Pricing Systems Program Manager
Caterpillar
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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.
The Opportunity
The Global Parts Pricing team is hiring a Pricing Systems Program Manager to plan and execute the modernization of our pricing system to support profitable services growth. As a Program Manager you will lead the planning and management of multiple connected cross-functional team projects that develop and implement an enterprise-wide architecture for global parts pricing applications and systems.
What You Will Do:
- Manage the development and maintenance of business proposals, investment communications, and spend status to obtain and retain enterprise support.
- Execute the vision and direction of the systems modernization program.
- Deliver stakeholder program updates to executive leadership and business partners.
- Monitor interdependencies between projects and proactively mitigate program risks.
- Manage stakeholders and expectations at various levels across the enterprise by working in close collaboration with multiple cross-functional business partners.
- Indirectly manage a global, cross-functional team by promoting a culture that encourages continuous improvement, collaboration, excitement, commitment, and a sense of urgency toward business success.
What Skills You Have:
- Agile Development and Project Management: Knowledge of agile methodologies and the agile development lifecycle; ability to utilize formal agile methodologies, disciplines, practices, and techniques for the delivery of new and enhanced applications. Knowledge of effective agile 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.
- Consulting: Knowledge of techniques, roles, and responsibilities in providing technical or business guidance to clients, both internal and external.
- Customer Focus: Knowledge of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and ability to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
- Relationship Management: Knowledge of relationship management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers.
- Requirements Analysis: Knowledge of tools, methods, and techniques of requirement analysis; ability to elicit, analyze and record required business functionality and non-functionality requirements to ensure the success of a system or software development project.
- Technical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.
- Value Realization: Knowledge of value realization methods; ability to plan, execute, monitor and manage business activities and resources to determine and achieve the actual value from a business initiative as estimated in an associated business case.
Top Candidates Will Also Have:
- Bachelor’s degree preferred; Advanced degree highly preferred
- 8-10 years of relevant professional experience
- Experience in leading large scale change initiatives ($5M-$20M Cap/Ex)
- Experience leading a global team and working across a matrixed organization
- Knowledge of aftermarket, pricing function and software & system development
- Experience in system deployment, user adoption and continuous improvement
- Ability to deal with sensitive & critical issues, and communicate with technical & business audiences
- Ability to effectively communicate complex concepts
Additional Information:
- The primary location for this role is Peoria, IL with a flexible, hybrid work environment. Relocation assistance is available to those looking to relocate to Peoria. We will consider other Caterpillar facilities located within the United States.
- Limited travel required (up to 15% of working time)
Posting Dates:
July 18, 2024 - August 1, 2024Any 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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