Caterpillar, Inc. Senior Procurement Technical Professional in Peterborough, United Kingdom
Job Description:
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Job Title: Senior Procurement Technical Professional
Location: Peterborough
Benefits:
1. 25 days annual leave
2. Up to 20% Bonus
3. Employee Private Healthcare
4. Contributory pension scheme - Caterpillar will double the employee's contribution up to 10%
5. Contributory share scheme - Caterpillar will match 50% of the employee's contribution
6. Optional flexible benefits including access to health and dental care plans, EV car lease, holiday purchase
Job Summary:
Caterpillar has an incredible opportunity in Peterborough. As a Senior Procurement Technical Professional, you will report to the Director of Strategic Procurement and will be primarily responsible for applying technical expertise to drive communication, collaboration, and problem solving for the procurement organization supporting global Caterpillar-owned supplier tooling management, compliance, training, and process improvements.
What You Will Do:
1. Lead a variety of complex supplier tooling-related initiatives, projects, processes, and operations.
2. Initiate and drive collaboration among engineering personnel, business unit procurement teams, suppliers, and legal experts to maintain compliance.
3. Provide guidance and leadership on complex technical issues related to supplier quality problems and manufacturing issues.
4. Implement new ideas on products, processes, technologies, and procedures to ensure optimum quality tooling.
5. Drive the continued development of a state-of-the-art tooling management system.
6. Benchmark Caterpillar against industry leaders to drive world-class tools and processes.
7. Provide standard work and documentation supported by training.
8. Own, manage, and modify the supplier tooling Procurement Purchasing Practice.
What Skills You Will Have:
1. Quality Management: Interprets results of quantitative tools and develops programs for motivating personnel to meet quality goals.
2. Data-driven Decision Making: Advises on advanced data analysis methodologies and designs KPIs to influence decisions.
3. Problem Solving: Identifies problems and develops alternative techniques for assessing information.
4. Key Manufacturing Processes and Related Tooling: Understands tooling/fixtures for the foundry industry, forgings, machining, injection molding, and more.
What You Will Get:
We look forward to welcoming the successful candidate to our dynamic, diverse, and friendly team.
NB: Please demonstrate your qualifications and experience on your CV relevant to the criteria outlined.
Posting Dates: January 9, 2025 - January 13, 2025
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).
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