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Site Sourcing Manager
Career Area:
Supply Chain and LogisticsJob Description:
Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.
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 are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. 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.
Role Definition
Manages function and staff responsible for procurement of materials and services needed in the manufacturing process.
- Defining and communicating rules for supplier bids and managing purchases. Evaluating the qualification of suppliers and negotiating prices.
- Managing staffing, development, and performance management programs for procurement teams; managing, motivating, and developing project and team leaders.
- Assessing purchasing decisions through the analysis of historical and market information; recommending improvements.
- Managing the quality of purchased goods and services vis-a-vis requirements. Solving major supplier related problems.
Operational Functions: Knowledge of major functional processes and associated operating requirements; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations.
Level: Working Knowledge
- Works to resolve obstacles related to goals of own department.
- Documents regulatory and reporting requirements.
- Assesses situations based on awareness of the goals and operating issues of own department.
- Seeks guidance when assigned goals conflict with departmental goals or overall strategy.
- Carries out responsibilities that contribute to role of own department within the organization.
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.
Level: Working Knowledge
- Identifies and exploits own strengths; minimizes limitations.
- Provides appropriate degrees of attention to both personal and professional priorities.
- Explains how own motivation relates to the workplace.
- Utilizes available tools or approaches for increasing knowledge of self-motivation.
- Learns and uses resources the organization has to assess and enhance team motivation.
Level: Working Knowledge
- Provides prompt and effective responses to client requests and interactions.
- Monitors client satisfaction levels on a regular basis.
- Alerts own team to problems in client satisfaction.
- Differentiates the roles and responsibilities in a business relationship.
- Works with clients to address critical issues and resolve major problems.
Level: Working Knowledge
- Uses a specific discipline or approach to problem solving and resolution.
- Records common problems and associated resolution alternatives.
- Monitors problem resolution and provides feedback to customer.
- Implements the established procedures for handling non-standard or unusual problems.
- Works with features of problem reporting and tracking software.
Level: Working Knowledge
- Utilizes RCA techniques, such as Flowchart, Fish-bone Diagram, etc., to investigate basic problems, determine the causes, and find resolutions.
- Locates factors that resulted in harmful outcomes of one or more past events.
- Pinpoints behaviors, actions, inaction, or conditions that need to be changed.
- Extrapolates lessons to be learned to promote the achievement of better consequences.
- Practices RCA as an iterative process.
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.
Level: Working Knowledge
- Records documents of purchasing tasks and activities, such as orders, bidding.
- Uses available procurement systems and tools.
- Ensures compliance with procurement regulations and contract specifications.
- Works with basic purchasing related tasks and activities.
- Adheres to various requirements and steps of the procurement process.
Desired Qualifications
Business, Supply Chain or Engineering degree
Previous leadership experience
Planning or Supply Chain experience
Preferred Qualifications
Aerospace experience
This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of “essential job functions” as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Summary Pay Range:
$120,660.00 - $180,900.00Compensation 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:
February 23, 2026 - March 9, 2026Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.
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