**Career Area:** Procurement **Job Description:** **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. **About EPD** Caterpillar's Electric Power Division (EPD) offers integrated solutions, parts, and services to meet the needs of our various commercial and industrial electric power customers. EPD supports a wide range of customer applications across the globe, including providing back-up power to hospitals, providing emergency power when natural disasters strike, and supporting critical infrastructure for data centers, municipalities, and more. With a rich history of more than 95 years in the electric power business, our team has world-class expertise and a proven ability to adapt to changing demands. We’re committed to providing sustainable and reliable solutions to our customers. Join our team to help build a better, more sustainable world for future generations! **Role Definition** Assesses the supplier quality and ensures that all the products are free from defects and are in compliance with manufacturing specifications and legal standards. **What You Will Do:** + Ensuring the quality of supplies by conducting tests and assessments on incoming supplies to identify any quality issues; Developing supplier inspection, testing, and evaluation mechanism. + Generating reports on supplier quality, by monitoring their defect rates and areas that can lead to potential flaws; Guiding suppliers to reduce these defect rates. + Researching the potential vendors, assessing their manufacturing environment, practices, and procedures; Conducting supplier quality control audits to ensure compliance with organizational and federal policies and standards. + Supporting suppliers in improving their performance through process enhancements, implementing process controls, and developing quality assurance plans. **Degree Requirement** Degree or equivalent experience desired **What You Have (Basic Skills Required):** Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques. Level Working Knowledge: + Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient. + Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness. + Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work. + Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate. + Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups. Process Improvement: Understanding and insight into evaluating current product quality and production methods and ability to maintains focus on the continuous improvement of processes, products and services. Level Extensive Experience: + Streamlines the critical workflow for executing key processes. + Sets priorities for addressing process problems that limit performance. + Develops methods for improving and establishing controls for critical processes. + Monitors external sources for applicable new methods and controls. + Analyzes findings from improvement cycles to ensure success of interventions. + Coaches others to develop the skills to improve processes. Quality Orientation: Knowledge of quality management methods, tools, and techniques. Level Extensive Experience: + Collaborates with other groups to develop quality standards that are synchronized across units. + Defines quality from multiple perspectives - e.g., operational, employee, customer, market. + Applies current best practices to modify standards and improve quality outcomes. + Resolves apparent discrepancies between quality and safety objectives. + Monitors intangible measures of quality such as perceived quality to ensure operational outcomes are relevant to stakeholders. + Coaches team members in applying methodologies for quality assurance. Production Part Approval Process (PPAP): Knowledge of Production Part Approval Processes (PPAP) elements, submissions, and objectives; ability to determine whether a supplier can manufacture products that meet the quality requirements and standards of their customers consistently. Level Extensive Experience: + Develops testing and validation procedures to test the quality of manufactured parts/products so that it meets desired customer standards. + Identifies and resolves key issues with PPAP implementation and submissions. + Monitors the execution of PPAP steps within a facility and ensures their compliance with industry standards and internal guidelines. + Oversees PPAP implementation; establishes a high trust relationship between stakeholders. + Reviews the complex documentation and elements required during the PPAP submission process. + Trains others on the execution of PPAP to get the required approvals and teaches them about the different PPAP submission levels. Manufacturing Standards, Procedures and Policies: Knowledge of organizational standards, procedures and policies in manufacturing activities. Level Extensive Experience: + Ensures communication vehicles are effectively informing affected areas and personnel. + Consults on development and implementation of cross-functional standards. + Participates in the development of organizational policies and practices. + Develops and uses control and monitoring mechanisms for adherence. + Collaborates with other functions on establishing and documenting joint standards. + Participates in defining architectural principles and standards for organization. Supplier Evaluations and Certification: Knowledge of supplier evaluations and certification. Level Extensive Experience: + Evaluates potential suppliers for a wide variety of products. + Develops a preferred suppliers list for selection and evaluation. + Designs key aspects of and processes for evaluating a supplier's capabilities. + Compares and contrasts alternative methods and tools for the evaluation of organizations and products. + Analyzes and resolves supplier product quality, support, or pricing problems. + Works with multiple evaluation, selection, and certification initiatives. **Additional Information:** + Relocation assistance is not available for this position. + Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. + Travel: up to 35% travel. + Location: Griffin, GA or Dallas, TX. This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of “essential job functions” as that term is defined by the Americans **Summary Pay Range:** $110,520.00 - $165,840.00 Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar. **Benefits:** Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits. + Medical, dental, and vision benefits* + Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)* + 401(k) savings plans* + Health Savings Account (HSA)* + Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)* + Health Lifestyle Programs* + Employee Assistance Program* + Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts* + Career Development* + Incentive bonus* + Disability benefits + Life Insurance + Parental leave + Adoption benefits + Tuition Reimbursement * These benefits also apply to part-time employees **Posting Dates:** April 30, 2025 - May 6, 2025 Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen. EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply. Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community (http://flows.beamery.com/caterpillarinc/talcom) .