Electronics Supply Chain Engineer

Career Area: Engineering Job Description:

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Join us. Description Lead a global engineering team to manage the supply risk of semiconductors used in the manufacturing of electronic components. Job Duties Identify industry risk trends and incorporate into supply resiliency strategies.

Utilize multiple data platforms and technologies for gathering and analyzing business data. Within Power BI, perform supply chain data analytics and define key performance indicators for assessing the state of the supply chain. Document business requirements for a web applications and Power BI team to develop and implement processes for supply chain risk monitoring, communication, and analytics.

Maintain accurate muti-tier mapping of electronic suppliers' semiconductors to components and CAT machine and engine products. Collaborate with diverse engineering technology teams to ensure bill-of-materials and forecast volumes are accurate. Advise and review the design, test, and validation of alternate semiconductor devices.

Represent the engineering team in supply resiliency initiatives that includes purchasing (RISM) and strategic procurement and planning (SPPD) teams. Collaborate with external suppliers at multiple echelons in the supply chain. Ensure conformance of supply resiliency actions required as part of electronics standard NPI process.

Report on project statuses to multiple levels of management. Skill Descriptors 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.

Level Extensive Experience: Reviews others' writing or presentations and provides feedback and coaching. Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience.

Demonstrates both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position. Communicates well downward, upward, and outward. Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.

Maintains focus on the topic at hand. Technical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.

Level Extensive Experience: Advises others on the assessment and provision of all technical solutions. Engages appropriate subject matter resources to effectively resolve technical issues.

Mentors others to enhance their technical competence and its application to achieve more effective technical solutions. Coaches others in promoting, defining, analyzing, and providing superior technical solutions to business problems. Provides effective solutions to moderate technical challenges through strong technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.

Assumes accountability for personal technical performance and holds others responsible for theirs. Project Management: Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.

Level Working Knowledge: Provides input for Gantt or PERT charts or their equivalent to track project progress and status. Under guidance, plans and estimates simple projects.

Assists in detailed project plans including cost, schedule, and resource requirements. Obtains information from stakeholders during the planning stage of a project. Produces standard project status reports. Electronics Engineering

• HTH: Knowledge of electronics engineering; ability to design, test and manufacture electronic circuits, components and devices.
  
  Level Extensive Experience: Interprets alternative interfaces between hardware and software and associated requirements and considerations. Advises on matching methodology, materials and tools to the electronic product that is being built.
  
  Consults on engineering multiple electronic circuits, components or devices. Identify and approve multi-sourcing alternates considering multiple electronic design applications 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.
  
  Level Working Knowledge: Follows procedures in carrying out routine supplier management tasks. Uses electronic systems or tools to record/retrieve supplier information and carry out transactions with suppliers.
  
  Resolves routine supplier issues; escalates non-routine issues up chain of command. Researches alternative vendors or suppliers; participates in supplier selection. Works with suppliers to ensure that purchases meet delivery date and quality specifications.
  
  Basic Qualifications 4-year Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Engineering 5 years of experience Top Candidates will also have Master's of Science Analytics Additional Information The location for this position is Mossville, IL Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position. This position may require less than 10% travel Employee benefit details Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world.
  
  Here you earn more than just a salary because we value your performance. We offer a total rewards package that provides benefits on day one (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with the potential of an annual bonus. Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date). Final details Please frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method.
  
  If you wish to know the status of your application - please use the candidate log-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status. 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.
  
  For more information, visit caterpillar.com. To connect with us on social media, visit caterpillar.com/social-media LI Posting Dates: March 22, 2024 - April 4, 2024 Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.
  
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