**Career Area**:
Strategy
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**About the role**:
Our Caterpillar Remanufacturing Division currently has an opening for a Program Manager position located in the Mossville, IL facility or Nuevo Laredo, Mexico facilities. In this role, you will be key leader for identifying and developing competitive remanufactured engine system (fuel systems, air systems, and aftertreatment) solutions for Reman business growth opportunities, part margin optimization, enterprise aftermarket partner alignment, Reman facility operations alignment, external supply base relationship management, and executing focused Reman projects supporting Reman's growth strategies.
**Job responsibilities will Include but are not limited to**:
- Data gathering, analysis tools, techniques, and processes to collect and synthesize data from a variety of stakeholders/sources in an objective manner reaching a conclusion, goal, or judgment.
- Conducting market/competitive research to identify new Reman opportunities and industry trends.
- Lead projects on parts margin optimization, New Product Introduction (NPI) program velocity, and inventory management.
- Collaborate cross-enterprise with process partners to understand customer requirements and address Reman aftermarket challenges to drive growth.
- Develop and maintain supplier relationships and/or supplier contracts that enable NPI and growth goals.
- Establishing metrics and maintaining data systems to monitor/review the effectiveness of existing growth strategies, suggesting necessary interventions for improvement.
**Skill Descriptors**:
- Data Gathering & Analysis: Knowledge of data gathering and analysis tools, techniques, and processes; ability to collect and synthesize data from a variety of stakeholders and sources in an objective manner to reach a conclusion, goal, or judgment.
- Follows proper data gathering and analysis processes and policies.
- Reports problems that arise in the data collection process.
- Participates in gathering and analyzing an organization's data based on requirements.
- Documents data from various sources and in various formats.
- Utilizes basic data collection and evaluation tools and techniques.
- 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.
- Applies an assigned technique for data-driven thinking in a Decision-Making process.
- Discerns between "signal" and "noise" when interpreting data.
- Identifies, obtains, and organizes relevant data and ideas.
- Participates in the process of choosing KPIs and metrics to influence decisions.
- Utilizes the basic data collection and evaluation tools and techniques.
- Influencing: Knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to impact decisions within and outside own organization.
- Develops basic persuasive arguments.
- Discusses organizational culture around providing input on decisions.
- Uses active listening skills and probing techniques to surface opportunities to influence.
- Identifies who the decision makers are and how they receive information.
- Regularly presents ideas or suggestions to associates in persuasive terms.
- Alignment: Knowledge of the importance of collaboration among team members and the ability to enroll stakeholders in communicating and coordinating activities to support the organization's vision and strategies.
- Involves team in discussions focused on clarifying and improving broad commitment.
- Interprets the organization's vision for external stakeholders.
- Establishes clear expectations and accountabilities linked to the vision.
- Develops methods for effectively and consistently communicating strategy and operational goals.
- Helps managers tailor approaches for mobilizing their team around the strategy.
- Refines operational priorities over time to preserve alignment with vision.
- Cross-Team Integration: Understanding of the importance of inter-team collaboration in breaking down silos and achieving business results; ability to lead employees from various functions to communicate, coordinate work across divisions, and collaborate in solving problems as one team.
- Maintains a strong internal network that promotes informal collaboration.
- Shares information that may be relevant to other teams across divisions.
- Assesses the potential synergies from combining common practices across t