Global Category Procurement Mgr - Piracicaba, Brasil - Caterpillar
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Career Area:
Purchasing & Procurement**:
IT IS YOUR TIME
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.
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 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.Global Category Procurement Mgr/ Gerente de Compras Global
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Job Purpose:
Manage strategic breakthrough categories to deliver year over year Quality Cost Logistics Development Management (QCLDM) performance improvement and therefore create value through an improved global supplier network.
Serve as the industry expert for a particular category.Deliver Global Leverage and supply network market knowledge to product supply organizations for incorporation into future designs & supply design collaboration events.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Major Role:
People:
- **Develop, mentor, and train personnel capable of delivering the Global supplier strategy for the assigned category. Adhere to the approved Performance Management Plan. Identify performance gaps within the supply base and develop improvement plans for the identified gaps. Maintain the highest ethical and professional standards within this diverse global organization and recognize employee excellence. Maintain the highest ethical and professional standards within this diverse global organization and recognize employee excellence.
**Strategy
- **Through a strong knowledge of the category the incumbent will set and sustain strategy following the 7 step category strategy process. Lead teams to fully understand the requirements and performance of the supply base. Using a 6 Sigma Strategic Sourcing approach, the team will evaluate strategic options; decide a course of action and implement.
Customers - The role will encompass managing suppliers delivering into many Caterpillar facilities. The role will require a strong communicator capable of keeping the customer fully informed of progress and working closely with the customer to ensure all requirements are met.
Supplier Development - Collaborate with the Supply Network on risk mitigation, this will require relationship building and management at senior levels with the suppliers that encourage trust, professionalism and continuous improvement. Predictive cost modeling both geographic and component based will be used extensively and will require a strong knowledge of Macroeconomics and well as component costing.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- Able to acquire an understanding of governmental, environmental, political, and geographic factors that influence a supply network. Global sourcing knowledge and experience required
- Knowledge of Quality and Cost Modeling tools. Lean manufacturing, an understanding of lean principles
- Experience as a people leader
- English Advanced
- Ability and willingness to travel at least 20% of work time (international travel)
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