Senior Manager Supply Chain

Career Area: Supply Chain and Logistics 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. The Senior Manager Supply Chain will lead machine Sales & Operations Planning, S&OP, transformation initiatives that improve end-to-end planning performance, inventory planning, production alignment, and customer availability. This role manages a team that oversees the order-to-delivery supply chain to ensure necessary commodities are available to support manufacturing or distribution, while developing and managing supply chain strategies and solutions. This leader will partner across product groups, manufacturing, supply chain, operations, procurement, logistics, distribution, sales, engineering, facilities management, and commercial teams to align demand signals with production capabilities. The role is designed for a senior leader with a supply chain background, factory-level experience, and strong S&OP, forecasting, inventory planning, MRP, production alignment, and cross-functional leadership capabilities.

Lead transformational projects to modernize and optimize machine S&OP processes, tools, governance, and planning capabilities. Lead a team of supply chain professionals while coaching, developing, and aligning the team around planning performance, inventory health, production readiness, and customer availability. Oversee the order-to-delivery supply chain to ensure the availability of necessary commodities supporting manufacturing or distribution operations. Develop, implement, and manage supply chain strategies and solutions that improve material availability, supply responsiveness, inventory performance, and business integration. Design and implement improved inventory planning strategies that balance availability, cost, and risk. Ensure production plans consistently support customer demand and reduce the risk of sales being constrained by supply limitations. Partner with product groups, manufacturing, supply chain, and commercial teams to align demand signals with production capabilities. Maintain communication with operations, procurement, logistics, distribution, sales, engineering, facilities management, and other stakeholders to support integrated supply chain planning. Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance forecast accuracy, inventory health, production responsiveness, and planning decision quality. Lead cross-functional programs that improve visibility, scenario planning, and decision-making across the S&OP cycle. Ensure new processes, tools, and planning capabilities are developed, tested, deployed, and transitioned into operational integration for machine production readiness. Identify and resolve structural bottlenecks in supply, sourcing, or production that impact machine availability. Analyze labor, material, and production requirements to support optimized supply chain and production planning decisions. Establish key performance metrics and benchmarks to guide supply chain planning, forecasting, and business integration; monitor planned versus actual performance and present results to senior management. Interact with sales, engineering, and facilities management on production schedules and expected deliverables. What skills you will have: Effectiveness Measurement Knowledge of effective measurement techniques and the ability to use metrics, benchmarks, and performance indicators to improve quality, productivity, and supply chain outcomes. Demonstrated ability to define, capture, monitor, analyze, and communicate performance