MANAGER PRODUCTION

Career Area: Manufacturing 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 Oversees and coordinates the activities of the production line, prepares schedules, resolves issues, and ensures adherence to safety and quality standards. Responsibilities •    Creating reports and records of production processes, tools issues performance, and inventory; sharing them with managers and providing suggestions to improve safety, productivity and quality. •    Preparing, maintaining, and updating documentation related to operating procedures and safety and quality standards; ensuring all processes and products meet desired safety and quality standards. •    Supervising and directing the daily activities of production lines workers, assigning tasks, ensuring coordination between different teams, ensuring their safety and monitoring their performance. •    Training new hires, managing scheduling and work conflicts, monitoring safety, and promoting internal communication to create a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. Degree Requirement Degree or equivalent experience desired Skill Descriptors 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. Level Working Knowledge:  •     Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives. •     Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder. •     Develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information. •     Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on resolution. •     Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems. Data Gathering & Analysis: Knowledge of data gathering and analysis tools, techniques, and processes; ability to collect and synthesize data from a variety of stakeholders and sources in an objective manner to reach a conclusion, goal, or judgment. Level Basic Understanding:  •     Describes alternative data-gathering techniques and tools. •     Documents basic data-gathering methodologies. •     Identifies the purposes of data gathering and analysis. •     Identifies key objectives in gathering and analyzing data. 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. Level Basic Understanding:  •     Demonstrates an understanding of performance management concepts. •     Describes organization's performance management process. •     Explains organization's core performance factors and ratings. •     Participates in own performance review or performance checkpoint session. Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems. Level Working Knowledge:  •     Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue and determining its significance. •     Makes a systematic comparison of two or more alternative solutions. •     Uses flow charts, Pareto charts, fish diagrams, etc. to disclose meaningful data patterns. •