Supply Quality Engineer

Career Area:

Procurement

Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're 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 don't 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.

Role Definition
Supports the resolution of quality issues and processes for the supply function in the manufacturing facility.

Responsibilities
•    Provides conclusions and recommendations for quality issues and/or continuous quality improvement projects.
•    Participates in supplier quality improvement initiatives; works with suppliers to develop and improve quality levels.
•    Ensures the reliability and quality of suppliers, implementing process controls, certification programs, evaluations, inspections, corrective actions, audits and records.
•    Identified quality problem(s) and determines a short-term action plan with the facility management and the supplier.

Degree Requirement
Degree or equivalent experience desired

Skill Descriptors
Quality Management: Knowledge of quality management methods, tools, and techniques and ability to create and support an environment that meets the quality goals of the organization.
 Level Working Knowledge: 
•    Utilizes quality indicators relevant to own unit or function.
•    Adheres to organizational quality management processes and practices.
•    Applies key aspects of continuous improvement processes and evaluates impact on quality.
•    Uses quality evaluation tools and techniques such as walkthroughs and inspections.
•    Works with quality assurance methods, tools and techniques.

Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.
 Level Working Knowledge: 
•    Accurately gauges the impact and cost of errors, omissions, and oversights.
•    Utilizes specific approaches and tools for checking and cross-checking outputs.
•    Processes limited amounts of detailed information with good accuracy.
•    Learns from mistakes and applies lessons learned.
•    Develops and uses checklists to ensure that information goes out error-free.

Collaborating: Knowledge of collaborative techniques; ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner.
 Level Working Knowledge: 
•    Demonstrates experience participating in productive collaborative processes.
•    Under guidance, initiates collaborative meetings.
•    Assists in communicating shared goals with diverse groups and parties.
•    Helps promote collaboration across generations, functions, regions, and levels.
•    Helps solve business problems and meet business goals through collaborative processes.

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.
 Level Working Knowledge: 
•    Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.
•    Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.
•    Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.
•    Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.
•    Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.

Managing Multiple Priorities: Knowledge of effective self-management practices; ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups, or activities, making effective judgments as to prioritizing and time allocation.
 Level Extensive Experience: 
•    Clarifies and handles multiple concurrent and diverse activities.
•    Shifts focus among several efforts as required by changing priorities.
•    Addresses potential conflicts that impact current delivery commitments.
•    Works with or leads others to re-prioritize work and reschedule commitments as necessary.
•    Responds to shifting priorities while maintaining progress of regularly scheduled work.
•    Demonstrates an expectation that there will be ongoing shifts in demands and priorities.

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.
 Level Working Knowledge: 
•    Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives.
•    Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder.
•    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.

Procurement Function: Knowledge of responsibilities, accountabilities, and organization of procurement function; ability to perform tasks and activities of the procurement functions or department.
 Level Working Knowledge: 
•    Summarizes the mission, vision and objectives of the procurement function.
•    Follows procurement regulations and contract specifications to perform tasks.
•    Participates in meetings regarding relevant regulatory considerations and agencies of the procurement function.
•    Implements regular procurement programs, initiatives and issues.
•    Documents the steps and requirements of the procurement process.

Purchasing Tasks and Activities: Knowledge of policies, regulations and processes of purchasing; ability to use practices and procedures for procurement of materials, components, equipment and services.
 Level Working Knowledge: 
•    Records documents of purchasing tasks and activities, such as orders, bidding.
•    Uses available procurement systems and tools.
•    Ensures compliance with procurement regulations and contract specifications.
•    Works with basic purchasing related tasks and activities.
•    Adheres to various requirements and steps of the procurement process.

This position requires the candidate to work a 5-day-a-week schedule in the office.

About Caterpillar

Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.

This position requires working onsite five days a week.

 

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Posting Dates:

六月 15, 2026 - 六月 21, 2026

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply

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