Career Area:
Technology, Digital and Data
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.
Partners with business and IT stakeholders to design and deliver technology solutions that enable measurable business outcomes. This role requires exceptional business analysis skills, deep understanding of order management business processes, and the ability to translate business needs into technical solutions and technical concepts into clear, business-friendly language.
What You Will Do:
- Serve as a trusted solution partner to Order Management stakeholders by deeply understanding business processes, challenges, and desired outcomes.
- Apply creativity and GenAI technologies to accelerate problem solving, improve analysis, prototype ideas, and explore solution options.
- Shape and recommend end-to-end solution approaches, including options, impacts, risks, and business cases.
- Lead solution design, testing, and implementation in collaboration with architects, developers, vendors, and senior IT leadership.
- Ensure solutions are scalable, integrated, secure, and compliant with enterprise standards and delivery processes.
- Lead business analysis activities including process mapping, requirement definition, gap analysis, and impact assessment.
- Pull together data from multiple sources to make insights visible, support fact-based discussions, and solidify business and solution requirements.
- Translate business requirements into clear functional and technical solution designs and explain technical solutions, risks, and tradeoffs in business terms.
- Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences, including executive stakeholders.
- Drive solutions that deliver measurable business value, efficiency, risk reduction, and operational improvement.
What You Have:
- Core Application Systems: Knowledge of major production application systems (e.g., ERPs, Salesforce) used for delivery of services to internal and external clients; ability to leverage major production application systems in diverse situations.
- Planning: Tactical, Strategic: Knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational (short term), tactical (1-2 years) and strategic (3-5 years) planning in support of the overall business plan.
- Products and Services: Knowledge of major products and services and product and service groups; ability to apply knowledge of product and service appropriately to diverse situations.
- 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.
- Application Delivery Process: Knowledge of major tasks, deliverables, and formal application delivery methodologies; ability to utilize these in order to deliver new or enhanced applications.
- Architecture Modeling: Knowledge of Architecture Modeling; ability to develop and modify enterprise architecture through conceptual, logical and physical approaches.
- Information Security Technologies: Knowledge of technologies and technology-based solutions dealing with information security issues; ability to protect information security across the organization using encryption technologies and appropriate security software.
- System and Technology Integration: Knowledge of the features and facilities of systems; ability to integrate and communicate among applications, databases and technology platforms.
**Top Candidates Will Also Have: **
Strong application and delivery leadership capability, with experience supporting end‑to‑end solution planning and hands‑on implementation—working closely with delivery teams to ensure solutions are well‑sequenced, risks are managed, and outcomes are successfully realized in production.
Proven experience leveraging GenAI and modern digital tools, accelerating insight generation, sharpening requirements, and improving the speed and quality of solution delivery.
Strong stakeholder alignment and facilitation skills, with the ability to quickly drive consensus around clear, data‑backed business requirements across both business and IT teams.
Hands‑on data and analytics capability, with proven experience using Power BI to develop, integrate, and interpret data from multiple sources—translating insights into clear narratives that support critical business decisions.
Proven experience leading technology solutions in Order Mgmt across PLM and ERP systems, including the design and delivery of tools that support supplier collaboration, onboarding, performance management, and compliance—while balancing usability, risk, and enterprise standards.
Advanced problem‑solving and analytical capability, consistently identifying root causes of complex direct procurement challenges rather than relying on surface‑level system fixes.
Data‑driven decision‑making expertise, leveraging analytics and insights to shape solution options, assess trade‑offs, and guide sound business and technology decisions.
Deep understanding of how technology enables business outcomes, including cost savings, operational efficiency, compliance, and supply chain resilience.
Additional Info:
- The ideal location for this role is East Peoria-IL, Irving-TX
- This position may require 20% travel.
**About Caterpillar – **
For more than a century, Caterpillar has helped build a better, more sustainable world. With 2025 sales and revenues of $67.6 billion, Caterpillar Inc. is shaping the future as the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. Backed by one of the largest independent global dealer networks and financing services through Cat Financial, the company’s primary business segments: Power & Energy, Construction Industries and Resource Industries are solving customers’ toughest challenges through commercial excellence and advanced technology, driven by a highly skilled, dedicated global team. Learn more at www.caterpillar.com.
Summary Pay Range:
$147,760.00 - $221,640.00
Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.
Benefits:
Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits*
- Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*
- 401(k) savings plans*
- Health Savings Account (HSA)*
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*
- Health Lifestyle Programs*
- Employee Assistance Program*
- Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*
- Career Development*
- Incentive bonus*
- Disability benefits
- Life Insurance
- Parental leave
- Adoption benefits
- Tuition Reimbursement
- These benefits also apply to part-time employees
This position requires working onsite five days a week.
Relocation is available for this position.
Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.
Posting Dates:
May 21, 2026 - May 31, 2026
Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.
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