Process & Solutions Owner

Career Area:

Procurement

Job Description:

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Job Summary:

In this role as a Process & Solutions Owner, you will report to the Senior Manager Procurement Solutions, and will support the execution of designing, developing, deploying, and monitoring procurement capabilities to provide business solutions that are globally effective & applicable. As a member of the Process & Solutions 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:

• Leading projects associated with lean processes, global market understanding, tools, and systems.

• Designs and develops solutions, collaborates with senior stakeholders and business users to collect VOB/VOC, business requirements, and prepares implementation plans for successful deployment.

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

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

• Ensures CPC (Caterpillar Procurement Code) coverage and accuracy of all items

• Owns CPC quality and governance processes

• Collaborates with downstream users to ensure CPC enables their business processes

• Communicates significant changes to CPC data and ensure robust change management processes are followed

What Skills you will have:

Business Process Improvement : Knowledge of business process improvement best practices and ability to use methods for identifying, evaluating, introducing and implementing more efficient approaches to performing business related activities.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Gathers data for use in the analysis of business processes.
• Illustrates problems, opportunities and methods for improving existing business processes.
• Suggests ways to reduce variation and/or waste in processes.
• Helps evaluate what factors should be addressed in the change program.
• Participates in requirements analysis for process changes.

• Strong digital acumen

Data Analytics : Knowledge of techniques and processes for inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modeling data; ability to discover useful information, draw logical conclusions, and support decision-making.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Collects required data through various data sources and documents them for evaluating trends and activities.
• 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.
• Recognizes and assesses problems, opportunities, and methods for improving existing business performance.
• Utilizes designated data analysis software to analyze the data.
Education and Experience requirement:

• Bachelor’s degree; in lieu of degree – 7+ years in procurement or relevant engineering/digital experience

• 3+ years’ experience in procurement

Additional Information:

The primary location for this position is Dallas, TX or Peoria, IL

Domestic relocation assistance is not available

This position may require 15% travel

Sponsorship is not available

This posting will close at midnight on February 21, 2024

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.

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Posting Dates:

February 7, 2024 - February 21, 2024

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

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