Career Area:
Supply Chain and LogisticsJob Description:
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.
Job Title: Senior Supply Chain Manager
Salary: 88250 per annum dependent upon experience
Location: Peterborough UK
Benefits:
25 days annual leave 8 Bank Holidays
Up to 31% Bonus
Monthly Car Allowance 675
Contributory pension scheme - Caterpillar will double the employees contribution Up to 10%
Contributory share scheme - Caterpillar will match 50% of the employees contribution.
Optional flexible benefits including access to health and dental care plans EV car lease holiday purchase.
About Caterpillar
When you join Caterpillar youre 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 dont 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.
Job Summary
Manages a team that oversees the order to delivery supply chain to ensure availability of necessary commodities to support manufacturing or distribution. Develops implements and manages supply chain strategies and solutions.
What You Will Do
Lead a team responsible for the Material planning element of our global supply chain team providing guidance support and direction to ensure effective coordination of material requirements across the supply chain. Foster a collaborative environment that encourages continuous improvement and professional development within the team.
Maintaining communications with operations procurement logistics and distribution.
Creating integrated processes to streamline supply chains.
Interacting with sales engineering and facilities management on production schedules and expected deliverables.
Managing and directing the logistics specialists including training hiring and coaching.
Establishing key performance metrics and benchmarks to guide supply chain planning and forecasting; monitoring planned vs. actual performance
What You Will Have:
Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue and determining its significance.
Makes a systematic comparison of two or more alternative solutions.
Identifies the major forces events and people impacting and impacted by the situation at hand.
Uses logic and intuition to make inferences about the meaning of the data and arrive at conclusions.
Cross-Team Integration: Understanding of the importance of inter-team collaboration in breaking down silos and achieving business results; ability to lead employees from various functions to communicate coordinate work across divisions and collaborate in solving problems as one team.
Generates win-win strategies to gain support for key initiatives from others across boundaries.
Establishes ways to encourage teamwork across functions.
Coaches others on best methods for performing teamwork across organizational boundaries.
Recommends systems and technology to promote widespread collaboration.
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.
Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process.
Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts their potential impact.
Advises others in analyzing and synthesizing relevant data and assessing alternatives.
Inventory Management - MFG: Knowledge of processes and methods of inventory management; ability to effectively manage local or distributed inventories of raw materials work-in-progress and finished goods.
Devises standard inventory management benchmarks to improve the processes.
Applies systems and processes to identify and coordinate inventory requirements; resolves conflicts.
Reviews reports used for inventory management to find out related problems.
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.
Develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information.
Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on resolution.
Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems.
Additional Information
This position is in Peterborough UK
This position requires 100% on site presence
UK travel up to 10%
What You Will Get
Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world. You will benefit from a very competitive compensation and benefits package career development and training opportunities from a globally renowned company which is driven by its core values of Integrity Excellence Teamwork Commitment and Sustainability.
NB. The panel cannot make assumptions when shortlisting therefore please demonstrate your qualifications and experience on your CV relevant to the criteria outlined.
Pending the number of applications the criteria for the position may be enhanced to facilitate shortlisting. #LI
Posting Dates:
March 9 2026 - March 19 2026Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply
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Required Experience:
Manager
Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial turbines and diesel-electric locomotives.