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StrategyJob 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.
Reporting to the Director of Strategy, this role is responsible for supporting the development of a clear, comprehensive divisional strategy and vision and facilitating and tracking execution.
Responsible for supporting the analysis and developing strategic pathways to deliver sustainability targets and responsible for annual reporting.
This role supports a global organization and travel of approximately 25% may be required. The role is located in Cary, NC and relocation will be available.
Responsibilities
Works closely with the Director of Strategy, other senior business leaders, and SMEs throughout the organization to support the achievement of both mid- and long-term financial objectives.
Supports the creation of processes and frameworks to drive alignment throughout the business on imperatives required to execute the strategy.
Participates in the execution of the business strategy at all levels of the organization.
Supports and promotes BCP division organizational values, leader attributes, and cultural elements that contribute to business success.
Support strong processes to drive and ensure compliance to consistent standards across the global BCP operating footprint (KPI definition, visual management, lean, sustainability, and overall consistency in facility physical standardized attributes).
Supports CI Mission Control team and other digital tools architects to provide business input, accelerating deployment of technology-enabled tools and instruments to communicate strategic elements and connect to tactical reporting capabilities.
Works closely with Director of Strategy to design, implement and track necessary tools e.g., Power BI, PPT as well as other technology solutions needed.
Degree Requirement
Degree or equivalent experience desired
Skill Descriptors
Global Perspective : Knowledge of issues, opportunities, and challenges for conducting business in the international marketplace; ability to apply global perspectives appropriately in a wide range of situations.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Conducts business with one or two other countries.
• Follows policies and procedures governing business activities with another country.
• Obtains information regarding operational issues of other countries when making business decisions.
• Assesses key legal, regulatory, and financial issues specific to a particular country.
• Recognizes behaviors that promote or stunt effective relationships in that country; acts accordingly.
Planning: Tactical, Strategic: Knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational (short term), tactical (1-2 years) and strategic (3-5 years) planning in support of the overall business plan.
Level Extensive Experience:
• 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.
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.
Level Expert:
• Works to create a climate that values and rewards good oral and written communication.
• Communicates effectively with diverse audiences, using appropriate media and language.
• Monitors developments in communications tools for potential use by organization.
• Writes reports, articles, or books for distribution to the business or professional community.
• Ensures important messages are clearly understood.
• Coaches others on methods of improving their own communications.
Consulting: Knowledge of techniques, roles, and responsibilities in providing technical or business guidance to clients, both internal and external; ability to apply consulting knowledge appropriately.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Analyzes and fully documents client requirements.
• Applies experience to developing and executing multiple consulting assignments.
• Works with client to identify alternative solutions and associated pro's and con's.
• Prepares proposals and presentations for a consulting opportunity.
• Manages all aspects and phases of a consulting relationship.
• Monitors consulting assignments versus expectations.
Strategic Thinking: Knowledge of the importance of "big picture" thinking and planning; ability to apply organizational acumen and competitiveness to identify and maintain focus on key success factors for the organization.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Directs strategic alliances and partnerships for mutual benefit.
• Makes sound business decisions on behalf of the group when faced with complex and contradictory alternatives.
• Builds the strategic thinking capability of the group.
• Interprets available data and analyses when creating business plans.
• Recommends ways to position the organization for long-term competitiveness.
• Prepares the group's response to key marketplace trends, opportunities, and vulnerabilities.
Visioning: Understanding of the value of articulating an intended business outcome and ability to create and communicates a vision of the organization that motivates others to superior performance.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Marks progress toward achieving the vision at key milestones and special events.
• Builds buy-in and ownership for the organization vision with key stakeholders.
• Escalates constructive dissent.
• Validates the consistency of group initiatives with the organizational vision.
• Articulates a picture of an ideal future state that inspires others.
• Involves others in creating the vision and supporting communications.
Stakeholder Management: Knowledge of stakeholder management techniques; ability to systematically identify stakeholders, analyze their needs and expectations, and implement various tasks to engage with them.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Evaluates stakeholder profiles, roles, claims and interests in an organization and how these may conflict.
• Consults stakeholders in identifying opportunities for strategic change while evaluating the strategic choices available to an organization.
• Manages conflicting stakeholder priorities, when implementing strategic-change initiatives.
• Oversees business operations and resource allocation with strategic objectives and the drivers of shareholder and stakeholder value.
• Reviews professional values and ethical judgment in all aspects of work.
• Oversees key client reviews to assure service and stakeholder satisfaction.
Consulting Process & Tools: Knowledge of consulting process; ability to engage in planning sales, conducting research and analysis, finding solutions and preparing recommendations.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Effectively manages projects ensuring objectives, deadlines, budgets are met by team members.
• Works with client to determine handover process to ensure skills transfer, sustainability of results and appropriate knowledge capture.
• Monitors and measures client satisfaction, ensuring quality of own deliverables and those of team.
• Applies knowledge, tools and technical expertise as evidenced by the creation of noted value to clients, that is tailored to their specific needs.
• Selects and uses appropriate diagnostic tools, methods and techniques and actively seeks out new and appropriate tools.
• Identifies, quantifies and manages issues impacting on project delivery.
Additional information:
Work Location: Cary, NC
Relocation assistance is available for this position.
Approximately 25% travel is expected.
ISE assignment is not available for this position.
About Caterpillar
Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.
This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive
Relocation is available for this position.Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. 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.Posting Dates:
March 20, 2024 - April 3, 2024Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.
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