Summary: This role maximizes external supplier performance by serving as a focal point, managing inventory, reviewing schedules, and collaborating on problem parts. Highlights: 1. Maximize external supplier performance through understanding our supply network. 2. Serve as focal point for suppliers to minimize past due schedules. 3. Focus on inventory management to prevent excess material. **Career Area:** Supply Chain and Logistics**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:** Maximizes external supplier performance through understanding our supply network. **What you will do:** * Serving as focal point for suppliers, following up on requirements to minimize past due schedules. * Focusing on inventory management to prevent excess material within the network. * Reviewing and acting on schedule releases and follow up for on\-time shipments. * Working with global purchasing buyers and purchasing analyst on problem parts. **Degree Requirement** Degree in Engineering or International Relations **Skill Descriptors** **Accuracy and Attention to Detail:** * Identifies critical deliverables from subcontract suppliers that require careful validation, such as documentation, delivery dates, and material conformity. * Applies standardized procedures to ensure that information received from suppliers is accurate and error‑free, including cross‑checks, quality controls, and verification against contracts. **Analytical Thinking:** * Provides examples of how supplier performance data (KPIs, lead times, quality deviations) has been analyzed to resolve supply or compliance issues. * Supports others in using analytics tools and supplier performance tracking systems—such as dashboards, performance reports, or material management systems—to improve decision‑making. **Collaborating:** * Explains the importance of collaboration among functions such as Purchasing, Quality, Engineering, and Production to effectively manage subcontract suppliers. * Provides examples of how working collaboratively with internal teams and suppliers has enabled achievement of material availability goals, resolution of issues, or process improvements. **Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP):** * Describes the role of subcontract suppliers within the supply flow and how their performance affects distribution and production requirements. * Explains the basic process of moving, receiving, and releasing materials from external suppliers and how it must be synchronized with internal demand. **Materials Handling and Management:** * Identifies key challenges associated with handling subcontracted materials, such as delivery variability, storage, traceability, and quality. * Discusses key considerations for the physical management of materials supplied by subcontractors, including inspection, inventory flow, deviation control, and release to production. **Supplier Management \- MFG:** * Describes typical tasks involved in managing subcontract suppliers, such as delivery monitoring, issue resolution, KPI tracking, risk management, and ongoing communication. * Defines common terms and conditions found in supplier agreements, including service levels, non‑compliance penalties, quality requirements, delivery windows, and capacity commitments. **Additional Information:** The location for this position Santa Catarina This position will require travel 5 % Work schedule: Lunes – Sabado (7am a 3pm ) Discponibilidad de rolar 1 semal mes. Intermediate to Advanced English **Final details:** Caterpillar's Code of Conduct states that we will select, and place employees based on their qualifications for the job to be performed, without regard to race, religion, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age or disability. In this company we do not request pregnancy tests or HIV tests as requirements for entry, permanence, or promotion in employment. Please frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application – please use the candidate log\-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status. **Posting Dates:** febrero 11, 2026 \- febrero 19, 2026 Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community.