Senior 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: Manages the day-to-day operations of all shifts of a large facility or multiple manufacturing facilities. Responsibilities will include but are not limited to: Managing staffing, development, and performance management programs for operations staff; managing, motivating, and developing management team. Overseeing operations activities, ensuring that safety, and schedules and performance requirements are met and system resources are used effectively. Driving improvements for overall operations performance and implementing production safety, cost, and quality control mechanisms. Ensures the compliance of all regulatory guidelines and forges a safe and sound manufacturing environment.

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 Extensive Knowledge: Ensures capture of lessons to be learned from a problem-solving effort. Organizes potential problem solvers and leads problem resolution efforts. Uses varying problem-solving approaches and techniques as appropriate. Contributes to standard practices for problem-solving approaches, tools, and processes. Analyzes and synthesizes information and devises alternative resolution strategies. Develops successful resolutions to critical or wide-impact problems. Influencing: Knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to impact decisions within and outside own organization. Level Extensive Knowledge: Achieves influence and impact even when holding a position contrary to the majority. Discards examples of persuasive arguments lacking substance or impact. Leads and presents collaborative assessments that persuasively influence decision makers. Advises on techniques to build rapport and commitment to common purpose. Determines and leverages the decision-making style of the individual or group being influenced. Delivers well-received presentations of cost, benefits, risks, and other considerations. 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 Extensive Knowledge: Gives continuing feedback, recognizes achievement, and recommends improvement. Participates in the salary planning and administration process. Defines and agrees upon performance goals and objectives with associates. Identifies performance problem areas early on and defines specific improvement activities. Adjusts and communicates performance objectives as necessary for team objectives. Publicly shares accolades and recognizes and rewards top performers. 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. Level Extensive Knowledge: Updates stakeholders on potential changes; re-negotiates requirements as necessary. Identifies the critical goals and tasks required to meet daily objectives. Develops contingency plans or to improve processes and to avoid problems before they occur. Evaluates linkages and interrelationships when prioritizing multiple