Procurement Professional

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Job Description:

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Job Summary:

This role is fundamentally managing supply network related activities focused on in-coming supplier quality responding to the daily quality issues found in the manufacturing facility. A sense of urgency is vital. Ensure zero defect material and services flow for the facility from source to dock and additional required points.  The objective is to ensure manufacturing operations can continue without a detrimental impact caused by a supplier quality issue.   From the initial concern the SNQE will confirm the problem and determine a short-term action plan with the facility management and the supplier. The objective being to ensure the manufacturing operations can continue operations without a detrimental impact to the process from a quality perspective. In conclusion the job manages the Corrective Action Process on Supplier Related Quality Issues. Deliver Global Leverage with Local Service Excellence.

Role Definition
Supports supply related activities for a facility to deliver excellence and integration between procurement and the team supporting facility.

Responsibilities

• Supporting delivery of a lean, responsive, and resilient material and services flow for the facility from source to dock and additional required points.

• Recognizing the potential for cost and inventory reductions, and quality improvement, as well as responsibility for soundness of business proposals and risk assessment.

• Operating and monitoring the supply network procurement functions to meet the defined response time, cost, quality, and lean targets enabling optimal and efficient facility operations.

• Collaborating with business partners and suppliers and resolving facility specific supplier issues.

Skill Descriptors

Process Management: Knowledge of business process improvement tools and techniques; ability to understand, monitor, update, control, or enhance existing business or work processes.
Level Working Knowledge:

• Employs process flows, cycle time, process time and waste concepts as appropriate.

• Walks through steps, decisions, measurements, dependencies, and hand-offs for a specific process.

• Creates process flow or workflow diagrams.

• Documents types of process decisions and potential impact of each decision.

• Identifies and monitors common process bottlenecks.

Data-driven Decision Making: Knowledge of the data-driven decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to gather and analyze data to make organizational decisions that align with strategic business objectives and goals.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Applies an assigned technique for data-driven thinking in a Decision-Making process.

• Discerns between "signal" and "noise" when interpreting data.

• Identifies, obtains, and organizes relevant data and ideas.

• Participates in the process of choosing KPIs and metrics to influence decisions.

• Utilizes the basic data collection and evaluation tools and techniques.

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 Working Knowledge:

• Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.

• Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.

• Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.

• Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.

• Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.

Manufacturing Requirements Planning (MRP): 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.
Level Working Knowledge:

• Participates in developing materials requirements and costs for custom requests.

• Uses job schedule, plant and machine schedule and inventory systems to initiate and oversee jobs.

• Uses available tools to analyze order and develop quotes and realistic delivery dates.

• Plans and schedules production runs for specific products and assures availability of materials.

• Follows key criteria to collect information needed to make good production decisions for operation.

Supplier Management - MFG: 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.
Level Working Knowledge:

• Follows procedures in carrying out routine supplier management tasks.

• Uses electronic systems or tools to record/retrieve supplier information and carry out transactions with suppliers.

• Resolves routine supplier issues; escalates non-routine issues up chain of command.

• Researches alternative vendors or suppliers; participates in supplier selection.

• Works with suppliers to ensure that purchases meet delivery date and quality specifications.

This position requires the candidate to work a 5-day-a-week schedule in the office.

About Caterpillar

Caterpillar Inc. is the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years, we've been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.

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