Transformation Manager

Caterpillar•Irving, TX

12d•Onsite

About The Position

Caterpillar Inc. is a global team focused on building stronger, more sustainable communities. 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. Caterpillar’s Electric Power Division has an exciting opportunity as a Transformation Manager. The Transformation Manager will lead multiple initiatives to understand, analyze, develop and recommend Strategy & Planning (S&P) solutions as a divisional lead. The transformation will develop the team and the LEPS organization to be best in class at project delivery for growth results.

Requirements

Planning: Tactical, Strategic: Knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational (short term), tactical (1-2 years) and strategic (3-5 years) planning in support of the overall business plan.
Level Extensive Experience: Develops, refines, and communicates tactical plans for LEPS business.
Provides the governance to the right level of detail as input for strategic plan development.
Demonstrates the value and necessity of linking tactical plans to overall strategic plan.
Ensures attention to the detail and dependencies of LEPS business projects.
Govern the prioritization and plans for allocation of resources in line with unit goals, technical and business objectives.
Ensures the planning process is integrated with the overall business plan.
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 Expert: Works to create a climate that values and rewards good oral and written communication.
Communicates effectively with diverse audiences, using appropriate media and language.
Monitors developments in communications tools for potential use by organization.
Writes reports, articles, or books for distribution to the business or professional community.
Ensures important messages are clearly understood.
Coaches others on methods of improving their own communications.
Strategic Thinking: 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.
Level Extensive Experience: Directs strategic alliances and partnerships for mutual benefit.
Makes sound business decisions on behalf of the group when faced with complex and contradictory alternatives.
Builds the strategic thinking capability of the group.
Interprets available data and analyses when creating business plans.
Recommends ways to position the organization for long-term competitiveness.
Prepares the group's response to key marketplace trends, opportunities, and vulnerabilities.
Visioning: Understanding of the value of articulating an intended business outcome and ability to create and communicates a vision of the organization that motivates others to superior performance.
Level Extensive Experience: Marks progress toward achieving the vision at key milestones and special events.
Builds buy-in and ownership for the organization vision with key stakeholders.
Coaches LEPS organization to identify complete advanced solutions with interim actions to lead to the complete solution.
Validates the consistency of group initiatives with the organizational vision.
Articulates a picture of an ideal future state that inspires others.
Involves others in creating the vision and supporting communications.
Process Management : Knowledge of business process improvement tools and techniques; ability to understand, monitor, update, control, or enhance existing business or work processes.
Level Extensive Experience: Helps others learn the tools and techniques for process value analysis. Carries out process evaluation, diagnosis, and optimization.
Understanding of techniques for process governance and gap identification.
Demonstrates a thorough understanding of a major process flow, its components and issues.
Synchronizes the efforts of, and resource requirements for, several teams within a process.
Makes the business case for new processes, including their cost-benefit ratios.
Possesses knowledge of tools and techniques for designing and implementing new processes.

Nice To Haves

Degree or equivalent experience desired.
Previous supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

Leads multiple analyses and solution development for key S&P engagement module(s) as a divisional lead.
Performs more complex activities.
Map current processes, identify gaps and produce business cases to implement solutions.
Govern the prioritization of all LEPS business improvement projects with a robust and clear methodology.
Works closely with internal partners and external service providers to define the business problem, issues and planned approach for one or more S&P engagement components as a divisional lead.
Oversees performance of S&P engagement data collection, research and reporting activities and staff as a divisional lead.
Coaches team members on best in class project management methods.
Develop process control documentation and governance.