Job Description

Career Area:

Marketing / Sales / Product Support

Job Description:

WE BUILD WHAT MATTERS

What matters most to you? Is it being part of a strong team? Supporting your family? Solving global problems? You can do these and more at Caterpillar; where your work enables progress around the globe, and you contribute to meaningful work. Together, we can build what matters!

The Energy & Transportation Purchasing organization currently has an opening for a Strategy Consultant within the Casting Segment at Mossville, Illinois. As a Strategy leader, you will be accountable for executing and governing the E&T Castings Strategy to increase the category performance levels in support of E&T Purchasing and Business Unit goals to deliver maximum customer value. You will play a critical role in driving key strategic initiatives and actions while collaborating with senior leaders within the industry verticals of the casting category to execute medium to long-term corporate strategies. As a member of the departments leadership team, you will also provide important and strategic input and facilitation and be a key enabler for the Department Head.

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

* Lead strategy execution to improve results for department and division positively impacting Supplier Quality, Cost, Logistics, Development, and Management (QCLDM) targets to deliver maximum customer value

* As part of continuous improvement and strategy refresh, drive the process of data analysis of customer feedback, employee feedback, marketplace analysis, competitive implications, supplier performance and the financial implications to name a few

* Be responsible for project management; Identify, plan and direct strategy projects viewed as critical to department

* Prioritize critical issues and remove roadblocks through efficient decision-making

* Provide strategic guidance to Category managers and be a trusted advisor to Department Head, often leading (or co-leading) strategic initiatives that are outside of our organization. Example: Ferrous casting category council meetings

* Identifying improvement opportunities and enterprise-wide implementation of those improvements

* Attend various meetings to keep a pulse on the business and help connecting the dots with others across the industry verticals

* Plan staff meetings, department meetings, events, off-sites, and strategic planning governance reviews

* Organize and facilitate leadership meetings, ensuring clear action items and timely follow-up

* Manage department metrics, scorecards and supporting management tools to monitor Segment performance and develop processes to drive improvement

* Coordinate annual business plan, department expense budgets, results

* Responsible for driving internal and external communication and change management that supports and accelerates impact of the department

* Ensure solid relationships internal and external to the department, be accessible, responsive and focus on delivery with fierce execution

* Limited travel required (less than 30%)

Basic Qualifications:

* Bachelors degree or higher from an accredited institution

* 10+ years of Project Management/Leadership in the Heavy Equipment Industry

* Experience working with procurement systems (Lognet or equivalent)

* Experience with data analysis tools like PowerBI and Microsoft Excel

Top Candidates will also have:

* Experience is preferred in purchasing with exposure to casting and/or machining category

* Exceptional organizational, analytical, problem-solving and project management skills

* The ability to manage ambiguity, work autonomously, and multi-task in an agile and fast-paced environment

* Strong analytical skills are required to perform detailed analysis and prepare strategic plans

* Consistently meeting ambitious deadlines and deliver high-quality work on schedule

* Strong facilitation skills

* Ability to distill high level communication into meaningful context and actions

* Demonstrated ability to navigate and positively influence in a large matrix organization and work closely with senior management

* Excellent communication and presentation skills; the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences and varying levels of the organization

* Proven ability to diagnose and find innovative solutions to unique and complex problems on a regular basis

* Working knowledge and application of 6 Sigma, CPS tools and Lean methodologies

* Strong interpersonal skills are a must in dealing with confidential information, sensitive issues and controversial situations and maintain a constructive environment

* Maintains positive and can-do attitude and approach to work

* MBA or Master's degree

Relocation assistance is not available for this position. Any relocation costs incurred would be the responsibility of the selected applicant.

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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