• Job Description

  Req#: R0000227344

  Career Area:

  Strategy

  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.

  We are building the future.

  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.

  Caterpillar’s Electrification & Energy Solutions (E&ES) Division will focus on delivering advanced electrified power train, zero-emissions products/technologies, and the solutions and services associated with these technologies. Focus areas include batteries, fuel cells, motors, inverters, micro grid controllers, charging, energy storage systems, lifecycle solutions/services and integration of components for ePowertrain solutions across industries.

  We are looking for top talent to build and scale the next generation of technologies, products, and services to help our customers build a better—more sustainable—world. 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.

  Join us!

  The E+ES team is seeking a Continuous Improvement Lead - CPI Blackbelt who is passionate and motivated to meet these challenges in delivering continuous improvement of product problems through direct leadership of projects leveraging the CPI (Continuous Process Improvement) process. This highly rewarding role offers clearly visible results through improved quality and warranty as well as direct feedback from dealers and customers.

  The role also offers excellent visibility and networking opportunities as you work across E+ES and the enterprise collaborating with support teams in engineering, corporate quality, prime product organizations, PSLD, global service, purchasing and many others.

  Job Responsibilities may include but not limited to:

  • Direct leadership of 3-5 CPI projects concurrently (of varying degrees of complexity and urgency)
  • Provide support to L3 green belt/project leads within E+ES assisting with the myCPI process steps, project planning and deliverable commitments to keep projects on track
  • Seek opportunities to identify new and/or improved methods of making the CPI process more efficient with the aim of improving velocity across the project portfolio while maintaining highest levels of quality and effectiveness
  • Collaborate with project sponsors and stakeholders on project priorities across the portfolio to achieve goals and deliver on customer commitments
  • Collaborate with product support peers to ensure timely, effective and clear communications to dealer network related to CPI
  • Support complex financial analysis of warranty exposure, warranty risk and service letter impacts for projects across the portfolio
  • Establish a strong network of CPI peers to ensure best practice sharing
  • Collaborate closely with enterprise quality team to support CPI process improvements
  • Conduct CPI/Six Sigma training as needed to E+ES personnel

  Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or 10+ years of progressively relatable experience
  • Previous team leader, supervisory experience, or project leadership
  • Demonstrated ability to successfully manage multiple projects simultaneously
  • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively to senior leaders and stakeholders
  • Highly organized
  • Ability to influence others not under direct supervision
  • Strong analytical skills and experiences
  • Operates with sense of urgency

  Top Candidates will also have:

  • Engineering degree
  • Six Sigma black belt training or certification
  • 5+ year of experience working on or leading CPI projects
  • Cross functional work experiences within engineering, procurement, and/or manufacturing
  • Depth of knowledge in my CPI platform
  • Experienced with warranty and DPU analysis and relation to product problem management
  • Knowledge of E+ES product line
  • Strong focus on quality and customers

  Additional Information:

  • Position will sit in Mossville, IL, Lafayette, IN, Aurora, IL, Griffin, GA, or Clayton, NC
  • Position may require up to 20% travel
  • Hybrid work schedule is available. Role supports a combination of remote work and on-site work on a weekly basis
  • Domestic relocation is available for this position

  • Sponsorship is not available for this position
  • ISE is not available for this position
  • Posting will close Friday 12/15 at midnight

  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).

  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 .

  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.

  EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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• About the company

  Since 1925, Caterpillar Inc. has been helping our customers build a better world – making sustainable progress possible and driving positive change on every continent. With 2020 sales and revenues of $41.7 billion, Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives. We do business on every continent, principally operating through three primary segments – Construction Industries, Resource Industries, and Energy & Transportation – and providing financing and related services through our Financial Products segment.

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