**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. **W** **hat** **You Will Do:** **Role Definition** Supports supply related activities for a facility to deliver excellence and integration between procurement and the team supporting facility. **Responsibilities** • Supporting delivery of a lean, responsive, and resilient material and services flow for the facility from source to dock and additional required points. • Recognizing the potential for cost and inventory reductions, and quality improvement, as well as responsibility for soundness of business proposals and risk assessment. • Operating and monitoring the supply network procurement functions to meet the defined response time, cost, quality, and lean targets enabling optimal and efficient facility operations. • Collaborating with business partners and suppliers, and resolving facility specific supplier issues **What Skills You Will Have:** **Skill Descriptors** **Process Management** : Knowledge of business process improvement tools and techniques; ability to understand, monitor, update, control, or enhance existing business or work processes. **Data-driven Decision Making:** Knowledge of the data-driven decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to gather and analyze data to make organizational decisions that align with strategic business objectives and goals. **Analytical Thinking:** Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems. **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. **Supplier Management** : Knowledge of processes and methods to effectively manage business relationships and transactions with suppliers of raw materials or product components; ability to apply related knowledge, experience and skills into real practice. **Logistics Management** : Knowledge of the processes, tools and operational considerations for effective and efficient movement of goods and materials; ability to understand, predict and control the movement of goods, materials and supplies. **Supply Chain Management:** Knowledge of functions, principles and techniques used in supply chain management; ability to develop and implement strategies, practices and tools for controlling the whole processes. **Required Qualifications:** + Previous purchasing experience required + Up to 5 years of job-related experience + Proficiency in English required + Bachelor’s degree – or equivalent experience required **Desired Qualifications:** + Previous 6 Sigma Greenbelt/Black Belt experience preferred + Knowledge of Quality, Lean manufacturing, an understanding of lean principles is preferred + Professional certification in Purchasing and/or Inventory Management preferred, e.g., Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.), Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) and Certified in Integration Resource Management (CIRM), or comparable international certification is preferred **Additional Information:** + Travel 10% + No relocation **Posting Dates:** October 30, 2024 - November 29, 2024 Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community (http://flows.beamery.com/caterpillarinc/talcom) .