Senior Manager Supply Chain

Career Area:

Supply Chain and Logistics

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.

About LPSDThe Large Power Systems Division (LPSD) is part of Caterpillar’s Power & Energy segment. Through this global organization, Caterpillar designs and manufacture large (greater than 18 liters) diesel and natural gas engines, powertrains and key engine systems. LPSD products and solutions support customers across power generation, industrial, marine, oil & gas, rail, services and Cat machine applications worldwide.

Job Summary Lead critical component global, end-to-end supply chain, responsible for aligning demand, supply, inventory, capacity, supplier capability, logistics, and facility execution across LEC, CTL, and AEC. Establish the strategy, governance, organization, and management system required to optimize the global supply network, protect customer commitments, resolve critical supply constraints, and improve service, cost, cash, velocity, and resilience.

Note:

Preferred location for this role is Lafayette, IN, open to candidates located in the Peoria, IL area.

What You Will Do Provide critical component leadership and strategic direction for the global supply chain organization across LEC, CTL, and AEC.Establish the global critical component supply chain strategy and operating model connecting worldwide demand, supply capability, inventory, capacity, supplier performance, procurement commitments, logistics, and manufacturing execution.

Lead global supply alignment to ensure constrained component demand and schedules support the worldwide build plan and customer commitments.

Provide executive oversight of constrained-component allocation across facilities, ensuring enterprise priorities and customer requirements drive supply decisions.

Establish the management system for identifying, prioritizing, resolving, and escalating global supply constraints and recovery actions.

Lead global inventory strategy and optimization, balancing material availability, customer service, manufacturing requirements, working capital, and supply risk.

Lead long-term supply network optimization, including capacity, footprint, material flow, logistics, sourcing interfaces, inventory positioning, and supply resiliency.

Establish enterprise performance measures and benchmarks for supply chain performance, including planned versus actual results and senior-management reporting.

Integrate Global Demand Management, Procurement/Purchasing, site Supply Chain, Product, Operations, Quality/SDE, Logistics, and other stakeholders into one global supply management process.

Partner with Procurement/Purchasing leadership to ensure supplier capacity, performance, sourcing, quality, commercial commitments, and recovery actions support the global supply strategy.

Utilize Supply Alignment processes and digital tools that provide component coverage, scenario planning, constraint visibility, risk identification, forecasting, and decision support.

Lead major cross-functional initiatives to improve global supply chain performance, standardize processes, eliminate organizational silos, and improve enterprise decision-making.

Provide direction for constrained-component allocation and recovery priorities across facilities.

Resolve or escalate enterprise trade-offs involving customer commitments, production output, inventory, capacity, and supply availability.

Recommend changes to the global supply network, inventory strategy, capacity, footprint, logistics flow, and resiliency strategy.

Establish critical component supply chain performance measures, management reviews, and escalation thresholds.

Align cross-functional organizations around agreed supply chain priorities and accountability.

Key Deliverables Global critical component supply chain strategy and multi-year roadmap.

Worldwide constrained-component management and allocation process.

Global component gap, coverage, and recovery view.

Executive supply-risk scorecard and escalation process.

Global inventory strategy and optimization roadmap.

Global network, capacity, footprint,…