Section Manager
Posted on: 24 Jan 2021
Decatur, IL
Job Description
Career Area:
Manufacturing & Supply Chain
Job Description:
Job Duties / Responsibilities, include but are not limited to:
* Monitor and improve safety on the shop floor; eliminate any unsafe operations and ensure a safe and clean production environment. Lead your team to promote a zero risk tolerance culture.
* Collaborate with Operations customers to align your teams daily workload with production schedules. Identify constraints in manpower/resources and act decisively to meet daily goals.
* Suggest changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency. Work to improve processes and reduce costs by eliminating non-value added activities.
* Ensure necessary parts and materials are ordered and distributed in a safe, timely, and efficient manner.
* Lead initiatives such as 5S, Lean Manufacturing, 6 Sigma that are focused on continuous improvement within the business.
* Promote training and development of staff, complete daily time keeping responsibilities, asses and communicate staffing needs, and ensure consistent application of organizational policies and shop floor rules.
Basic Qualifications:
* Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university (preferably in a manufacturing-related discipline)
* 5+ years in manufacturing experience
* 5+ years supply chain experience
Top candidates will also have:
* Demonstrated leadership abilities
* Zero Injury & Stop-to-Fix mindset
* Caterpillar Green Belt certification
* Lean BIQ understanding
* Project planning and management experience
* General understanding of Fabrications, Machining, Paint, Assembly, and Supply Chain functions
* Good communication, interpersonal, teamwork and collaboration skills
* Ability to work with a diverse group of employees and customers and promote inclusiveness
Additional Information:
* Personnel: Up to 35+ team members as direct reports
Caterpillar is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status; however, 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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Caterpillar
Deerfield, IL
Caterpillar Inc. manufactures and sells construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, and industrial gas turbines. Its Construction Industries segment offers asphalt pavers, compactors, cold planers, feller bunchers, harvesters, motorgraders, pipelayers, road reclaimers, skidders, telehandlers, and utility vehicles; backhoe, knuckleboom, compact track, multi-terrain, skid steer, and track-type loaders; forestry and wheel excavators; and site prep and track-type tractors.
The company’s Resource Industries segment provides electric rope and hydraulic shovels, draglines, rotary drills, hard rock vehicles, track-type tractors, mining trucks, longwall miners, wheel loaders, off-highway and articulated trucks, wheel tractor scrapers, wheel dozers, landfill and soil compactors, machinery components, electronics and control systems, select work tools, and hard rock continuous mining systems.
Its Energy & Transportation segment offers reciprocating engine powered generator sets; reciprocating engines and integrated systems for the power generation, marine, oil, and gas industries; turbines, centrifugal gas compressors, and related services; remanufactured reciprocating engines and components; and diesel-electric locomotives and components, and other rail-related products.
The company’s Financial Products segment provides operating and finance leases, installment sale contracts, working capital loans, and wholesale financing; and insurance and risk management products. Its All Other operating segment manufactures filters and fluids, undercarriage, ground engaging tools, fluid transfer products, precision seals, and rubber sealing and connecting components; parts distribution; integrated logistics solutions and distribution services; and digital investments services.
The company was formerly known as Caterpillar Tractor Co. and changed its name to Caterpillar Inc. in 1986. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois.
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IndustryManufacturing
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No. of Employees104,000
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Website
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Jobs Posted1597
