supplier issues.

Degree Requirement
Degree or equivalent experience desired

Skill Descriptors
Operational Functions: Knowledge of major functional processes and associated operating requirements; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations.
Level Working Knowledge:
? Works to resolve obstacles related to goals of own department.
? Assesses situations based on awareness of the goals and operating issues of own department.
? Carries out responsibilities that contribute to role of own department within the organization.

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 Working Knowledge:
? Identifies and exploits own strengths; minimizes limitations.
? Provides appropriate degrees of attention to both personal and professional priorities.
? Learns and uses resources the organization has to assess and enhance team motivation.

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.

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:
? Proficient data analysis for opportunities identification. Evaluates alternative approaches to implementing the opportunities and / or resolving a customer problem.
? 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.

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.