Career Area:
Procurement
Job Description:
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Caterpillar’s Building Construction Products (BCP) division is hiring a Manager Facility Procurement for their BCP plant in Athens, GA.
Role Summary: In this role you will lead supply related activities for a facility to deliver excellence and integration between procurement and the team supporting facility.
What You’ll Do (Job Duties)
- Leading the execution of delivering a lean, responsive, and resilient material and services flow for the facility from source to dock and additional required points.
- Managing team that is responsible for operating, monitoring and improving the supply management procurement functions to meet the defined response time, cost, quality, and delivery targets enabling optimal and efficient facility operations.
- Ensuring the supplier base can meet the specific goals for Quality, Cost and Delivery.
- Collaborating with global business partners and suppliers, on resolving supplier issues and working on projects to improve the business outcome.
- Maintain and develop a strong and high performing team.
What You Have (Core Skills)
- Degree requirement: Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
- Operational Functions: Knowledge of major functional processes and associated operating requirements; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations.
- Initiative: Being proactive and committing to action on self-identified job responsibilities and challenges; ability to seek out work and the drive to accomplish goals.
- Relationship Management: Knowledge of relationship management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers.
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA): Knowledge of the concepts, principles and techniques of root cause analysis (RCA); ability to use a structured approach to identify the causes of undesirable consequences in a manufacturing environment and the changes needed to prevent recurrences
- Supplier 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.
- Purchasing Tasks and Activities: Knowledge of policies, regulations and processes of purchasing; ability to use practices and procedures for procurement of materials, components, equipment and services.
Top Candidates Will Also Have
- Purchasing Leadership experience
- SAP procurement modules experience.
Additional Details
- Work location: Athens, GA
- Domestic relocation assistance IS available for this role
- Visa sponsorship is NOT available for this role.
- Travel: 20%
- This position requires 5 days per week in the office (M-F)
Summary Pay Range:
$147,760.00 - $221,640.00
Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.
Benefits:
Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.
Medical, dental, and vision benefits*
Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*
401(k) savings plans*
Health Savings Account (HSA)*
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*
Health Lifestyle Programs*
Employee Assistance Program*
Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*
Career Development*
Incentive bonus*
Disability benefits
Life Insurance
Parental leave
Adoption benefits
Tuition Reimbursement
* These benefits also apply to part-time employees
This position requires working onsite five days a week.Relocation is available for this position.Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. 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.
Posting Dates:
February 2, 2026 - February 16, 2026
Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.
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