Supply Collaboration Engineer I - Santa Catarina, México - Caterpillar

Caterpillar

Empresa verificada

Santa Catarina, México

hace 1 semana

Publicado por:

Rodrigo Fernández

Reclutador de talento para beBee

Descripción

Career Area:

Purchasing & Procurement**:
At Caterpillar, we're working to help our customers build a better world.

We wouldn't be the Caterpillar we are today without the exceptionally talented, bright and driven people who get the job done.

This is your chance to help us make progress possible around the world - for our customers, our growing communities and for every member of our team.

JOB PURPOSE:

The position of Supplier Collaboration Engineer will be the leader and key communicator for various Collaborative Product and Process Development teams to interface with Suppliers and Purchasing to ensure early supplier collaboration on design for manufacturability, assembly and costs as well as adherence to APQP guidelines.

The Position leads Cost Modeling activities that support the setting of Target Costs and managing product cost to achieve target while optimizing value.

Additional functional responsibilities include:
supplier selection at a part
- number level aligned to category strategies, supplier tooling validation & management, design for X elements & provide PFEP requirements to deliver on engineered value chains.

JOB DUTIES:

A focus of this position is the development of detailed component cost models and high level cost estimates in both the NPI and Current product arena.

This position will also provide cost reports as necessary to support the assigned project and programs.

This role is accountable to meet product cost, quality and time targets in the product
- life cycle including NPI through supplier collaboration at a part number level for their respective components, systems and/or categories (specify total cost management to include Ex
- works, packaging & logistics).

The position will lead a cross functional team in trade off discussions to balance performance, quality, velocity, and cost that provides work direction to Cost Modelers to develop detail process based cost models.

The Incumbent is responsible to lead cross-functional teams (employees from quality, service, design, manufacturing, etc).

The goal for this position is to lead the team through identifying cost opportunities, identifying requirements of a part(s) for each area and ultimately leading the team to meet their individual area requirements within the cost target.

Leading these discussions and projects will be difficult in nature due to the multiple "trade offs" (negotiations / compromises) each area will need to make to achieve the quality and cost goals.

Completed cost models and expert guidance will be used to identify cost reduction opportunities for subsequent delivery through the Strategic Cost Management, Purchase or NPI teams in the form of negotiation, resource or design change.

This position leads the cross functional team to a solution that meets multiple objectives and balance performance, quality, velocity, and cost.

The position needs to have strong analytical skills and the ability to influence others when there is conflict in processes, objectives, or solutions.

This position needs to have the ability to see issues and forecast future costs so that costs are stable and predictable.

The incumbent is accountable to identify and set current and future, target costs that are realistic and valid.

This position identifies who is needed on each project and makes team member recommendation.

Development of excellent working relationships, teamwork and project management across departmental boundaries (engineering, purchase, logistics, product management etc) is essential to ensure effective collaboration and saving delivery.

The position provides leadership and is the key communicator for Collaborative Product and Process

Development.

The incumbent directs teams to interface with Suppliers and Purchasing to ensure early collaboration on design for Manufacturability, Assembly and Cost, as well as, adherence to APQP guidelines.

The position will ensure the development, analysis, and documentation of cost information for new product development, design and cost improvement, maintenance, make versus buy, and other special projects.

The Incumbent establishes Target Costs and manages product cost to target.

The position provides leadership that ensures trade off discussions early in the design process to balance performance, quality, velocity and cost with focus on optimizing value.

The position of Supplier Collaboration Engineer provides leadership to ensure cost predictability.

Beyond the completion of its own work, the position assigns and reviews the day-to-day work of other employees.

Typical internal customers include a Department or Business/Service Unit in a Division. The position's primary customers are internal.

The position is challenged to carefully evaluate problems and review a large number of possible solutions before selecting one option.

Problems may be moderately complex and can require the incumbent to develop solutions. The incumbent sets priorities and establishes a work p