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Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World

Whether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.

When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We dont just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that, because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in the roads, hospitals, homes and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customers needs. Join us.

Job Purpose:

To centralize and lead the financial forecast and reporting of the Global Parts Pricing & Sales Variance activities and support all related analyses and communication.

Job Duties:

* Collect all inputs and prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual forecast of parts pricing and sales variance financial results

* Provide monthly results analysis and commentaries on key business and financial trends and drivers impacting parts pricing and sales variance, including but not limited to currencies, commodity prices, inflation, business activity and confidence indicators, etc.

* Analyze, forecast and communicate on sales variance spend and budget, as well as net price realization

* Support communication during monthly business reviews with internal business partners

* Conduct general & regional price increase assessments and continuously monitor all relevant drivers

* Coordinate price plan communications to internal business partners and dealers

* Coordinate the departmental budget and Sox audits

* Prepare inputs for and collaborate with the business resource team

* Limited travel required (less than 5% of working time)

Basic Qualifications:

* Bachelors degree concentrated in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related fields

* 5+ years of job-related experience

Top Candidates will also have:

* Strong communication and interpersonal skills

* Demonstrated emotional intelligence and intellectual curiosity

* Strong analytical and business skills

* Experience working in the aftermarket

* Proven strong sense of urgency to achieve results

Additional Information:

* Work location: This position is ideally located in Peoria, IL- Building LC; however this position may be done remotely at the hiring managers discretion

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.

Employee benefit details

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 an hourly wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides day one benefits (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with the potential of a monthly bonus.

Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date).

Final details

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Relocation is available for this position.

EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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