Career Area:
Procurement
Job Description:
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Caterpillar’s EMSM division is hiring for Procurement Professional in North Little Rock, AR! This pivotal role involves driving excellence and seamless integration between procurement functions and facility support teams. As a valued member, you will play a key role in ensuring the smooth execution of supply-related activities, contributing to the overall success of our operations in Brooklyn Park.
Role Summary: In this role you will support supply related activities for the NLR facility to deliver excellence and integration between procurement and the team supporting facility.
What You’ll Do (Job Duties)
- Supporting delivery of a lean, responsive, and resilient material and services flow for the facility from source to dock and additional required points.
- Recognizing the potential for cost and inventory reductions, and quality improvement, as well as responsibility for soundness of business proposals and risk assessment.
- Operating and monitoring the supply network procurement functions to meet the defined response time, cost, quality, and lean targets enabling optimal and efficient facility operations.
- Collaborating with business partners and suppliers and resolving facility specific supplier issues.
- Leading project management efforts and providing implementation support for strategic initiatives aimed at enhancing operational efficiency and effectiveness.
What You Have (Core Skills)
- Degree/experience: bachelor’s degree OR progressive experience in supply chain, procurement, or technical/engineering field.
- Process Management: Knowledge of business process improvement tools and techniques; ability to understand, monitor, update, control, or enhance existing business or work processes.
- Data-driven Decision Making: Knowledge of the data-driven decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to gather and analyze data to make organizational decisions that align with strategic business objectives and goals.
- Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
- Effective 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.
- Manufacturing Requirements Planning (MRP): Knowledge of the processes, practices and systems used in manufacturing requirements planning (MRP); ability to optimize planning for manufacturing cycles and ensure capacity and materials availability.
- 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.
- Logistics Management: Knowledge of the processes, tools and operational considerations for effective and efficient movement of goods and materials; ability to understand, predict and control the movement of goods, materials and supplies.
- Supply Chain Management: Knowledge of functions, principles and techniques used in supply chain management; ability to develop and implement strategies, practices and tools for controlling the whole processes.
Top Candidates Will Also Have
- Procurement experience
- Supply chain planning or demand & orders experience
- Advanced knowledge of MRP systems
- Engineering knowledge related to product lines and model understanding
- Experience creating or maintaining PowerBI dashboards is nice to have.
Additional Details
- Work location: North Little Rock, AR
- Domestic relocation assistance IS NOT available for this role
- Visa sponsorship is NOT available for this role.
- Travel: Less than 5%
- This position requires 5 days per week in the office (M-F)
Summary Pay Range:
$89,210.00 - $133,810.00
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.Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.
Posting Dates:
April 21, 2026 - April 28, 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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