Procurement Manager

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.

Procurement

This role leads sourcing strategy, supplier management, and category optimization across a broad and strategically important procurement portfolio s role will be instrumental in building and maturing the category management framework, identifying supply base gaps, and driving continuous improvement initiatives. The role has responsibility for four direct reports and one indirect report and requires strong commercial acumen, cross‑functional leadership, and deep expertise in procurement best practices.

Success in this role is defined by the ability to quickly establish credibility and momentum. Early impact includes building strong relationships with team members and key stakeholders, gaining a deep understanding of assigned categories and key suppliers, and beginning to operationalize category management processes. Over time, the role is expected to demonstrate measurable improvements in cost, quality, supplier performance, and risk mitigation while creating alignment across functions and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

This is a high‑visibility, high‑impact role with broad scope and significant upside. It offers the opportunity to shape and influence how category management is executed rather than inheriting a fully mature model. This role brings a chance to drive meaningful cost reduction, supplier optimization, and strategic value creation within a global manufacturing leader, while leading a team and influencing enterprise‑level outcomes.

• Define and execute supplier sourcing strategies by establishing bid rules for high‑impact purchases, qualifying suppliers, managing supplier performance, and resolving major supplier‑related quality, delivery, and compliance issues.
• Manage end‑to‑end purchasing operations, including RFQs, purchase orders, invoice and contract approvals, recordkeeping, supplier quality and delivery oversight, and continuous improvement through data‑driven analysis of historical and market information.
• Partner closely with internal stakeholders, audit, and compliance teams to ensure purchasing decisions align with business requirements, quality standards, and risk expectations, while communicating clearly to resolve issues and drive alignment.
• Lead negotiations for materials, services, and components by assessing market conditions, recommending cost and process improvements, managing urgent and critical issues, and negotiating pricing, contracts, and significant cost changes.

• Bachelor’s degree with 4+ years of experience in Procurement, Supply Chain, or a related function, or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively across functions, building strong working relationships with internal stakeholders.
• Experience working with regional teams and external suppliers in a matrixed environment.
• Demonstrated success operating within complex, global organizations.
• Strong experience developing and executing supplier sourcing and category strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and address gaps within a supply base to improve resilience, performance, and cost.
• Solid working knowledge of QCLDM (Quality, Cost, Logistics, Development, Management) principles.
• Experience leading or supporting continuous improvement initiatives within procurement and/or supply chain operations.

Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication…