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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.\nRole Definition:\nAssesses the supplier quality and ensures that all the products are free from defects and are in compliance with manufacturing specifications and legal standards.\nResponsibilities:\nEnsuring the quality of supplies by conducting tests and assessments on incoming supplies to identify any quality issues; Developing supplier inspection, testing, and evaluation mechanism.\nGenerating reports on supplier quality, by monitoring their defect rates and areas that can lead to potential flaws; Guiding suppliers to reduce these defect rates.\nResearching the potential vendors, assessing their manufacturing environment, practices, and procedures; Conducting supplier quality control audits to ensure compliance with organizational and federal policies and standards.\nSupporting suppliers in improving their performance through process enhancements, implementing process controls, and developing quality assurance plans.\nDegree Requirement: Bachelor’s from a Tier 1 university or college / Degree or equivalent experience desired\nSkill Descriptors:\nEffective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.\nLevel Working Knowledge:\nDelivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.\nListens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.\nMakes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.\nAvoids technical jargon when inappropriate.\nLooks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.\nProblem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.\nLevel Extensive Experience:\nEnsures capture of lessons to be learned from a problem-solving effort.\nOrganizes potential problem solvers and leads problem resolution efforts.\nUses varying problem-solving approaches and techniques as appropriate.\nContributes to standard practices for problem-solving approaches, tools, and processes.\nAnalyzes and synthesizes information and devises alternative resolution strategies.\nDevelops successful resolutions to critical or wide-impact problems.\nProcess Improvement: Understanding and insight into evaluating current product quality and production methods and ability to maintains focus on the continuous improvement of processes, products and services.\nLevel Extensive Experience:\nStreamlines the critical workflow for executing key processes.\nSets priorities for addressing process problems that limit performance.\nDevelops methods for improving and establishing controls for critical processes.\nMonitors external sources for applicable new methods and controls.\nAnalyzes findings from improvement cycles to ensure success of interventions.\nCoaches others to develop the skills to improve processes.\nQuality Orientation: Knowledge of quality management methods, tools, and techniques; ability to create and support an environment that meets the quality goals of the organization.\nLevel Extensive Experience:\nCollaborates with other groups to develop quality standards that are synchronized across units.\nDefines quality from multiple perspectives - e.g., operational, employee, customer, market.\nApplies current best practices to modify standards and improve quality outcomes.\nResolves apparent discrepancies between quality and safety objectives.\nMonitors intangible measures of quality such as perceived quality to ensure operational outcomes are relevant to stakeholders.\nCoaches team members in applying methodologies for quality assurance.\nProduction Part Approval Process (PPAP): Knowledge of Production Part Approval Processes (PPAP) elements, submissions, and objectives; ability to determine whether a supplier can manufacture products that meet the quality requirements and standards of their customers consistently.\nLevel Extensive Experience:\nDevelops testing and validation procedures to test the quality of manufactured parts/products so that it meets desired customer standards.\nIdentifies and resolves key issues with PPAP implementation and submissions.\nMonitors the execution of PPAP steps within a facility and ensures their compliance with industry standards and internal guidelines.\nOversees PPAP implementation; establishes a high trust relationship between stakeholders.\nReviews the complex documentation and elements required during the PPAP submission process.\nTrains others on the execution of PPAP to get the required approvals and teaches them about the different PPAP submission levels.\nManufacturing Standards, Procedures and Policies: Knowledge of organizational standards, procedures and policies in manufacturing activities; ability to plan, guide, and monitor manufacturing processes for compliance.\nLevel Extensive Experience:\nEnsures communication vehicles are effectively informing affected areas and personnel.\nConsults on development and implementation of cross-functional standards.\nParticipates in the development of organizational policies and practices.\nDevelops and uses control and monitoring mechanisms for adherence.\nCollaborates with other functions on establishing and documenting joint standards.\nParticipates in defining architectural principles and standards for organization.\nSupplier Management - MFG: Knowledge of processes and methods to effectively manage business relationships and transactions with suppliers of raw materials or product components; ability to apply related knowledge, experience and skills into real practice.\nLevel Extensive Experience:\nFacilitates supplier partnering arrangements that share risk and reward.\nMonitors supplier performance; works to resolve discrepancies between performance and agreements.\nDevelops quality standards and controls for suppliers.\nBuilds and maintains partnerships with multiple and/or large suppliers.\nEvaluates issues and terminates supplier relationships as appropriate; works with legal departments.\nEnsures the fulfillment of report and record-keeping requirements.\nSupplier Evaluations and Certification: Knowledge of supplier evaluations and certification; ability to identify the methods, tools and documentation for evaluating, selecting and certifying vendors, suppliers and partners.\nLevel Extensive Experience:\nEvaluates potential suppliers for a wide variety of products.\nDevelops a preferred suppliers list for selection and evaluation.\nDesigns key aspects of and processes for evaluating a supplier's capabilities.\nCompares and contrasts alternative methods and tools for the evaluation of organizations and products.\nAnalyzes and resolves supplier product quality, support, or pricing problems.\nWorks with multiple evaluation, selection, and certification initiatives.\nAdditional information: This job requires 5 working days from office\nThis Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of “essential job functions” as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.\nPosting Dates:\nOctober 14, 2026 - October 28, 2026Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply\nNot ready to apply? 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