Supply Chain Manager

Caterpillar•Alpharetta, GA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

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. About EPD: Caterpillar's Electric Power Division (EPD) offers integrated solutions, parts, and services to meet the needs of our various commercial and industrial electric power customers. EPD supports a wide range of customer applications across the globe, including providing back-up power to hospitals, providing emergency power when natural disasters strike, and supporting critical infrastructure for data centers, municipalities, and more. With a rich history of more than 95 years in the electric power business, our team has world-class expertise and a proven ability to adapt to changing demands. We’re committed to providing sustainable and reliable solutions to our customers. Join our team to help build a better, more sustainable world for future generations! Job Summary: We have an exciting opportunity for a Supply Chain leader in our Custom Switchgear Facility in Alpharetta, Georgia. The person will be responsible for managing a team of purchasing and material planning professionals. This team works to ensure all materials are available for our factory to execute our production schedule and deliver on time for our customers. You will join the Electric Power Switchgear business at a time of incredible growth and opportunity. This role will be critical to managing our current production levels but working with a wider team to ensure we have systems, processes and capability to deliver our production plans in future years. This role would be an excellent career step for a SC professional who is in the early stages of their career journey, you may be wanting to take the next step into managing complex facility supply chains, or larger teams. The opportunity we have will give the successful applicant an excellent foundation in SC fundamentals, it will allow them to grow a team, deepen expertise and challenge the norms.

Requirements

Effective Communications: Working knowledge and 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.
Negotiating: Working knowledge of successful negotiation concepts and techniques; ability to negotiate successfully across the organization and with external vendors and clients in a constructive and collaborative manner.
Category Management: Working knowledge of category management within an organization's goods and services sector; ability to use this knowledge to analyze and improve the end-to-end procurement process and maximize business profitability.
Supplier Management - MFG: Working 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.
Purchasing Tasks and Activities: Working knowledge of policies, regulations and processes of purchasing; ability to use practices and procedures for procurement of materials, components, equipment and services.

Nice To Haves

Previous leadership experience
Experience of working in a facility / business undergoing rapid expansion and change
A person who thinks analytically and quickly masters unique systems and procedures, rapidly attaining expertise
APICs CSCP or CPIM qualification
Experience in SC / Purchasing focused on electrical commodities and materials

Responsibilities

Manage a team of 5-6 Supply Chain professionals, managing day to day team tasks that are foundational to managing production output consistently
Responsible for inventory management, ensuring we have the right part at the right time.
Defining and communicating rules for supplier bids and managing high-impact purchases.
Evaluating the qualification of suppliers and negotiating prices.
Managing daily activities associated with requesting quotes, issuing purchase orders, invoice/contract approval, grief resolution, job instruction, vendor contacts, supplier quality/delivery, record keeping and all other purchasing related activities.
Assessing purchasing decisions through the analysis of historical and market information; recommending improvements.
Managing the quality of purchased goods and services based on specified requirements.
Solving major supplier related problems.