Director Pricing Global Machine

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Job Description:

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Role Summary

Manages a team of pricing leaders which provides professional guidance and expertise to key business partners. Manager of pricing and/or sales variance processes overall pricing strategy pricing systems and personnel management.

What You Will Do:

• Manages and supervises pricing leaders that support price activities including price generation process improvements and pricing operations and strategy.
• Consults with senior leaders on key pricing metrics including sales variance forecast profit impact and proposed pricing actions.
• Manages pricing procedures and compliance while ensuring timely response to market business partners and market conditions.
• Oversees the end-to-end operation and administration of the competitive pricing system and strategies.

What You Will Bring/Skills:

Customer Focus: Knowledge of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and ability to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.

• Champions models and directs an organizations commitment to externally focused decision-making tied to customer business needs and satisfaction.
• Provides customer focused vision strategy and leadership that exceeds customer expectations.
• Persuasively articulates the link between customer focus and enhanced business success to stakeholders.
• Teaches others to foster customer relationships based on mutual understanding respect trust and business partnering.
• Develops best practices to create evaluate and enhance customer loyalty that are sought by others within and outside the organization.
• Consults with senior executives regarding critical success factors and details to being a customer focused organization.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.

• Analyzes and discusses alternatives with multiple stakeholders.
• Monitors developments in critical-thinking and decision-making models for potential use by organization.
• Coaches others in decision-making models processes and practices.
• Anticipates special issues and considerations for effective decision-making during a crisis.
• Shares experiences regarding optimal timing and circumstances for refraining from or making decisions.
• Differentiates between content and context of a decision.

Effective Communications: 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.

• Works to create a climate that values and rewards good oral and written communication.
• Communicates effectively with diverse audiences using appropriate media and language.
• Monitors developments in communications tools for potential use by organization.
• Writes reports articles or books for distribution to the business or professional community.
• Ensures important messages are clearly understood.
• Coaches others on methods of improving their own communications.

Relationship Management: Knowledge of relationship management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients vendors and peers.

• Communicates to clients regarding expectations of all parties.
• Participates in negotiating the terms of the business relationship.
• Conducts periodic reviews of work effort progress issues and successes.
• Maintains productive long-term relationships with clients or vendors.
• Creates opportunities to educate support teams on client priorities.
• Empowers others to establish collaborative healthy relationships.

Strategic Thinking: Knowledge of the importance of big picture thinking and planning; ability to apply organizational acumen and competitiveness to identify and maintain focus on key success factors for the organization.

• Makes sound business decisions when faced with complex and contradictory alternatives.
• Positions the company in anticipation of new marketplace trends opportunities and vulnerabilities.
• Helps navigate the organization in a dynamic competitive landscape.
• Develops long-term strategic alliances and partnerships that increase the companys competitive advantage.
• Equips the organization to become an effective long-term competitor.
• Prepares for business decisions with thorough briefings and consultations.

Benefits: This position is eligible for stock or other equity grants pursuant to Caterpillars long-term incentive plan.

Summary Pay Range:

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors job level market locationjob-related knowledge skills individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

Benefits:

Subject to plan eligibility terms and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

• Medical dental and vision benefits*

• Paid time off plan (Vacation Holidays Volunteer etc.)*

• 401(k) savings plans*

• Health Savings Account (HSA)*

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*

• Health Lifestyle Programs*

• Employee Assistance Program*

• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*

• Career Development*

• Incentive bonus*

• Disability benefits

• Life Insurance

• Parental leave

• Adoption benefits

• Tuition Reimbursement

* These benefits also apply to part-time employees

Posting Dates:

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

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