Manager Sales & Operations Planning

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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.

Caterpillar’s Oil and Gas division, provides superior products and service solutions to make our customers more efficient and lower total cost of ownership.  Globally, we deliver engineered oilfield and drilling equipment repair and certification, mechanical and rotating equipment repairs and upgrades, rapid prototyping of spare parts, robust asset management, operation and maintenance and field engineering services. We offer a wide range of career opportunities across a variety of technical and business roles in engineering and service locations worldwide. Join our team and help build engineering solutions that change the industry. 

When you join the Caterpillar Oil & Gas and Marine Division (COGMD), you’re joining a global team that helps to power the global energy industry as well as provide power and propulsion on the water.

We are looking for a Manager Sales & Operations Planning. This person will be responsible for working with the Marine and Oil & Gas Business Unit customer-facing teams to build product volume demand requirements to be submitted to manufacturing facilities. Develops, monitors, and controls production planning process ensuring optimization and customer satisfaction.

Job Duties/Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Deliver the factory demand signal (RFP)

• Support business planning activities such Long-Term Forecast, Scenario Planning, and Business Planning

• Managing order board prioritization.

What You Will Have:

Customer Focus : Knowledge of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and ability to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
Decision Making and Critical Thinking : Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
Effective Communications : Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
Negotiating : Knowledge of successful negotiation concepts and techniques; ability to negotiate successfully across the organization and with external vendors and clients in a constructive and collaborative manner.
Problem Solving : Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
Relationship Management : Knowledge of relationship management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers.
Project Management : Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.
Value Selling : Knowledge of the principles and practices for selling products, technology and services; ability to provide overall product/service 'value' and to differentiate support offerings that address clearly understood customer needs.

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 a salary. Because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides day-one benefits, including but not limited to: 

• Competitive salary and annual bonus program 

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage​ 

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

• Company-matched 401(k) plan 

• Stock option opportunity over time 

• 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) 

• Strong community involvement 

Relocation assistance is available. Role is onsite in Houston, TX.

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 .

EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals – including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities – are encouraged to apply.

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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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