at Caterpillar, Inc. in Peoria, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Career Area:
Engineering
Job Description:
At Caterpillar, we work to help our customers build a better world, and the market leading Cat Motor Graders (MG) play a significant role in that goal. If you are looking to play an impactful role in building a better world, look no further than the Motor Grader team as an Aftermarket NPI Lead ! If you are a motivated self-starter with a desire for achieving results, this may be the role for you! The Aftermarket NPI Lead will report to the Motor Grader Life Cycle Manager and is a part of a team that owns the Aftermarket business for all size MGs from design to end of life.
The Aftermarket NPI Lead will be responsible for execution of the Aftermarket activities during NPI (New Product Introduction), NTI (New Technology Introduction), NSI (New Source Introduction), and NMI (New Market Introduction). In this role, you will lead efforts to profitably grow and manage MG parts and services by providing strategic, technical, and marketing support to ensure we create the best value for the customer. You will collaborate across multiple business partners throughout the enterprise to ultimately deliver differentiated aftermarket and services solutions to the market.
Job Duties:
+ Define aftermarket parts growth strategies for new product development
+ Maintaining and updating strategic plans for technology adoption that drive aftermarket growth
+ Understand customer aftermarket needs and gaps
+ Support engineering to deliver an easily serviced product which enables improved aftermarket experience for the customers
+ Execute APPG (Aftermarket Parts Protection & Growth) activities through parts summit, IP, branding, parts commonality, repair options, upgrades and retrofits
+ Define inventory and parts stock plans
+ Manage carry over and new parts OPPAC-C (Operating Profit After Capital Charge)
+ Collaborate with aftermarket commercial organizations to capture Voice of Customer (VOC) and Voice of Dealer (VOD) around services growth opportunities to ensure strong go-to-market alignment on NPI content
+ Representative for MG Aftermarket NPI and report out to Leadership
+ Travel (up to 10% working time)
Basic Qualifications:
+ Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of professional experience
+ 7+ years of experience in Aftermarket, Product Support, NPI, or Engineering functional roles
Top Candidates Will Also Have:
+ Strong attention to detail and ability to multitask across multiple programs
+ Excellent communication skills and ability to present confidently to large audiences at all levels
+ Diverse career experiences working in multiple job functions/areas (examples include Aftermarket, Product Support, NPI,Engineering, and Cost)
+ Knowledge of Motor Grader customer applications
+ Familiarity with Caterpillar’s existing aftermarket commercial offerings
How We Support You (Employee Benefits)
Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. We offer a total rewards package that provides day one benefits (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with the potential of a yearly bonus. Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date).
Your Work Shapes the World
At Caterpillar, we believe each person is unique and valued, and are committed to ensuring that our workplace is diverse and representative of the many customers we serve around the globe. Different perspectives help us achieve our best work and come together to form a high-performing Caterpillar team that makes positive changes in the communities where we live and work.
Whether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do 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.
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 .
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Relocation is available for this position.
EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals – Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities – are encouraged to apply.
There’s more to work at Caterpillar than just the work itself. We hire smart, friendly people and it shows in our culture. We hold ourselves to high standards and make sure our values of integrity, excellence, teamwork, commitment and sustainability come to life in the way we work. We make sure our employees feel continuously challenged while also supported. We provide professional growth opportunities, including leadership programs. We celebrate the diversity of our team, while also working together as one Caterpillar.
Our culture, like everything at our company, is made possible by each employee’s contribution. Person by person, we create the environment we work in, and we are proud of the Caterpillar we’ve built.
