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Job Responsibilities and Duties: Accountable for operating and monitoring the Global Supply Network procurement functions, as designed, to meet the defined response time, cost, quality and lean targets enabling optimal and efficient facility operations, collaborating with business partners and suppliers, and resolving facility specific supplier issues. Act as liaison with Category team and Procurement Service Centre in Poland Reporting directly to the EAME Category manager and will be accountable for implementing the network as designed related to specific strategies from within the Castings Category. Customers - The supply base we manage delivers products into 20+ facilities around the globe and the supporting QCL performance is a key part of our success to our customers Capital Tooling Management - Acting as the single point of contact for all supplier tooling related activities, including maintaining an accurate record of capital spend and forecast expenditure, presenting to the capital review meeting showing progress to target, developing process maps and liaising with capital co-ordinators both locally and within other Caterpillar legal entities. Data Analytics - This is becoming an area with some big ambitions to improve the way business is conducted, providing greater visibility and reporting capability for key metrics both internally and externally. This role will be responsible for embedding the use of Microsoft Power BI and Tableau dashboards to support and drive focus areas for performance improvement. Purchase Order Management - Provide expertise in the launching & management of purchase orders for a facility to in the terms of parts related to pilots, production, and supplier tooling ensuring terms are correct.Skills and Experience: Candidates will have gained the following skills and experience through previous roles: Relevant experience of working within a supply chain / purchasing environmentAn undergraduate degree from a college or university, or equivalent experience.Confidence in creating reports, databases and presentations within MS Excel, MS Access and MS PowerPointHigh levels of numeracy and strong data analytical skills, including the ability to analyse and make recommendations based on factsExpert communicator; proficient in building collaborative and trusted partnerships to work across an internal matrix organization and external Supplier network. Candidates may have gained the following skills and experience through previous roles: Professional certification in Purchasing and/or Inventory Management preferred, e.g.; CIPSDemonstrated experience of working in a supply chain / purchasing function within a manufacturing environmentKnowledge of Quality, Lean manufacturing, an understanding of lean principles Data manipulationData visualisation & analysis - Tableau, PowerBi Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

Job Duties/Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to: - Adhere to the Organisation's health and safety policy and safe working practices.- Adhere to Caterpillar's Values in Action: Integrity, Commitment, Excellence, Teamwork & Sustainability- Gather relevant information, analyse data, identify relationships, and predict and managing failures is critical to the role- Collaborating with team members and other teams and keeping abreast of advancing technology.- Work in any number of functional areas requiring an engineering degree, including, but not limited to, product design, development, research, quality, reliability, materials, manufacturing process, application and installation, product performance/support, service, and facilities.- Individuals may have multiple assignments during their tenure which may require the Engineer to review the work of technicians or other support personnel, provide technical advice to individuals at various levels in the organization and work with another unit or team. Assignments will become more complex and require the Engineer to assume a significant role, either as an individual contributor or as part of a project team, with increasing emphasis on analysing, identifying, and applying engineering techniques to solve problems and make recommendations.- Key areas of responsibility encountered in this role may include any or all of the following:- Evaluate new products, processes, or systems. - Communicate results to customers, suppliers, team members, and other business units.- Contribute to the design of new products and processes. - Perform product and process maintenance. - Collaborate with and support other engineers, managers, customers and suppliers and represent the company externally.- Manage their own development, continuously learning through experience. Key learning should be rounded out during this tenure, including knowledge of product performance and applications, understanding of customers' needs and working knowledge of key processes. - Effectively manage several projects simultaneously.- Operate a multitude of different off-highway vehicles including but not limited to, Hydraulic Excavators, Back-hoe Loaders, Telehandlers, Track Type Tractors where required. - Diagnose and fix a range of faults on both engine and machine.- Work from engineering drawings (electrical, mechanical, and hydraulic)- Produce electrical looms to interface engine and machine.- Travel to various off site test and development facilities both CAT owned and 3rd Party (some overseas).- Keep the work area clean, tidy and safe in line with 5S and total preventative maintenance (TPM) - Undertake training and further learning as required. Skills, experience & qualifications you will have; - Bachelor degree in an accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum plus 3-5 years experience or a master's degree in an Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum plus 1 to 2 years experience or a doctorate degree in engineering. - Ability to work on increasingly more complex assignments, either through on-the-job assignments orthrough pursuit of the advanced degree. - Experience working with a different unit or working with different products, processes, or systems is desirable. - Must have ability to communicate effectively with team members and others in the work group, as well as employees in other units, customers, and suppliers.- Demonstrable high level of mechanical, hydraulic and electrical/electronic aptitude with a good working knowledge of engines and machines. - A good working knowledge of instrumentation and its application. - Have a fully flexible approach to the job role & responsibilities.- Prepared to undertake required training/learning.- Good PC skills ability to use Microsoft Office and CAT designed software. Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

Job Description-Validation engineering support to ongoing Li-Ion battery pack project. This role is part of the BMS Software teamproviding support in validating that new and existing software updates are performing within expectations beforereleased to a wider pool of customer machines. This support requires the following skills: good collaboration andinitiative, data analysis of large datasets for fault finding and general understanding (Matlab/Diadem or similar),presenting and documenting results, hands-on test cell software support, experience with Li-Ion battery systems is beneficial, experience in using 1D simulations is beneficial (Simulink or similar) Software validation engineer.Looking at data that comes off battery systems and operating in the way they expect it to. closing the loop, checking the software team have done what is expected Matlab, simulink, diadem, excel.Use tools to analyse data and confirm control data is working the way they want.Data that comes from test cells and from machines and heel bench data.Data analyst task Working with software team, controls development engineer.Working with ICS - who put strategy into code.Working with validation engineers who are doing the testing.Working alongside existing engineer.Computer science or analytics education beneficial. Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

Manage the Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) system parameters and issue component schedules to suppliersInterpret requirements planning demand needs and develop production/supplier firm and planned orders to satisfy master scheduleEstablish priority of material requirements, schedules and orders to suppliers and the factory Liaise with external suppliers to provide material input informationMaintain excellent relationships with suppliers to ensure continuity of materials Manage Supplier Performance and report key metrics, utilising the Material Requirement Collaboration (MRC) Tool Utilise PFEP to control inventory to optimal levels. Accountable for the inventory within his/her control and ensures that adequate steps are taken to maintain continuity of supply.Responsible for achieving objectives and business goals such as those related to inventory turns, external supply order delivery performance, obsolete and surplus material disposition, lot sizes, etc. Support supply chain improvement projects e.g. Electronic Data Interface (EDI), Packaging, Transport Skills and Experience: Candidates will have gained the following skills and experience through previous roles: Previous Supply Chain experienceExternal facing experience with suppliers or customersEffective communication skills and sound judgment and be able to work in a team structureProven problem solving and analytical skills are important in order to identify needs, analyse potential alternatives and provide suitable solutions Candidates may have gained the following skills and experience through previous roles: MRP systems (i.e. MFG Pro, SAP etc) knowledge MCIPS qualified or working towards Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.