Solutions Owner - Strategic Sourcing

Career Area

Purchasing & Procurement

JOB PURPOSE: This role is responsible for designing, developing, deploying, and monitoring Global Supply Network capabilities to provide business solutions that are globally effective & applicable. Capabilities include standard lean processes, global market understanding, tools, and systems. In addition, this role is accountable for performing user acceptance testing and providing required training, coaching, and necessary materials.

Job Related Statistics

Annual Salary: £50,359 - £62,949

Geographic Scope: Regional

Enterprise/Financial Impact: Low to Medium

Solution Complexity: Low Complexity and Standard

Process System Expertise: Knowledgeable

Level of Stakeholders: General Managers

JOB DUTIES: Major Role: To design, develop, deploy, and monitor assigned capabilities that produce consistent business results. This position will ensure successful deployment through training and coaching users to drive adoption and continuous improvement. To successfully design and develop solutions, the successful individual will collaborate with senior stakeholders and business users to collect VOB/VOC, business requirements, and prepare implementation plans for successful deployment.

This position will work together with Project Leaders and other Solution Owners to provide input specific

to the functional scope and capabilities, business processes & configuration, costing, and establish solution offerings. They will recommend areas for proactive service offering improvements. Collects and interprets voice of the customer information to direct new and enhanced service offerings.

This role will also be called upon to contribute to strategic initiatives such as the development of standardized best practices, offerings, services and develop the associated tools & training. In addition it will serve as the lead technical representative for its respective discipline and will work directly with a wide range of GSND & enterprise representatives including presenting recommendations to senior divisional leaders.

This position may serve as process owner and subject matter expert for the developed solutions.

Background/Experience

Bachelor’s degree – or equivalent experience required

Minimum Of 3 -5 Years Job Related Experience

Proficiency in English is required; Local site language preferred

Previous 6 Sigma Greenbelt/Black Belt Experience Preferred

Incumbent must have well-developed communication skills

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).

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