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Category Buyer Ii

4 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu, India Caterpillar Full time

**Career Area**:Purchasing & Procurement**:
**Your Work Shapes the World**

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 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.

When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don’t just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that, because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in - the roads, hospitals, homes and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer’s needs. Join us.

**JOB PURPOSE**: Provides supply network solutions expertise, using Quality, Cost, Logistics, Development, and Management (QCLDM) to deliver maximum value.

**JOB RELATED STATISTICS**: Attributes will typically fall into the following levels:
Business Partner Impact: Multiple to single Business Units
Process Difficulty: Moderately complex to simple
Spend: Generally up to $50 million

**Description**
- Responsible for commercial discussions/negotiations with suppliers for his or her assigned portion of the global category
- Supports development and execution of global category strategies
- Drives performance excellence in Quality, Cost, Logistics, Development, and Management (QCLDM) through direct leverage with the supply base partnering with Supplier Development Engineers and Product/Facility Procurement organizations.
- Key responsibilities include Supplier Relationship & Performance Mgmt., Cost Mgmt., Risk/Compliance Mgmt., and Category Network Mgmt.
- Key deliverables include year-on-year material cost reduction, localization, long term supplier capacity, contracts/agreements coverage, on-time delivery of NPI program commitments, shipping performance for production & service parts etc.,

**Basic Qualifications**
- 8-10 years of years of progressively responsible job-related experience in purchasing, manufacturing, and/or engineering
- The position requires an undergraduate degree in Engineering (B.E / B.Tech) from a reputed college or university
- Professional certification in Purchasing and/or Inventory Management preferred, e.g Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.)
- Certified in Production and Inventory management (CPIM)
- Certified in Integration Resource Management (CIRM), or comparable international certification
- Previous experience in Category Procurement with major OEMs
- Automotive tier-1 with exposure to Electrical, Engines, Powertrain or Hydraulics categories
- Proven record of Cost Management, Negotiation, Contracts implementation and Project Management.

**Additional Information**
- Primary Location: Thiruvallur, TamilNadu, India
- Travel upto 25% of the work time.

The Power of Everyone

At Caterpillar, we believe each person is unique and valued, and are committed to ensuring that our workplace is diverse and representative of the many customers we serve around the globe. Different perspectives help us achieve our best work and come together to form a high-performing Caterpillar team that makes positive changes in the communities where we live and work.

**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 wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides day one benefits along with the potential of a variable bonus.

**Final details**

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).

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