Director, Modern Manufacturing IT Capabilities

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Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar yourejoining 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 dontjust 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.

This is Caterpillar

The Director of Modern Manufacturing IT Capabilities is a global platform owner responsible for architecting delivering and scaling the digital systems that power world class manufacturing. This leader defines and executes the enterprise strategy for modern ERP (SAP S/4HANA QAD) MES plant systems and integration platforms transforming a complex heterogeneous legacy landscape into a modern digital foundation that enables high precision high velocity operations at global scale.

This role is accountable for building and institutionalizing deep ERP and manufacturing systems expertise across the enterprise ensuring capabilities are not only deployed but embedded as durable repeatable globally consistent competencies. You will operate as a principal builder shaping digital factories unifying fragmented systems simplifying architecture and delivering solutions that directly elevate safety quality throughput sustainability and cost competitiveness.

What You Will Do:

Global Manufacturing Platform Strategy

• Own the multiyear technical strategy and capability roadmap for ERP MES plant systems and enterprise grade integration ensuring scalability standardization and operational resilience
• Accelerate the transition from legacy and highly customized systems to modern harmonized platforms with global patterns reusable assets and cloud ready architectures
• Tie platform evolution directly to measurable business outcomes: OEE first pass yield cost per unit lead time sustainability measures and supply chain resilience

ERP Depth Expertise Building & Enterprise Institutionalization

• Build ERP capability - deep functional and technical expertise across Plan to Produce manufacturing engineering scheduling execution quality maintenance and inventory
• Create global capability models: standards development pathways certification playbooks deployment kits and architectural guardrails
• Lead enterprise enablement for SAP S/4HANA and QAD - shifting the culture from vendor dependent to enterprise expert

MES and Plant Systems Modernization

• Define and execute the global MES strategy - workflow orchestration traceability digital operator experience real time manufacturing insights automated quality and digital maintenance
• Deliver platform standards for OT/IT convergence IIoT PLC and SCADA integration equipment connectivity and digital work instructions
• Advance plant systems modernization through secure resilient scalable and data rich architectures

Enterprise Integration & Connected Manufacturing

• Partner to build an end-to-end integration strategy across ERP MES plant systems OT/PLC IIoT cloud analytics and enterprise platforms
• Drive implementation of global integration patterns (APIs event driven architectures data streams) ensuring synchronized and intelligent factory operations
• Partner with Architecture Cybersecurity Data and Product Engineering to ensure solutions reflect world class design and enterprise compliance

Operational Excellence & Mission Critical Reliability

• Ensure always on reliability of all manufacturing digital platforms supporting 24/7 global operations
• Instill operational rigor - proactive stability engineering observability automation zero defect releases and lifecycle management
• Reduce technical debt eliminate legacy fragmentation modernize interfaces and strengthen cyber resilience across plant technology stacks

Global Deployment Leadership

• Lead multi region ERP/MES deployments with global template governance end to end change management and high velocity execution
• Apply Go See Act and structured operational diagnostics to identify capability gaps and accelerate plant readiness
• Balance enterprise standardization with local operational nuance ensuring adoption at scale

People Leadership & Organizational Capability Building

• Lead global multi sourced high performing teams across architecture operations and manufacturing IT
• Hire develop and retain top digital manufacturing talent; build succession pipelines for critical roles
• Foster a culture of innovation technical excellence accountability design simplicity and enterprise first decision making

What You Have:

• Business Acumen: Knowledge of business concepts tools and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the companys business; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations
• 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
• Influencing: Knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to impact decisions within and outside own organization
• Continuous Transformation: Knowledge of evolving the business to remain competitive; ability to understand adapt oneself to respond to and proactively seek changes and innovation in the business environment to improve the competitive advantage of an organization
• Organizational Leadership: Knowledge of leadership concepts and ability to use strategies and skills to enlist others in setting embracing and achieving objectives
• Talent Management: Knowledge of the critical competencies required to achieve intended results; ability to generate consistent approaches for hiring selection retaining and leveraging talent across the organization
• Matrix Management: Understanding of the importance of being able to leverage external resources when required and ability to build and use effective working relationships within own department and across department functional and geographic reporting lines
• IT Systems Management: Knowledge of Information Technology (IT) systems; ability to utilize a variety of system tools guarantee service availability and ensure optimal IT system performance

Additional Info:

• The primary locations for this position are Irving Texas or East Peoria Illinois
• Domestic relocation assistance is available for those who qualify
• Sponsorship is not available
• International and Domestic travel up to 20%
• This position is eligible for stock or other equity grants pursuant to Caterpillars long-term incentive plan

About Caterpillar

For more than a century Caterpillar has helped build a better more sustainable world. With 2025 sales and revenues of $67.6 billion Caterpillar Inc. is shaping the future as the worlds leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment off-highway diesel and natural gas engines industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. Backed by one of the largest independent global dealer networks and financing services through Cat Financial the companys primary business segments: Power & Energy Construction Industries and Resource Industries are solving customers toughest challenges through commercial excellence and advanced technology driven by a highly skilled dedicated global team.

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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

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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