Description

The role provides supply network solutions expertise, leveraging Quality, Cost, Logistics, Development, and Management (QCLDM) to deliver maximum value.

• Developing, managing and executing the category strategy managing policies, agreements, source catalogs, and special procurement programs.
• Acting as the liaison between the organization and the supplier to communicate information explicitly, while considering production demands and suppliers' conditions.
• Documenting the suppliers' performance on time sensitiveness and production; maintains a strong relationship with suppliers.
• Advises stakeholders on the relationship between financial, performance, and operational data used in business data analytics.
• Anticipates operational challenges of data collection and its integration with decision-making.
• Identifies correlations that reveal trends and determine conditions.
• Evaluates the quality of data collected and the effectiveness of data analysis methods for evaluating business performance.
• Interprets potential risks, threats, and opportunities involved with predictive modeling.
• Directs the implementation of business data collection processes and educates junior employees on new data sources.
• Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.
• Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.
• Identifies roles and responsibilities for self and others.
• Collaborates with departmental associates and management.
• Uses active listening and probing techniques to surface problems, issues, and interests.
• Administers locally relevant contracts for the department.
• Implements organizational protocols and procedures for contracts management.
• Explains the types of information required before a contract is signed.
• Reviews contracts to ensure compliance with contract specifications and regulations.
• Assists in creating files of relevant information for specific vendors, customers, or contracts.
• Records documents of purchasing tasks and activities, such as orders, bidding.
• Uses available procurement systems and tools.
• Ensures compliance with procurement regulations and contract specifications.
• Adheres to various requirements and steps of the procurement process.
• Adheres to organizational policies and codes for supplier relationship management.
• Communicates with suppliers about contract preparation and negotiation.
• Documents and analyzes problems and challenges in supplier relationship establishment and management.
• Monitors satisfaction levels of the organization's important suppliers on a regular basis.
• Works with different external suppliers to address critical issues and resolves major problems for implementing supplier relationship management practices.
• Works with various basic components of strategic sourcing, such as data analysis, market research and purchasing budgets examination.
• Participates in enhancing institutional sourcing process continuously including identifying improvement opportunities.
• Conducts strategic sourcing activities in a limited environment.
• Follows relevant standards, policies and practices regarding strategic sourcing.
• Assists senior sourcing professionals with strategic sourcing in multiple environments.

Requirements

A degree or equivalent experience is desired. The position requires strong data analytics skills, including data inspection, cleansing, transformation, modeling, and the ability to draw logical conclusions to support decision‑making.

Effective communication, interpersonal relationships, negotiation, contract management, purchasing, supplier relationship management, and strategic sourcing competencies are also essential, each requiring working‑knowledge level proficiency.

• Recognizing the potential for cost decreases, inventory reductions and quality improvement, as well as responsibility for soundness of business proposals and risk assessment.
• Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.
• Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.
• Looks for and considers non‑verbal cues from individuals and groups.
• Demonstrates an understanding of alternative points of view.
• Adapts interaction style to situations and people.
• Demonstrates a willingness to examine own position.
• Presents own position and listens attentively to position of others.
• Works with basic purchasing related tasks and activities.

Benefits

Caterpillar’s culture emphasizes integrity, excellence, teamwork, commitment, and sustainability. Employees receive professional growth opportunities, including leadership programs, and the company celebrates diversity while fostering a collaborative environment.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance