Vice President of Manufacturing and Supply Chain
Caterpillar, Irving, TX, United States
**Career Area:**
Manufacturing
**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.
**Your work shapes the world at Caterpillar. We are building the future join us!**
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. Whether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With a nearly 100-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.
**Caterpillars Electrification + Energy Solutions Division** is focused on delivering advanced electrified power train, zero-emissions products and technologies, and the solutions and services associated with these technologies. We are looking for top talent to build and scale the next generation of technologies, products and services to help our customers build a bettermore sustainableworld. We need self-motivated, intelligent, and team-oriented individuals to make our plans a reality. Individuals with high emotional intelligence, humility and openness to discovery will thrive in the teams we are building.
As the **Vice President of Manufacturing and Supply Chain** , you will be a member of the senior leadership team and will report directly to the Senior Vice President of the division. In this role you will:
+ Drive a high performing safety culture.
+ Provide overall leadership and direction to the areas and facilities required for the manufacturing of products and components.
+ Inspire, motivate, and develop the operations and supply chain management team.
+ Strengthen enterprise relationships through effective communications to accomplish joint initiatives across divisions and departments.
+ Lead the manufacturing and supply chain design for current, preproduction, and future energy solutions.
+ Develop a roadmap for the operational footprint for current, preproduction, and future energy solutions.
+ Develop and evolve the supply chain strategy to mitigate market risks and ensure business continuity.
+ Align and deliver an annual operational budget to satisfy demand and meet profitability goals.
+ Align capital plan with capacity requirements and profitability goals.
+ Deliver overall operations performance with production, cost, and quality control mechanisms.
+ Oversee operations activities, ensuring that schedules are met and system resources are used effectively.
**Degree Requirement**
Degree or equivalent experience desired
**Skills you have:**
+ **Manufacturing Operations** : Expert-level experience in both prototype and high-volume manufacturing operations; ability to perform day-to-day operations of a manufacturing plant or facility for products. A manufacturing mindset from an operations background. Fulfillment primarily comes from making something.
+ **Manufacturing Safety** : Extensive experience in manufacturing safety; ability to identify work-related hazards and perform necessary activities to meet regulatory requirements for the safety and protection of workers, environment and site.
+ **Lean Manufacturing** : Extensive experience in lean manufacturing philosophy, principles and implementation approaches; ability to integrate and implement lean manufacturing philosophy into existing production and management processes.
+ **Production Demand** : Extensive experience in determining production demand; ability to manage resources needed to provide satisfactory levels of service.
**Top Candidates will also have:**
+ Strong leadership, emotional intelligence and communication skills.
+ Demonstrated success building, developing and leading inclusive and collaborative teams.
+ Diverse experience in a global or otherwise complex large organization. Proven ability to collaborate across the enterprise to solve complex problems and gain alignment.
+ Experience on the frontier of battery technology and battery value add processes and/or power electronic technology and value add knowledge. Energized by systematically adapting to evolving technology.
+ Experience with thermal loads
**Additional Information**
+ The location for this position is at the Caterpillar global headquarters in Dallas/Irving, Texas.
+ Domestic relocation is offered.
+ This position may require 50% travel.
+ Visa sponsorship is not available.
**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 benefits on day one (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with the potential of an annual bonus.
Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date).
Relocation is available for this position.
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:**
October 29, 2024 - November 7, 2024
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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