NPI Team Leader

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CATERPILLAR REMANUFACTURING
Do you have a passion for helping customers and supporting a sustainable solution Since 1973 Cat Reman has helped bring the value at the core of every Cat product back to life. Customers look to us to provide a highquality solution that is good for their business and promotes sustainability. Its important for us to deliver. Our team is full of industry leaders. Together following common values we share a passion for delivering sustainability benefits that help the company contribute to a circular economy. Its rewarding work with an inspiring team where every contribution matters.

About the role:
Our Caterpillar Remanufacturing Division is seeking an NPI Team Leader for our Mossville Illinois facility. This position is a high visibility leadership position within the Electronics group of Caterpillars Remanufacturing Division and reports to the NPI Program Manager. This role manages multiple or complex NPI projects involving multiple functions or sites.

Job responsibilities will Include but are not limited to:

• Lead Reman NPI programs in support of new product introductions by working with a crossfunctional team including Reman product engineering machine/engine prime product and component NPI business resources manufacturing and supplier teams throughout the world.
• Build and evaluate business cases for Reman product offerings.
• Scope launch and run NPI projects to implement new products and grow sales using the Reman NPI process.
• Coordinating with the businesses sales marketing and platform groups to manage resources for each deliverable within the project.
• Influencing project staffing; motivating and developing project team and team members.

Skill Descriptors:

• Planning: Tactical Strategic: Working Knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational (short term) tactical 12 years) and strategic 35 years) planning in support of the overall business plan.
• Products and Services: Working Knowledge of major products and services and product and service groups; ability to apply knowledge of product and service appropriately to diverse situations.
• Quality Management: Basic Knowledge of quality management methods tools and techniques and ability to create and support an environment that meets the quality goals of the organization.
• Effective Communications: Extensive 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.
• Problem Solving: Working 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.
• Customer Service Management: Working Knowledge of customer service priorities and ability to utilize tools and techniques for maintaining an environment where all understand and are committed to providing excellent service to internal and external customers.
• Program Management: Working Knowledge of the policies and techniques to manage a set of related projects within a program; ability to plan organize monitor and control the set of projects ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve program objectives.
• Design for Manufacturability (DFM): Working Knowledge of design for manufacturability guidelines methodologies and use cases; ability to use this knowledge to optimize product designs and manufacturing operations.
  

Top Candidates Will Have:

• Bachelors degree in engineering
• Experience with NPI program management
• Demonstrated leadership of complex projects and business acumen
• Strong project management skills

Additional Information:

• Relocation assistance IS available for this role.
• The primary location for this role is Mossville Illinois.
• 1025 will be required for this position.

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