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Caterpillar Inc. · 1 day ago

Vice President & General Manager of Motors Technology and Innovation (Electrification + Energy Solutions)

Irving, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$231K/yr - $347K/yr

Caterpillar Inc. is a global team dedicated to creating sustainable communities through innovation. The Vice President & General Manager of Motors Technology and Innovation will lead the Electrification & Energy Solutions Division, focusing on delivering advanced electrified power train technologies and customer economic outcomes.

ConstructionMachinery ManufacturingManufacturingMechanical Engineering

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Deliver component (motors, generators, inverters, e-powertrain) development through projects with customer outcomes

Drive engineering and supply chain development & deployment to deliver market leadership

Transform Caterpillar products, services and solutions by applying novel technologies and designing and developing value chains from scratch

Provide leadership and development for a global engineering team of 80-90 professionals in a project-based work model

Coach project teams on rapid and iterative development methodologies focused on customer outcomes

Qualification

Electrification expertiseBusiness acumenProduct developmentStrategic thinkingManaging peopleCustomer focusInnovationTeam leadershipProject management

Required

Degree required (Accredited Engineering, or Science Degree)

Deep capability pushing the boundaries of technology and innovation to drive business growth

Collaborates in setting enterprise priorities for customer outcomes

Champions the rapid development model

Applies probabilistic and scenario-based planning

Allocates organization effort according to value and certainty of outcomes

Considers internal and external resourcing of effort

Knowledge in the science of applied electrification in order to develop solutions to significant challenges

Champions new innovations and encourages, supports and rewards innovation and discovery

Drives excellence by defining state of the art and positioning team on the frontier

Requires innovation to include services, value-add process, built into the product to provide a complete economically viable customer solution

Thought leader with demonstrated experience building strategies that deliver power outcomes for customers

Recommends new products and services based unique customer energy profiles

Translates customer problems into business and technical gaps

Aligns enterprise capabilities, connections, and perspectives to customer outcomes

Knowledge of the importance of 'big picture' thinking and planning

Anticipates where customers and technology will meet

Develops strategic alliances that increase the company's competitive advantage

Equips the organization with strategic alternatives to remain an effective long-term competitor

Knowledge of processes involved in managing people; ability to lead successful teams and diligently address issues related to performance and conflicts at the workplace

Ensures employees are motivated by clear and meaningful work

Use processes as a reference for improvement, not a constraint

Provides skill development in project driven work model

Ability to derive value chain characteristics from customer benefits to deliver maximum value, reflected in product architecture

Solves customer challenges with services and value add processes for elegant designs

Promotes step change improvements in approach to expedite and simplify development within the organization

Leads enterprise teams assembled for the purpose of solving customer challenges

Predicts the trends and directions of manufacturing product development

Mentors others in current and evolving product design and development tools, techniques and materials

Required travel up to 50% (domestic and international)

This position requires working onsite five days a week