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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.

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Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.

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. 

If you are looking for personal and professional growth, in a company with an inclusive culture, which seeks equity, respects differences and believes in people's potential, this is the right place. We consider people with disability candidates and those with diversity in gender, culture, ethnicity, religion, age, generation, race, nationality and sexual orientation.

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At Caterpillar, we work to help our customers build a better world. Without our team of talented, bright and driven individuals, we wouldn’t be the Caterpillar we are today. Now, this is your chance to join our team and do work that matters. We want you to help us enable customer success, make progress possible around the world and help our communities grow and thrive. We are looking for a dynamic, organized self-starter to join our Integrated Components Division as a Senior Production Manager.

The Integrated Components Division (ICD) is one of the most innovative divisions within Caterpillar. In ICD, as within all of Caterpillar, our priority is our customers and helping them build a better world. We touch nearly every element of the services value stream from procurement to design and manufacturing. ICD is responsible for the design and manufacture of Wear Components (Undercarriage and GET) and Maintenance Components (Seals, Tubes & Hardware, Hose & Couplings, Fluids and Filters).  

We’re committed to our customers, who build a better world with our products, services and solutions. We understand and show the value of why they should always choose us. We’re exploring new ideas and opportunities – innovating to discover the breakthroughs necessary for tomorrow’s growth.  

Through it all, we are one team – creating and delivering world-class components and solutions superior to the competition.   

Role Definition

As a Senior Production Manager at Caterpillar, you will direct an assigned production area in the manufacture and/or assembly of quality parts to meet established production requirements.

What you will do

- Manages the Piracicaba, Brazil Hose Assembly facility (PHA), serving as the Senior Production manager reporting to the Director of Hose Assembly Operations.

- Owns and sets the overall direction for the assembly value streams with overall responsibility for people, quality, velocity, and cost

- Responsibility for facility safety

- Drives accountability to the team

- Provides direction to section managers and support roles – quality, manufacturing engineers, maintenance

- Oversees a workforce of approximately 80 employees

- Owns the Continuous Improvement process: promotes new idea generation, ensures projects are worked and implemented, and addresses roadblocks

- Initiates and conducts process improvement dialogs with Section Managers, Team Leads and Team Members

- Performs on-going evaluation of work-loads with section managers and assists with problem resolution

- Ensures production schedules can be met in a lean manufacturing environment to satisfy assembly line and parts schedule requirements

- Develops detailed near-term and long-term production plans

- Drives root cause analysis and resolution on all forms of loss, i.e., safety, quality, production.

- Champions lean culture and rolls out lean initiatives/tools

What Skills you will have:

Planning and Organizing: Knowledge of the process of planning and arranging tasks and resources; ability to plan and organize both time and resources to get things completed while structuring and maintaining work in a systematic and highly methodical way.

Performance Management: Knowledge of successful performance management techniques; ability to apply organization's performance management system, practices, and tools to developing and improving individual, team, and organizational performance.

Manufacturing Safety: Knowledge of manufacturing safety; ability to identify work-related hazards and perform necessary activities to meet regulatory requirements for the safety and protection of workers, environment and site.

Manufacturing Standards, Procedures and Policies: Knowledge of organizational standards, procedures and policies in manufacturing activities; ability to plan, guide, and monitor manufacturing processes for compliance.

Basic requirements:

- Bachelor’s degree preferably in manufacturing, supply chain or engineering.

- Technical understanding of the manufacturing and material selection process

- Experience in operations, manufacturing engineering or supply chain

- Relevant supervisory/management experience

Top candidates will also have:

- General understanding of the Caterpillar organization, products, policies, and procedures

- Business management skills, plus CPS processes and tools knowledge

- Previous management, motivational and problem-solving skills

Additional Information:

This position requires 10% or less travel.

This position requires the candidate to work on-site five days a week.

Some of the offered benefits*:

·Medical plan 

·Dental plan

·Medicines reimbursement 

·Psychological, Legal, Social and Finance Support Program

·Private pension plan

·Profit share

·Meal assistance 

·Christmas basket

·Transportation 

·Life and personal insurance

·Extended maternity and paternity leave

·Employee resources group (Young Professional, Women in Networking, LAMBDA (LGBTQIA+), Latin Group and Active in Sport

*Caterpillar reserves the right to change or modify benefits at any time, subject prior notice and in compliance with legal requirements. Benefit elegibility may vary by position and location

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