Career Area:

Engineering

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.

Job Summary:

At Caterpillar’s Decatur, IL facility, we manufacture and assemble Large Mining and Construction equipment. In this role as a Manager Value Chain Engineering, you will report to the Senior Manager Product Value Stream and will be primarily responsible for managing engineering support to design product value chain and resource planning working with logistics, operations, product and process engineering, product support and lifecycle management in order to achieve customer availability requirements and internal financial commitments. As a member of the Wheel Tractor Scraper Product Value Stream team, you will need to have a growth mindset, promote continuous improvement, and help build a defect-free culture. We have a fabulous team that does some of the most exciting work at Caterpillar, and we can’t wait for you to join the team!

What you will do:

• Managing staffing, development, and performance management programs for value chain engineering teams; motivating and developing project and team leaders.
• Designing and implementing the end to end value chain for Wheel Tractor Scrapers with a keen focus on inventory, assurance of supply, cost and quality.
• Managing high-impact, long duration value chain engineering continuous improvement initiatives and projects; ensuring achievement of engineering plan and product quality.
• Managing risk and recovery related to foreseeable and unforeseeable value chain disruptions.

Top Candidates Will Have:

• Foundational Supply Chain and/or strategic sourcing background
• Have a Masters in Business Administration (MBA)
• Experience with supplier quality and supplier ramp capabilities
• Experience embedding permanent corrective actions with suppliers to ensure customer availability is met

Degree Requirement

• Requires a degree in an accredited Engineering, Business, Finance, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum.

What Skills you will have:

Business Acumen:
• Designs the organization’s planning processes and decision-making channels.
• Explains business issues and trends of own business unit as compared to other business units.
• Demonstrates a big picture understanding of the business, its interrelationships, and priorities.
• Demonstrates strong foundation of business fundamentals, measurement, and business finance.
• Develops business cases for own function; reviews and critiques cases for other functions.
• Explains advantages and risks of using business simulations for critical business decisions.

Planning: Tactical, Strategic:
• Develops, refines, and communicates tactical plans for own responsibilities.
• Provides the right level of detail as input for strategic plan development.
• Demonstrates the value and necessity of linking tactical plans to overall strategic plan.
• Ensures attention to the detail and dependencies of existing departmental-level plans.
• Plans for allocation of resources in line with unit goals, technical and business objectives.
• Ensures the planning process is integrated with the overall business plan.

Process Management:
• Helps others learn the tools and techniques for process value analysis.
• Carries out process evaluation, diagnosis, and optimization.
• Demonstrates a thorough understanding of a major process flow, its components and issues.
• Synchronizes the efforts of, and resource requirements for, several teams within a process.
• Makes the business case for new processes, including their cost-benefit ratios.
• Possesses knowledge of tools and techniques for designing and implementing new processes.

Quality Management:
• Utilizes quality indicators relevant to own unit or function.
• Adheres to organizational quality management processes and practices.
• Applies key aspects of continuous improvement processes and evaluates impact on quality.
• Uses quality evaluation tools and techniques such as walkthroughs and inspections.
• Works with quality assurance methods, tools and techniques.

• Engages with business partners across the value chain to ensure quality processes are in place and robust.

Additional Information:

The primary location for this position is Decatur, IL

Domestic relocation assistance is available

This position may require 25% travel

Sponsorship is not available

Summary Pay Range:

$156,000.00 - $234,000.00

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:

Annual incentive bonus plan*

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)

401k savings plan

Health savings account (HSA)

Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

Disability benefits

Life Insurance

Parental leave

Healthy Lifestyle Programs

Employee Assistance Programs

Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts

Tuition Reimbursement

Career Development

*Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines.

Posting Dates:

January 14, 2025 - January 27, 2025

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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