Value Chain Designer

Caterpillar•Denison, TX

12h•Onsite

About The Position

As a Value Chain Designer, you won’t just improve processes, you will shape how products move from concept to customer across a global enterprise. This highly visible role sits at the intersection of strategy, data, and execution, partnering with leaders across engineering, purchasing, supply chain, manufacturing, operations, and quality to drive end‑to‑end improvement. You’ll develop and evolve network value‑stream models that influence critical decisions, uncover waste, and elevate cost, delivery, and customer performance. From diagnosing complex system‑level challenges to executing transformation initiatives, no two projects are the same. If you thrive on variety, strategic impact, and seeing your work translate into real, measurable results, this role offers unmatched scope and influence.

Requirements

Degree or equivalent experience desired
Business Process Improvement (BPI): Identifies outdated or inefficient processes and evaluates alternative solutions to improve effectiveness and efficiency. Assesses feasibility across financial, cultural, and technological dimensions and drives adoption of improved approaches.
Process Management: Evaluates, diagnoses, and optimizes complex process flows to improve overall value chain performance. Coordinates cross‑functional teams and builds cost‑benefit cases to support process changes and new implementations.
Analytical Thinking: Breaks down complex value chain challenges into manageable components to identify root causes and improvement opportunities. Quantifies costs, benefits, risks, and likelihood of success to support informed decision‑making.
Problem Solving: Leads structured problem‑solving efforts to resolve high‑impact or recurring operational issues. Synthesizes information, applies multiple problem‑solving approaches, and ensures lessons learned are captured to prevent recurrence.
Root Cause Analysis (RCA): Applies structured RCA methods to identify underlying causes of process failures or performance gaps. Develops corrective actions and guides others in using RCA techniques to prevent repeat issues.

Nice To Haves

Around 5 years of relevant value-chain-related work experiences.
Previous experience with APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning).
Ability to understand and translate business and process conditions into feasible value stream models.
Understanding ERP systems’ lead-time elements (supply chain, manufacturing, and marketing).
Value stream mapping experience to help support end-to-end network modeling.
Strong end-to-end supply base understanding, including customers and dealers.

Responsibilities

Lead and coordinate cross‑functional Module Teams, partnering across Design Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Procurement, Supply Chain, Logistics, and Suppliers to drive value chain performance.
Develop and maintain end‑to‑end network value‑stream models that represent current‑state and future‑state value chain configurations across a global product line.
Acquire, integrate, and analyze data from multiple corporate systems to model physical flows, process variability, transit times, and delivery performance.
Iterate network models to evaluate proposed business scenarios and support value chain performance project management.
Serve as the functional expert in value stream modeling, optimization, modular design, and implementation management.
Translate modeling results into clear business insights, visuals, and recommendations to support operational and strategic decision‑making.
Participate in Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), including production and aftermarket planning, to help shape inventory and resource plans.
Support continuous improvement across the value chain by identifying opportunities, solving problems, and implementing data‑driven solutions.
Strengthen alignment between logistics and manufacturing activities while driving collaboration across the enterprise value chain network.
Maintain and advance enterprise capabilities in network modeling processes, platforms, and techniques.