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.
Updated 4/25/2023
Role Definition
Leads the delivery of a lean, responsive and resilient material and services flow for the facilities.
Responsibilities
• Manages the relationship between procurement and the division/business unit, including representing supply management, being the trusted advisor on the supply markets, and collaboration leader of product and process from the supply side.
• Leading a team responsible for defining or approving product/component collaboration strategies, networking design and governance, negotiating service level agreements,



providing leadership for make/buy, NPI, and aligning business planning.
• Leveraging skillset and knowledge within procurement to help the product groups develop optimal and executable value chains.
• Leading and deploying key projects (including NPI execution) to successfully meet product group’s targets.
Degree Requirement
Degree or equivalent experience desired
Skill Descriptors
Business Markets: Knowledge of existing and planned markets and market-related initiatives from the perspectives of the competition, the suppliers, the customer base and the regulatory setting; ability to apply market knowledge appropriately to diverse situations.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Recognizes key players and major competitors in a market.
• Summarizes strategies related to key operating issues and key players within the market.
• Researches characteristics of an assigned market and its segments.
• Monitor

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