Career Area:

Procurement

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.

When you join Caterpillar, you’re joining a global team who care not just about the work we do – but also about each other.  We are the makers, problem solvers and future work 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.

Our Product Support and Logistics Division (PSLD) is one of the most innovative divisions within Caterpillar. In PSLD, as within all of Caterpillar, our priority is our customers and helping them build a better world. We touch nearly every element of the services value stream. PSLD is responsible for Aftermarket Parts Distribution of Cat Parts, Integrated Logistics and Global Services supporting Caterpillar dealers and customers. Our teams work together in critical areas that leverage digital capabilities, technology and operational excellence.

As a Senior Product Supply NPI Professional you execute the the planning, coordinating, governing and reporting procurements participation in the NPI process.

Responsibilities
•    Providing leadership for the NPI activities within procurement, including select sources taken from the category strategies and resource management decisions.
•    Monitoring and reporting NPI progress, holding NPI & design teams accountable for meeting quality and timeliness of requirements, and to assist the product group in managing procurement related capital. 
•    Working closely with operations and product development in creating a supply chain for a new product.
•    Researching and assessing existing and potential suppliers; making recommendations on supplier selection.

Degree Requirement
Degree or equivalent experience desired

Skill Descriptors
 

Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.
 Level Extensive Experience: 
•    Evaluates and makes contributions to best practices.
•    Processes large quantities of detailed information with high levels of accuracy.
•    Productively balances speed and accuracy.
•    Employs techniques for motivating personnel to meet or exceed accuracy goals.
•    Implements a variety of cross-checking approaches and mechanisms.
•    Demonstrates expertise in quality assurance tools, techniques, and standards.

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 Extensive Experience: 
•    Reviews others' writing or presentations and provides feedback and coaching.
•    Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience.
•    Demonstrates both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position.
•    Communicates well downward, upward, and outward.
•    Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.
•    Maintains focus on the topic at hand.

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.
 Level Extensive Experience: 
•    Ensures capture of lessons to be learned from a problem-solving effort.
•    Organizes potential problem solvers and leads problem resolution efforts.
•    Uses varying problem-solving approaches and techniques as appropriate.
•    Contributes to standard practices for problem-solving approaches, tools, and processes.
•    Analyzes and synthesizes information and devises alternative resolution strategies.
•    Develops successful resolutions to critical or wide-impact problems.

Teamwork: Knowledge of the necessity and value of teamwork; experience with; ability to work cooperatively towards shared goals and being supportive of others at all levels.
 Level Extensive Experience: 
•    Establishes and maintains effective working relationship with each team member.
•    Coordinates roles, responsibilities and interdependencies of all team members.
•    Identifies and addresses potential problems or issues within the team.
•    Works with large or multiple teams that span functions, issues, locations, and time zones.
•    Shows and promotes respect for differences and diversity.
•    Learns and utilizes special talents and work styles of team members.

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.
 Level Extensive Experience: 
•    Utilizes preferred tools, techniques and methods for estimating project cost and time.
•    Plans, estimates, staffs, organizes and monitors significant projects.
•    Identifies risks and vulnerabilities; creates contingency plans.
•    Conducts regular and ad-hoc project reviews with project team, sponsors, and clients.
•    Maintains open communication among project participants and interested parties.
•    Communicates reporting requirements; creates monitoring and control mechanisms.

New Product Development (NPD): Knowledge of methodology, processes, and strategies of new product development; ability to develop an effective new product development (NPD) strategy and process to generate a range of products, services, and value propositions aligned with the organization's overall marketing and business strategy.
 Level Working Knowledge: 
•    Analyzes and documents the performance of the organization's current portfolio of products, services, brands, and value propositions.
•    Assists in conducting business analysis of new products.
•    Implements a clear set of annual NPD priorities, based on the NPD strategy and the performance of the current product and service portfolio.
•    Researches key market and customer trends about competitor product offerings. 
 

Supplier Management: Knowledge of processes and methods to effectively manage business relationships and transactions with suppliers of raw materials or product components; ability to apply related knowledge, experience and skills into real practice.
 Level Extensive Experience: 
•    Facilitates supplier partnering arrangements that share risk and reward.
•    Monitors supplier performance; works to resolve discrepancies between performance and agreements.
•    Develops quality standards and controls for suppliers.
•    Builds and maintains partnerships with multiple and/or large suppliers.
•    Evaluates issues and terminates supplier relationships as appropriate; works with legal departments.
•    Ensures the fulfillment of report and record-keeping requirements.

This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade.  It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job.  

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Posting Dates:

March 16, 2026 - March 30, 2026

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply

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