Supply Network Quality Engineer - Singapore - Caterpillar

Caterpillar

Verified Company

Singapore

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Wei Jie

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Description

Career Area:

Purchasing & Procurement**:

Your Work Shapes the World

Whether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar.

With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.

When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators, and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don't just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen.

And we are proud of that, because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in - the roads, hospitals, homes, and infrastructure.

Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer's needs. Join us.

Position Summary:

The position of Supplier Collaboration Engineer will be the leader and key communicator for various Collaborative Product and Process Development teams to interface with Suppliers and Procurement to ensure early supplier collaboration on design for manufacturability, assembly and costs as well as adherence to APQP guidelines.

The position leads Cost Modeling activities that support the setting of Target Costs and managing product cost to achieve target while optimizing value.

Additional functional responsibilities include:
supplier selection at a part
- number level aligned to category strategies, supplier tooling validation & management, design for X elements & provide PFEP requirements to deliver on engineered value chains.

Focus Areas:

Travel:

25%, dependent on active projects, mainly in South East Asia

Purpose:

Caterpillar today provides complete Solutions (generator and up-fitted sound attenuated enclosures) from two in-house locations worldwide. Supporting Customers from concept design, manufacture and distribution.

We are building on the success of this footprint to support our customer needs across a broader World Wide geography.

The purpose of Power Solutions network is to provide the Supplier management and integration in region.

The Power Solutions Network team's purpose is to develop and manage the network of 3rd party Suppliers across sub regions.

Key responsibilities:

Developing and Managing Packaging Solutions Suppliers:

Own the Commercial relationship with the Supplier
Supplier Selection
Commercial and Contract development & maintenance
Integration with existing Caterpillar processes
Develop competitive solutions to support Sales and Customer facing teams
Request for Quote, commercial and demand management
Develop and own the Supplier input/interface on the concept through to Sales quotation
Ensure a seamless concept and quotation process for the end Customer, working with Supplier and Caterpillar teams
Ensure suppliers have a clear understanding of Industry/Caterpillar design standards
Aid the development of standard processes and tools that can be replicated with peers and the network, focused on Commercial solutions and all costs associated with the extended supply chain.

Required qualifications or experience:

Essential:

Good at creating relationships across multifunctional teams in multiple locations.
Purchasing and Supplier Management experience.
Experience in the Electric Power Industry.
Genset packaging knowledge.

Desired:

Design and development experience in Solutions (Diesel/Gas generators and/or upfitted sound attenuated enclosures).
Engineering experience in the Electric Power Industry.
Minimum 810 years of relevant experience.
Proven negotiation experience.
Project management experience.
Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Science or extensive equivalent experience.
Knowledge on logistics and taxation.
Genset testing experience.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).

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