Career Area:

Engineering

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.

As the Value Chain Designer, you will be:

• Analyzing the inbound, value add and outbound value chains to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Developing business cases and capability studies, recommending improvements to stakeholders.
• Implementing new and enhanced processes and tools and governing changes through collaboration across multiple workstreams to ensure alignment.
• Identifying process inefficiencies and wastes of time, money, materials, and energy.

Required skills:

• Business Process Design: Knowledge of business process design; ability to develop appropriate techniques to re-examine key processes and focus on optimizing organizational performance.
• Business Process Improvement: Knowledge of business process improvement best practices and ability to use methods for identifying, evaluating, introducing and implementing more efficient approaches to performing business related activities.
• Process Management: Knowledge of business process improvement tools and techniques; ability to understand, monitor, update, control, or enhance existing business or work processes.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Process Mapping/Flowcharting: Knowledge of the concepts of process mapping; ability to carry out the documentation of current and proposed manufacturing processes to identify and make improvements.
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA): Knowledge of the concepts, principles and techniques of root cause analysis (RCA); ability to use a structured approach to identify the causes of undesirable consequences in a manufacturing environment and the changes needed to prevent recurrences.

The successful candidate must bring:

• A minimum of 10 years’ experience in Supply Chain, Purchasing, or a similar role.

Top candidates will also bring:

• Demonstrated experience with ERP in Supply Chain, particularly with SAP.
• Familiarity with industry-standard heavy machinery.
• Proficiency in PowerBI, with a track record of creating and managing insightful dashboards.

Relocation is available for this position.

Posting Dates:

August 12, 2024 - August 27, 2024

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).

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