at Caterpillar, Inc. in Mossville, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Career Area:
Business Technologies, 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.
Your Work Shapes the World
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.
When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators, and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don’t just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that, because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in – the roads, hospitals, homes, and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer’s needs. Join us.
Job Summary:
Leads the Product Management of assigned Digital Products within SPPD Business Insights by managing the development, implementation, and ongoing support of business analytics projects. Customer-focused analytics leader who performs analytical tasks and initiatives to support data-driven business decisions. Provides guidance and direction to junior analysts.
What You Will Do:
- Assessing the scope and resources required of various analytics projects and working with manager to define necessary resources.
- Managing client relations to ensure that project expectations are managed and fulfilled.
- Lead requirements definition and scoping of data analyses; present and report business insights to management using data visualization technologies.
- Direct data gathering and data processing; creating appropriate data models.
- Monitoring and communicating key performance metrics and operational challenges.
Education Requirement:
Bachelor’s degree
What Skills You Will Have:
Products and Services:
- Oversees development activities for multiple products or product lines.
- Advises colleagues on implementation and operational considerations.
- Coaches others on key factors that differentiate offerings from that of competition.
- Develops procedures for product planning, development, and delivery cycles.
- Promotes understanding of multiple product and service groups and their interdependencies.
- Monitors regulatory and environmental issues and considerations.
Analytical Thinking:
- Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances.
- Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation.
- Identifies many possible causes for a problem based on prior experience and current research.
- Quantifies the costs, benefits, risks and chances for success before recommending a course of action.
- Approaches a complex problem by breaking it down into its component parts.
- Chooses among a diverse set of analytical tools according to the nature of the situation.
Organizational Leadership:
- Employs various group decision-making methods depending on the situation.
- Promotes efficacy through monitoring, coaching & motivating subordinates, intervention, etc.
- Translates vision into specific functional or departmental initiatives.
- Uses emotional contagion to affect the mood of group members, tone of group and group processes.
- Uses a normative decision model (with leadership styles and situational variables) to select style.
- Initiates structure: role clarification, setting standards, holding subordinates accountable, etc.
Requirements Analysis:
- Follows policies, practices and standards for determining functional and informational requirements.
- Confirms deliverables associated with requirements analysis.
- Communicates with customers and users to elicit and gather client requirements.
- Participates in the preparation of detailed documentation and requirements.
- Utilizes specific organizational methods, tools and techniques for requirements analysis.
Query and Database Access Tools:
- Writes, debugs and implements complex queries involving multiple tables or databases.
- Works with aggregate functions, complex joins, groupings, dynamic and embedded SQL’s (Structured Query Languages).
- Teaches others about query optimization techniques and facilities.
- Consults on query optimization, interactive queries, testing and verification.
- Evaluates all major database access tools and functions for distributed databases.
- Compares and contrasts the benefits and drawbacks of various SQL products.
Innovation:
- Finds new or non-traditional ideas to improve effectiveness in team’s area of responsibility.
- Guides team members in the development and fulfillment of proposed innovations.
- Fosters a team culture that encourages exploration of non-traditional ideas.
- Encourages and embraces exploration of non-traditional ideas from team members.
- Implements strategies for renewing or deepening change efforts.
- Develops change initiatives that target improvement of significant organizational capabilities.
Emerging Technologies:
- Evaluates best practices of emerging information technologies to learn and understand principles and applications.
- Evaluates business accuracy and productivity levels derived from information technology influences.
- Guides junior-level staff on the effective implementation of new information technologies within the organization.
- Determines long-term, strategic requirements for the design of information technologies.
- Monitors information technology users to ensure compliance with organizational policies.
- Resolves all technical and administrative problems that occur in the design, application and evaluation of information technology.
Additional Information
The primary locations for this position are Mossville, IL.
Relocation assistance is not available for this position. Any relocation costs incurred would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.
This position will require less than 10% travel.
What You Will Get:
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 wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides:
+ Competitive Base Salary
+ Annual incentive bonus plan*
+ Medical, dental, and vision coverage
+ Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)
+ 401k savings plan
+ Health savings account (HSA)
+ Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
+ Short and long-term disability coverage
+ Life Insurance
+ Paid parental leave
+ Healthy Lifestyle Programs
+ Employee Assistance Programs
+ Voluntary Benefits (Ex. Accident, Identity Theft Protection)
*Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines.
Final details
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