Solar Turbines

Contract Business Process Lead

LocationSan Diego, CA
Job TypeFull-time
Salary$125,925-$188,887

About This Job


Career Area:


Supply Chain and Logistics


Job 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

Support supply related activities for a facility to deliver excellence and integration between procurement and the team supporting facility. This role will primarily responsible for contract generation.


Responsibilities

Identifying, defining, and implementing integrated supply chain solutions and performance improvements, including building internal and external alliances to explore opportunities.
Establishing and governing effective linkages, partnerships, and best practices with business partners and internal functions. Responsible for soundness of business proposals and risk assessment.
Investigating and recommending industry benchmarks, metrics and best practices to develop optimal supply chains for suppliers and/or product sets.
Developing and analyzing data and information to identify and prioritize opportunities for improving performance and creating more cost-effective supply chains, inventory utilization, and business partnerships.


Skill Descriptors

Planning: Tactical, Strategic: Knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational (short term), tactical (1-2 years) and strategic (3-5 years) planning in support of the overall business plan. Level: Extensive Experience

Develops, refines, and communicates tactical plans for own responsibilities.
Provides the right level of detail as input for strategic plan development.
Demonstrates the value and necessity of linking tactical plans to overall strategic plan.
Ensures attention to the detail and dependencies of existing departmental-level plans.
Plans for allocation of resources in line with unit goals, technical and business objectives.
Ensures the planning process is integrated with the overall business plan.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment. Level: Working Knowledge

Applies an assigned technique for critical thinking in a decision-making process.
Identifies, obtains, and organizes relevant data and ideas.
Participates in documenting data, ideas, players, stakeholders, and processes.
Recognizes, clarifies, and prioritizes concerns.
Assists in assessing risks, benefits and consideration of alternatives.

Leadership: Knowledge of leadership practices and processes; ability to use strategies and skills to enlist others in setting, embracing, and achieving objectives while having a long-term perspective of the future state of things and how to get there. Level: Working Knowledge

Utilizes an appropriate style of leadership: autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire/free rein, etc.
Utilizes positive reinforcement to motivate & attain desired behaviors; increases productivity.
Demonstrates leadership qualities: intelligence, dominance, persistence, integrity, confidence.
Employs leadership theories, such as contingency and transactional, and associated techniques.
Manages own behaviors during interactions, such as feedback giving, to shape workplace events.

Project Management: Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives. Level: Working Knowledge

Provides input for Gantt or PERT charts or their equivalent to track project progress and status.
Under guidance, plans and estimates simple projects.
Assists in detailed project plans including cost, schedule, and resource requirements.
Obtains information from stakeholders during the planning stage of a project.
Produces standard project status reports.

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: 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.

Supply Chain Management: Knowledge of functions, principles and techniques used in supply chain management; ability to develop and implement strategies, practices and tools for controlling the whole processes. Level: Extensive Experience

Quantifies and evaluates benefits and risks of various supply chain strategies and approaches.
Participates in joint planning, process design/redesign with clients and partners.
Monitors the complete supply chain management process.
Manages supply chain finance activities and measurements of effectiveness.
Consults on supply chain network design projects or processes.
Advises others on capacity issues at various points in the supply chain.

The ideal candidate will also have:

A Law or Supply Chain related degree

Experience with generating agreements and/or contracts with a multitude of vendors

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:


$125,925.00 - $188,887.00

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

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.


Posting Dates:


May 19, 2025 - June 2, 2025

Any 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.


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