NPI Team Leader

Career Area: Engineering 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.

Definition Manages multiple or complex engineering projects involving multiple functions or sites. Responsibilities •    Coordinating with the businesses, sales, marketing, and platform groups to manage resources for each deliverable within the project. •    Overseeing project progress and costs; communicating status with stakeholders and participating functional areas; addressing and resolving problems. •    Influencing project staffing; motivating and developing project team and team members. •    Communicating with customers and managing expectations; ensuring effective use of project controls and reporting mechanisms. Degree Requirement Degree or equivalent experience desired Skill Descriptors Planning: Tactical, Strategic: Knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational (short term), tactical (1-2 years) and strategic (3-5 years) planning in support of the overall business plan.  Level Working Knowledge:  •    Contributes to short-term operational plans. •    Anticipates and adapts to plan changes. •    Monitors progress of work against plan as required to meet objectives. •    Reports variances and makes agreed-upon corrections. •    Under guidance, develops tactical plan for own direct responsibility. Products and Services: Knowledge of major products and services and product and service groups; ability to apply knowledge of product and service appropriately to diverse situations.  Level Working Knowledge:  •    Obtains information about product and service linkages with other products and services elsewhere in organization. •    Researches the target market and how the product and services are sold and delivered. •    Explains current status, delivery alternatives and announced updates to products and services. •    Summarizes key features of major products or services in own unit. •    Assesses own unit's product alternatives, costs, and pricing. Quality Management: Knowledge of quality management methods, tools, and techniques and ability to create and support an environment that meets the quality goals of the organization.  Level Basic Understanding:  •    Explains the purpose and limitations of quality management. •    Accesses organizational resources that enable quality management. •    Defines quality management concepts. •    Cites examples of organizational quality management initiatives. 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. Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.