# Senior Manager Category Procurement

Career Area: ProcurementJob 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. Role Definition Manages strategic breakthrough categories to deliver year over year Quality Cost Logistics Development Management (QCLDM) performance improvement. Responsibilities Accountable for the development, communication, and implementation of a worldwide sourcing strategy for a specific category. Identifying performance gaps within the supply base and developing improvement plans for the identified gaps. Utilizing the QCLDM supplier development and measurement tool to ensure an ongoing improvement plan is in effect with key suppliers. Evaluating sustainable strategic options; deciding on a course of action and implementation. Degree Requirement Degree or equ

- **Id**: 4225871
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/caterpillar-senior-manager-category-procurement-3>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Akashi, Japan
- **Countries**: JP
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T07:52:20Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-15T16:30:21Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3069
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Supply Chain, Industrial Machinery

## Company

- **Id**: 176554
- **Name**: Caterpillar
- **Domain**: caterpillar.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/caterpillar>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 95
- **Open postings**: 181
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.177
- **Repost share**: 0.017
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 31
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T07:52:20Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 31
- **Reasons**: conf:7, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

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