Supply Chain Project Engineer

Overview

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.

Career Area
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Supply Chain and Logistics

Strategic Leadership

• Develop the vision and manage a multigeneration project plan supporting key elements of Caterpillar’s 2030 growth strategy.
• Lead annual target setting to support strategic goals and guide the department’s business planning process.
• Develop the department budget and long-term business plans.

Cross Functional Integration

• Build strong partnerships across product and marketing teams, component divisions, machine divisions, and internal process partners.
• Establish and govern best practices, partnerships, and alignment across all stakeholders.

Supply Chain Optimization

• Identify, define, and implement integrated supply chain solutions to enhance performance and reduce cost.
• Investigate industry benchmarks and best practices to drive continuous improvement in inventory utilization, supplier networks, and supply chain health.
• Analyze data to prioritize opportunities, optimize supply chains, and improve business outcomes.
• Collaborate with simulation and modeling experts to design and optimize supply chain flows.

Supply Chain Management: Supply chain experience that brings knowledge of lean supply chain principles, concepts, systems, processes, root cause corrective action and analytical tools. Understanding of inventory management and demand planning.

• Product experience—understanding how machines, components, or engines are designed and used.
• Factory/manufacturing experience—exposure to build processes, production flow, or operations.
• Aftermarket experience—familiarity with service, rebuilds, component life cycles, or parts business.
• Value chain experience—knowledge of how parts move from suppliers through manufacturing, distribution, and the dealer/customer network.

Effectiveness Measurement: Knowledge of effective measurement techniques and ability to measure the quality and quantity of work effort for the purpose of improvement.

Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.

Cross-Team Integration: Understanding of the importance of inter-team collaboration in breaking down silos and achieving business results; ability to lead employees from various functions to communicate, coordinate work across divisions, and collaborate in solving problems as one team.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.

Project Management: Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.

Supplier Management - Knowledge of supplier operations processes and ability to shape demand to supplier. Also, be able to craft plans with supplier on supply conformance and parts coverage, engineer the value chain pipeline for superior rebuild performance.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical, Materials Science) or related field.
• APICS CPIM or CSCP National Certification.
• Cross-functional experiences in problem solving across Manufacturing / Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Purchasing, or Parts Distribution is highly desired.
• Experience in stakeholder management and providing top leadership updates.
• Experience with the Lean or 6 Sigma principles.

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