Procurement Professional

**Career Area**: Procurement **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 Professional - Thiruvallur, India** **Role Definition** Supports the resolution of quality issues and processes for the supply function in the manufacturing facility. **Responsibilities** - Support buyers to identify the right suppliers for the business in sourcing. - Develop supplier capabilities to drive continuous improvement with suppliers aiming Zero defect. - Develop components for New / current programs using APQP methodology with right first-time approach. - Provides conclusions and recommendations for quality issues and/or continuous quality improvement projects. - Participates in supplier quality improvement initiatives; works with suppliers to develop and improve quality levels. - Ensures the reliability and quality of suppliers, implementing process controls, certification programs, evaluations, inspections, corrective actions, audits and records. - Identified quality problem(s) and determines a short-term action plan with the facility management and the supplier. **Skill Descriptors** **Data-driven Decision Making**:Knowledge of the data-driven decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to gather and analyze data to make organizational decisions that align with strategic business objectives and goals. **Level Working Knowledge**: - Applies an assigned technique for data-driven thinking in a Decision-Making process. - Discerns between "signal" and "noise" when interpreting data. - Identifies, obtains, and organizes relevant data and ideas. - Participates in the process of choosing KPIs and metrics to influence decisions. - Utilizes the basic data collection and evaluation tools and techniques. **Analytical Thinking**:Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems. **Level Basic Understanding**: - Names specific tools or techniques that can be used to support the analytical thinking process. - Gives examples of how analytical thinking has been used to resolve problems. **Level Working Knowledge**: - Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient. - Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness. - Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work. - Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate. - Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups. **Project Management**: Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives. **Level Working Knowledge**: - Provides input for Gantt or PERT charts or their equivalent to track project progress and status. - Under guidance, plans and estimates simple projects. - Assists in detailed project plans including cost, schedule, and resource requirements. - Obtains information from stakeholders during the planning stage of a project. - Produces standard project status reports. **Procurement**:Knowledge of buying and procurement; ability to work with organizational strategies and practices, and use tools for buying goods, supplies, equipment and services needed to conduct business. **Level Working Knowledge**: - Works with the procurement of services, materials or equipment. - Follows established procedures, documentation requirements and approval level requests to conduct procurement activities. - Interprets benefits, issues and considerations of using e-procurement. - Uses available procurement systems and tools in transactions with approved suppliers. - Assists in reviewing the fulfillment of administrative and documentation requirements for the completion of purchase. **Level Working Knowledge**: - Uses the system to process routine purchase orders and payments. - Communicates with professionals to understand various procedures for a specific procurement system within the organization. - Uses software to monitor the status and shipment of orders. - Maintains inspection records, photographs, and important documentation of procurement system. **Purchasing Tasks and Activities**:Knowledge of policies, regulations and processes of purchasing; ability to use practices and procedures for procurement of materials, components, equipment and services. **Level Working Knowledg