Senior Manager Supply Chain

Caterpillar Inc.•Peoria, IL

8d•Onsite

About The Position

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. The SPPD team is working with urgency to ensure we are delivering the products needed to meet customer commitments, now and in the future. We are driving proactive readiness and transformational strategy and process structure to support this objective. In this role as Senior Manager, Supply Chain, you will manage a team that oversees the planning and execution of key processes within the enterprise capacity planning program. The role is instrumental in the strategy and process ownership of company Capacity and Agility processes. Also the role provides leadership in executing capacity & agility work with Prime Product Groups and Facilities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain, or other technical field from an Accredited College or University
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.
Supply Chain Management: Knowledge of functions, principles and techniques used in supply chain management; ability to develop and implement strategies, practices and tools for controlling the whole processes.
Analytical Thinking: Working 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.
Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Working Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
Strategic Thinking: Working Knowledge of the importance of "big picture" thinking and planning; ability to apply organizational acumen and competitiveness to identify and maintain focus on key success factors for the organization.
Forecasting: Extensive Knowledge of forecasting tools, approaches and practices; ability to determine product demand and estimate production requirements and loads.
Manufacturing Requirements Planning (MRP): Extensive Knowledge of the processes, practices and systems used in manufacturing requirements planning (MRP); ability to optimize planning for manufacturing cycles and ensure capacity and materials availability.
Supplier Management - MFG: Extensive 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.
Inventory Management: Working Knowledge of processes and methods of inventory management; ability to effectively manage organization's materials, commodities, merchandises, or products.
Logistics Management: Working Knowledge of the processes, tools and operational considerations for effective and efficient movement of goods and materials; ability to understand, predict and control the movement of goods, materials and supplies.
Excellent teamwork and leadership skills

Nice To Haves

Excellent problem solving skills and good leadership and team management capabilities
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Strong commercial, business, engineering, and manufacturing skills with an understanding of product development and supply chain

Responsibilities

Maintaining communications with supply chain, operations, procurement, logistics, and product group teams, creating integrated processes to deliver aligned capacity across the supply chain.
Managing and directing a team of Supply Chain Planning Engineers.
Lead a highly engaged team to support enterprise capacity initiatives
Ensure clarity of program deliverables, scope, timelines, and delivered results
Engage with process partners and customers to ensure continuous alignment
Ensure robust communication throughout the value chain with necessary urgency
Act as a link between multiple teams in program execution to drive a consistent approach in gap resolutions and developing recommendations for leadership decisions
Implement tools to govern processes
Leadership, coaching, focus, motivation and encouragement to direct reports. Responsible for coaching, developing and mentoring resources
Responsible for all personnel issues and performance evaluation of direct reports, including development, capability building and succession planning
Develop and deploy creative / original solutions to complex problems