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Job Description:

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About EPD

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. EPD supports a wide range of customer applications across the globe, including providing back-up power to hospitals, providing emergency power when natural disasters strike, and supporting critical infrastructure for data centers, municipalities, and more. With a rich history of more than 95 years in the electric power business, our team has world-class expertise and a proven ability to adapt to changing demands. We’re committed to providing sustainable and reliable solutions to our customers. Join our team to help build a better, more sustainable world for future generations!

We’re looking for an experienced supply chain professional to join our Electric Power global team as a Supply Chain Manager at our Griffin, Georgia facility.

Our business focuses on designing and manufacturing custom power solutions, and with our continued growth, we need a strong supply chain leader with deep expertise in supply chain design and management in addition to extensive leadership. This role is essential to the success of our Griffin operations and the broader North American supply chain, ensuring we meet customer demands efficiently and effectively.

In this role, you will lead a team of managers, individual contributors, and logistics professionals, overseeing supply chain planning, scheduling, inventory management, logistics coordination, and material cost reduction initiatives. You will be responsible for ensuring the timely availability of materials to support operations. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in process transformation, excelling in a fast-paced environment while driving continuous improvement and implementing innovative solutions. Strong leadership and expertise in all aspects of people management are essential for success in this role.

Our Griffin-based supply chain manages planning and supply to both our own manufacturing operations and those of our solution package suppliers. This creates a highly interconnected supply network spanning multiple business units across North America.

The ideal candidate has extensive SAP experience and a strong grasp of supply chain planning logic, with the ability to translate theory into practical application. They must possess a deep understanding of compliance within the supply chain, strong financial acumen for planning and team management, and expertise in transportation, storage, and inventory planning

What You Will Do:

• Efficiently plans and manages inventory to align with production demands while controlling surplus stock. Develops strategic guidelines and processes to optimize inventory utilization and maximize efficiency.

• Facilitates clear communication with operations, procurement, logistics, and distribution, developing integrated processes to optimize and streamline the supply chain.

• Coordinating with sales, engineering, and facilities management to align production schedules and ensure timely delivery of expected outcomes.

• Managing and directing the logistics specialists, including training, hiring, and coaching.

• Establishing key performance metrics and benchmarks to guide supply chain planning and forecasting; monitoring planned vs. actual performance and presenting results to senior management.

• Owns the North America scheduling and capacity planning elements that support both Griffin and our integrated supply base.

• Leads a portfolio of projects and initiatives to drive efficiency and compliance

What You Have (Basic Skills Required):

Performance Management: Knowledge of successful performance management techniques.

Level Extensive Experience: 

• Gives continuing feedback, recognizes achievement, and recommends improvement.

• Participates in the salary planning and administration process.

• Defines and agrees upon performance goals and objectives with associates.

• Identifies performance problem areas early on and defines specific improvement activities.

• Adjusts and communicates performance objectives as necessary for team objectives.

• Publicly shares accolades and recognizes and rewards top performers.

Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Reviews others' writing or presentations and provides feedback and coaching.

• Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience – this role will report to senior leaders in our organization

• Demonstrates both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position.

• Communicates well downward, upward, and outward.

• Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.

• Maintains focus on the topic at hand.

Inventory Management - MFG: Knowledge of processes and methods of inventory management.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Ensures that the inventory is at an appropriate level and meets both internal and external requirements.

• Devises standard inventory management benchmarks to improve the processes.

• Provides guidance on inventory management for a specific product group or location.

• Applies systems and processes to identify and coordinate inventory requirements; resolves conflicts.

• Coordinates daily work of inventory management for different locations within a facility or a supply network.

• Reviews reports used for inventory management to find out related problems.

Logistics Management: Knowledge of logistics and management.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Manages logistics processes through process improvement, prioritization, and project planning.

• Implements and maintains monitoring systems to provide information on shipment status, shipped date, in transit location, estimated arrival date, and actual delivery date.

• Develops and analyzes logistics plans that affect production, distribution, and inventory.

• Works with historical, legislative and practical issues associated with domestic freight.

• Participates in contract negotiations and interfaces with selected carriers necessary to maintain expected levels of service.

• Consults on all major logistics processes, their interactions and operational requirements.

Supplier Management - MFG: Knowledge of processes and methods to effectively manage business relationships and transactions with suppliers of raw materials or product components.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Facilitates supplier partnering arrangements that share risk and reward.

• Monitors supplier performance; works to resolve discrepancies between performance and agreements.

• Develops quality standards and controls for suppliers.

• Builds and maintains partnerships with multiple and/or large suppliers.

• Evaluates issues and terminates supplier relationships as appropriate; works with legal departments.

• Ensures the fulfillment of report and record-keeping requirements.

What Will Put You Ahead (Preferred Skills):

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, Operations, Engineering, or related field

• APICS CSCP Certification

Additional Information:

• Up to 10-15% Domestic travel to be expected.

• Relocation is available for this position.

• Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

• This position is currently a hybrid in-office work model, requiring a 3-day weekly office presence onsite at our Griffin, GA office and remote work for the remaining days. However, work arrangements may be adjusted at any time based on business needs.

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Summary Pay Range:

$144,960.00 - $217,320.00

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

Benefits:

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits*

• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*

• 401(k) savings plans*

• Health Savings Account (HSA)*

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*

• Health Lifestyle Programs*

• Employee Assistance Program*

• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*

• Career Development*

• Incentive bonus*

• Disability benefits

• Life Insurance

• Parental leave

• Adoption benefits

• Tuition Reimbursement

• These benefits also apply to part-time employees

Posting Dates:

March 24, 2025 - April 6, 2025

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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