Category Buyer

## Category Buyer Apply locations:
Peterborough, United Kingdom:
Peterlee, United Kingdom time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
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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:

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* ** Category Buyer
**** Salary: £
**** 49,519*
* ** per annum + dependent upon experience
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* Location:

Peterborough / Peterlee
**** Benefits:**
* ** 25 days annual leave**
* ** Up to 10% bonus**
* ** Contributory pension scheme - Caterpillar will double the employee's contribution Up to 10%**
* ** Contributory share scheme - Caterpillar will match 50% of the employee's contribution.**
* ** Optional flexible benefits including access to health and dental care plans, EV car lease, holiday purchase.
**** About IPSD
** Caterpillar’s Industrial Power Systems Division (IPSD) designs, tests and manufactures 0.5 to 18L Cat and Perkins engines that power over 5000 applications including Marine, Petroleum, Industrial Applications, Electric Generators, and Locomotives. Caterpillar’s company strategy includes sustainability as one of four focus areas and IPSD is engaged and actively preparing green energy solutions for the future.
** Role Definition
** Provides supply network solutions expertise, using Quality, Cost, Logistics, Development, and Management (QCLDM) to deliver maximum value.
** Category :
Electrical & Electronics
**** Responsibilities*
* • Developing, managing and executing the category strategy managing policies, agreements, source catalogs, and special procurement programs.  
• Recognizing the potential for cost decreases, inventory reductions and quality improvement, as well as responsibility for soundness of business proposals and risk assessment.  
• Acting as the liaison between the organization and the supplier to communicate information explicitly, while considering production demands and suppliers' conditions.  
• Documenting the suppliers' performance on time sensitiveness and production; maintains a strong relationship with suppliers.
** Degree Requirement
** Degree or equivalent experience desired
** Skill Descriptors
**** Data Analytics:
** Knowledge of techniques and processes for inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modeling data; ability to discover useful information, draw logical conclusions, and support decision-making.
Level Extensive

Experience:

• Advises stakeholders on the relationship between financial, performance, and operational data used in business data analytics.  
• Anticipates operational challenges of data collection and its integration with decision-making.  
• Identifies correlations that reveal trends and determine conditions.  
• Evaluates the quality of data collected and the effectiveness of data analysis methods for evaluating business performance.  
• Interprets potential risks, threats, and opportunities involved with predictive modeling.  
• Directs the implementation of business data collection processes and educates junior employees on new data sources.
** Effective Communications:
** Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
Level Working Knowledge:

• Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.  
• Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.  
• Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.  
• Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.  
• Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.
** Interpersonal Relationships:
** Knowledge of the techniques and the ability to work…