Product Procurement Engineer

Location: Desford

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** Career Area:
** Procurement
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* 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.
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* Job Title:

** Product Procurement Engineer
** Salary:** £57,700 - £72,000 depending on experience
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* Contract:

** Full time & permanent
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* Location:

** Desford, Leicestershire
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* The Opportunity:

** As a
** Product Procurement Engineer**, you’ll play a pivotal role within Caterpillar, representing the Electrical, Electronics and Drivetrain categories managing part sourcing, development, and quality feedback loops across New Product Introduction (NPI), Continuous Product Improvement (CPI), and New Source Introduction (NSI).You’ll work closely with Engineering, Procurement and Supply Chain teams, while also engaging directly with suppliers to ensure alignment. The role ensures category strategy is clearly defined and executed, delivering parts with the right quality, total cost and timing to meet business and customer requirements.

As a
** Product Procurement Engineer**, you will be responsible for, but not limited to**:
*** Develop, implement and maintain category-specific KPIs, providing clear reporting and insights to Category and Programme Leadership.
* Collaborate with Design Control Engineering, Value Chain Engineering, Procurement, Quality and Supply Chain to define and execute global product supply strategies aligned to category objectives.
* Drive Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VA/VE) through cost modelling, Design for Manufacturability (DFM), and effective utilisation of supplier capability.
* Contribute within a global team to develop and implement standardised processes across sourcing, quality improvement, cost management and capacity planning.
* Manage quality feedback loops, ensuring lessons learned are captured, shared and consistently applied to improve supplier performance.
* Represent category performance at NPI and APQP gateways, working with suppliers and cross-functional teams to resolve quality, cost and delivery issues and drive continuous improvement.
** Interview Process:
Telephone interviews
** xx and on-site
** face-to-face
** interviews w/c
** xx**.
** NB. The panel cannot make assumptions when shortlisting therefore please demonstrate your qualifications and experience on your CV relevant to the criteria outlined.
**** What You Can Demonstrate:
**** Level Extensive

Experience:

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* ** Effective Communications:
** Communicates clearly and confidently with suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders, influencing technical and commercial decisions to achieve alignment on quality, cost and delivery outcomes.
* ** Strategic Sourcing**:
Develops and executes category and sourcing strategies, managing supplier agreements, sourcing pipelines and procurement programmes to deliver competitive and sustainable outcomes.
* ** Cost Benefit Analysis:
** Identifies and delivers cost, quality and efficiency improvements through structured analysis, supporting DFM/DFA…