Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

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.

Your Work Shapes the World

Whether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.

When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators, and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don’t just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that, because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in – the roads, hospitals, homes, and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer’s needs. Join us.

Job Summary:

Supports the execution of designing, developing, deploying, and monitoring procurement capabilities to provide business solutions that are globally effective connecting the physical and digital world’s of Caterpillar’s supply ecosystem.

What You Will Do:

• Leads sustainable process improvement by diagnosing and addressing root cause issues within complex business processes using Lean, 6 Sigma and project management methodologies and tools, such as transactional value stream maps and root cause analysis.

• Designs and develops innovative solutions and automation capability by collaborating with senior stakeholders, business partners, domain knowledge SME's and digital resources. Prepares and drives implementation plans for successful deployment.

• Contributes to strategic initiatives such as the development of standardized best practices, offerings, services, and development of associated tools and training.

• Serves as the lead technical representative for a respective discipline and will work directly with a wide range of global procurement and enterprise representatives, including presenting recommendations to senior leaders.

Education Requirement:

Bachelor's degree in supply chain, procurement, manufacturing engineering, or operations

What Skills You Will Have:

Business Process Improvement:

• Motivated self-starter compelled to innovate and execute their workload without prompting from supervisor.

• Demonstrates a high degree of technical knowledge and intellectual curiosity.

• Gathers data for use in the analysis of business processes related to procurement systems, procedures and policies.

• Illustrates gaps, define problems with magnitude and amplitude, opportunities and methods for improving existing business processes.

• Suggests ways to reduce variation and/or waste in processes.

• Helps evaluate what factors & system controls should be addressed in the recommended changes.

• Facilitates the requirements analysis for process changes and work with key process partners for their engagement and ideas with implementation plan.

Data Analytics:

• Collects required data through various data sources and documents them for evaluating trends and activities using power queries or SQL / Python codes.

• Assists in preparing charts, graphs, tables, and other tools to represent the results obtained from data analysis.

• Researches business-related data, analyzes, interprets, and presents findings to management for executive summary.

• Recognizes and assesses problems, opportunities, and methods for improving existing business performance based on the product / process value stream key success performance metrics.

• Utilizes designated data analysis software like PowerBI to analyze the data, Microsoft forms for gathering survey, Microsoft power automate and flow to trigger notifications or alerts.

Effective Communications:

• Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.

• Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.

• Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.

• Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate to maintain engagement across business process partners.

• Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups and tailor the right message for the audience.

Negotiating:

• Describes qualities of effective and ineffective negotiations.

• Explains the basic concepts of negotiating.

• Accesses organizational policies and practices for negotiating.

• Utilizes techniques for establishing rapport and building trust.

Matrix Management:

• Names key players and decision makers relative to own function.

• Identifies straight and dotted line relationships for self.

• Provides reasons for multiple reporting relationships; strong relationship management

• Explains the concept of a functional boundary.

Cost-Benefit Analysis:

• Describes common factors examples like variation, repetition, defect used in determining break even for business process automation.

• Identifies key components manual labor hours in transactional processes and contents that can be automated.

• Explains basic concepts of prioritization of projects based on returns on investments.

• Compiles a list of factors to consider in determining the benefits of a request.

Order to deliver Function:

• Identifies major tasks and responsibilities of a procurement, supply chain, logistic, manufacturing and operations function or unit.

• Explains the basic role and contributions of the procurement or purchasing function.

• Explains the procedures and policies in the procurement process and audit capabilities.

• Locates the basic tools and technologies used by procurement professionals.

Additional Information

The locations for this position are Peoria, IL and Mossville, IL.

Relocation assistance is not available for this position. Any relocation costs incurred would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

This position may require up to 25% travel.

What You Will Get:

Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world. Here you earn more than just wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides:

• Competitive Base Salary

• 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)

• Short and long-term disability coverage

• Life Insurance

• Paid parental leave

• Healthy Lifestyle Programs

• Employee Assistance Programs

• Voluntary Benefits (Ex. Accident, Identity Theft Protection)

*Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines.

Final details

Please frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application – please use the candidate log-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status.

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 at www.Caterpillar.com/Careers .

For more information, visit caterpillar.com. To connect with us on social media, visit caterpillar.com/social-media

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Posting Dates:

May 7, 2024 - May 21, 2024

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

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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.