Senior Product Procurement Engineer - Strategy & Governance Lead

Caterpillar Caterpillar · Industrial · Peoria, IL

This role is for a Senior Product Procurement Engineer focused on Strategy & Governance within Caterpillar's CISM division. The individual will coordinate with global teams, manage governance, provide guidance for compliance, and lead procurement process alignment and benchmarking activities to drive continuous improvement and waste reduction. Key skills include data-driven decision making, effective communication, interpersonal relationships, cost-benefit analysis, strategic sourcing, and supply chain management.

What you'd actually do

  1. Act as Governance and Strategy lead within EMSM team
  2. Coordinate with other EMSM leaders to summarize status of key initiatives and create presentations as necessary for leadership teams
  3. Work with cross‑functional teams (e.g., Procurement, Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing)
  4. Managing governance and providing guidance to teams to ensure compliance
  5. Lead procurement process alignment and benchmarking activities, driving continuous improvement and waste reduction

Skills

Required

  • Data-driven Decision Making
  • Effective Communications
  • Interpersonal Relationships
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Strategic Sourcing
  • Supply Chain Management

Nice to have

  • PowerPoint
  • Power BI
  • Data analytics capabilities
  • Ability to act with a sense of urgency and build communications for various levels of leadership