Now Hiring - Manufacturing Indirect Regional Relationship Manager-US in Peoria, IL

• Overall managed spend: $700M to $800M

• Budget: $1.8 - $2.2 M

• Direct reports: 10-12

• Personnel Location: Multiple US facilities

• Process Difficulty: Complex
  

Job duties:

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Assist Global Procurement Manager in developing, implementing, and communicating the division-wide Global Finance Services and Indirect Procurement strategies

• Maintain the ability to adapt in a timely fashion to a changing business climate to successfully execute to a diverse range of enterprise initiatives

• Own the customer relationship management and cross organizational alignment with the category teams for all their facilities

• Understand customer needs to insure the most value-added relationships

• Develop, mentor, and train personnel capable of delivering customer value using the highest ethical and professional standards

• Drive compliance to corporate and regional laws and regulations

Basic Requirements:

• Previous procurement experience

• Bachelor’s degree

• A minimum of eight to ten years of progressively responsible job-related experience

• Extensive experience and knowledge of governmental, environmental, political, and geographic factors that influence a supply base

• Communication and negotiation skills

Top Candidate Will Also Have:

• 3-5+ years as a manager of individual contributors

• Manufacturing facility operations knowledge and understanding is preferred

• Experience in other disciplines

Additional Details:

• Location: Peoria, IL; Lafayette, IN

Employee benefit details:

• Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world.

• Here you earn more than just a salary, because we value your performance. We offer a total rewards package that provides day one benefits [medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401(k)] along with the potential of an annual bonus.

• Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date).

Final details:

• Please frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application – please use the candidate log-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status.

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