Enterprise Applications Director

at Caterpillar, Inc. in East Peoria, 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.

Enterprise Applications Director

The Enterprise Applications Director at Caterpillar is responsible for strategically managing the application landscape across the organization. This includes overseeing the development, maintenance, and deployment of a diverse portfolio ranging from legacy to modern applications such as ERPs, manufacturing systems, order-to-delivery solutions, and pricing applications. The role involves extensive interaction with business partners to ensure alignment with strategic objectives and managing multiple enterprise-level transformation projects simultaneously. The director also oversees relationships with key IT delivery partners and contracts.

What You Will Do:

+ Leadership: Lead, mentor and develop a high-performing global team consisting of 4-6 managers, 12-15 IT supervisors, 175 Caterpillar management staff and 350-450 partner resources; ensuring professional development, collaboration and optimal performance.

+ Strategy and Vision: Define and drive the strategic direction for enterprise applications, ensuring alignment with the organization’s broader IT and business objectives. Understand and anticipate the direction of the business to identify opportunities and make recommendations to support the desired future state.

+ Application Management: Oversee the entire application lifecycle, from selection and procurement to development, customization, implementation, maintenance, and retirement. Responsible for execution of the application roadmap including projects and day-to-day operations. Ownership and delivery of a complex enterprise transformation portfolio, balancing priorities, business requirements, and resource constraints.

+ Budget Management: Develop and manage the budget for enterprise applications, ensuring cost-effectiveness and ROI. Ensure operational excellence across the application portfolio, including operational stability, budget management, and adherence to industry standard change and lifecycle development processes.

+ Collaboration: Build strong relationships with business leaders and segment CIOs to understand the business strategy and creation and Enterprise Application strategy and roadmap. This includes identifying plans for solution rationalization and simplification. Uphold cyber security, risk management, and compliance requirements to protect business integrity and brand reputation.

+ Change Management: Dive application-related change management initiatives, ensuring smooth transitions and minimal disruption.

What You Will Bring:

+ Strategy development & execution: Experience leading, developing, socializing, and executing IT strategies and roadmaps in an overly complex environment.

+ Relationship management: Collaborating and managing partner and peer relationships to achieve business outcomes by leading through influence and direct accountability in a matrixed environment.

+ Customer-focus: Strong business and financial acumen with a customer-centric mindset.

+ Operational support: Supporting global, large scale manufacturing operations and aftermarket business models in a matrixed support structure 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

+ Talent Management: Adept at leading and inspiring global, multi-sourced teams to deliver high quality, transformational capabilities.

+ Enterprise Mindset : Demonstrate our values and act on behalf of the entire company.

+ Accountability: Act as an owner of the company with high integrity and transparency.

+ Curiosity: Seek to understand new opportunities and possibilities.

+ Strategic thinking: Think big and proactively anticipate capability needs.

+ Results-orientation: Have a bias for action and take calculated risks to stay at par with the speed of business.

Technical Skills

+ Software engineering & development: Designing and building digital and technology solutions that strengthen the core business and pioneer the future with expanded offerings that grow services.

+ Data & information enablement: Unleashing the power of data and information to manage the business, improve business results and outcomes.

+ ERP Systems: Deep understanding of enterprise resource planning systems, their integration, customization, and optimization.

+ Manufacturing Systems: Proficiency in managing and enhancing manufacturing execution systems (MES) and related technologies.

+ Cloud Solutions: Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure) and their application in enterprise environments for scalability and flexibility.

+ Integration Technologies: Expertise in middleware and integration platforms to facilitate seamless data flow between different applications and systems.

+ Cybersecurity: Implement robust cybersecurity measures to protect applications, data, and infrastructure from cyber threats.

+ DevOps Practices : Champion DevOps methodologies to enhance collaboration between development and operations teams and streamline application delivery.

+ Degree or equivalent experience desired

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 a salary because we value your performance. We offer a total rewards package that provides benefits on day one (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with the potential of an annual bonus and long term incentive. Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays.

+ All qualified individuals – Including minorities, females, veterans, and individuals with disabilities – are encouraged to apply.

Additional Info :

+ The primary location for this position is Peoria, IL, Dallas, TX, or Nashville, TN.

+ This position requires you to work in the office three times a week, with some flexibility.

+ Sponsorship is not available.

About Caterpillar -

Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.

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Posting Dates:

July 25, 2024 – August 5, 2024

Any 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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