.**Career Area**:Manufacturing**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.**Manager Manufacturing Engineering - Cost and Strategy**:**About the Role**Leads team supporting operations and manufacturing processes, tooling and tool design, and equipment needed to produce assigned parts/products successfully and economically in accordance with engineering specifications.**What You Will Do**- Provide technical expertise and guidance in development of major manufacturing/cost projects, working with internal/external suppliers and customers to develop longer term manufacturing strategy that aligns with divisional goals. Lead projects to support/improve manufacturing productivity and cost effectiveness.**What You Have - Skills and Experiences**Capacity Planning & Management - MFG:- Provides leadership for cost reduction projects: _- Lead multiple cost reduction projects across ACM factories. Provides leadership for operational efficiency improvement, targeted supplier cost reductions and internal process optimization.- Provides Strategic Direction: _- Makes sound business decisions on behalf of the group when faced with complex and contradictory alternatives.- Validates the consistency of group initiatives with the organizational vision.- Interprets available data and analyses when creating tactical/strategic plans.- Demonstrates the value and necessity of linking tactical plans to overall strategic plan.- Recommends ways to position the organization for long-term competitiveness. Prepares the group's response to key marketplace trends, opportunities, and vulnerabilities.Lean Manufacturing:Level Working Knowledge:- Discusses considerations for work cell design and effectiveness monitoring.- Finds solution for key technical and people problems associated with transformation to lean.- Explains issues and considerations of implementing lean in own function or area.- Selects and utilizes tools, techniques and measurements associated with a lean assessment.- Explains benchmarks and measures of effectiveness of lean.Manufacturing Application Systems:Level Working Knowledge:- Documents the major interfaces and dependencies to and from other systems.- Follows procedures for the maintenance and upkeep of the databases.- Uses all basic features of the information system in context of own work.Manufacturing Equipment:Level Basic Understanding:- Describes the roles and responsibilities of equipment vendors and own staff.- Explains where and how to obtain more equipment-specific information