Senior Procurement Technical Professional

Senior Procurement Technical Professional

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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.

We are seeking a Senior Procurement Technical Professional to apply technical expertise and experience to drive communication, collaboration and problem solving for the procurement organization.

• Leading a variety of complex purchasing-related initiatives, projects, processes, and operations with innovative thinking.
• Initiating and driving collaboration among engineering personnel, business unit procurement teams, and suppliers to solve business problems.
• Providing guidance and leadership on complex technical issues in the resolution of supplier quality problems, field failures, manufacturing problems, and warranty claims.
• Implementing new ideas on products, processes, technologies, techniques, and procedures to reduce cost and improve quality and availability of purchased products.

Quality Management:
Knowledge of quality management methods, tools, and techniques and ability to create and support an environment that meets the quality goals of the organization.

• Interprets results of quantitative and statistical tools and explains results to others.
• Communicates key benefits of a quality management process.
• Conducts and directs quality reviews.
• Develops expertise in quality assurance tools, techniques, and standards.
• Develops quality assurance processes based on Six Sigma, ISO 9000 or Baldrige principles.

Risk Management:

Knowledge of processes, tools and techniques for assessing and controlling an organization's exposure to risks of various kinds; ability to apply knowledge of risk management appropriately to diverse situations.

• Produces and interprets common risk assessment and management reports.
• Identifies common technology, security, or financial risks relevant to own function or unit.
• Implements or manages risk management for own area.
• Documents the key steps of a unit-specific risk management process and associated procedures.
• Evaluates risk assessment models and techniques relevant to a specific line of business.

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.

• Advises on advanced data analysis methodologies and technologies to make more informed decisions.
• Coaches others on improving the validity and reliability of data used in various Decision-Making processes.
• Designs KPIs and metrics to analyze data and influence decisions.
• Evaluates the opportunities and the challenges of integrating data into decisions.
• Oversees data gathering and analysis activities within the organization.
• Seeks input from multiple sources to generate diverse ideas for Decision Making.

Problem Solving:
Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.

• Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives.
• Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder.
• Develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information.
• Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on resolution.
• Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems.

Manufacturing Best Practices and Standards:
Knowledge of best practices and standards for improving the effectiveness, efficiency, and safety of the design,…