Strategic Project Consultant - Structured Finance

at  Caterpillar

LEVEL EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE:

• Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances.
• Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation.
• Identifies many possible causes for a problem based on prior experience and current research.
• Quantifies the costs, benefits, risks, and chances for success before recommending a course of action.

LEVEL EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE:

• Discusses organizational culture around providing input on decisions.
• Identifies who the decision makers are and how they receive information.
• Regularly presents ideas or suggestions to associates in persuasive terms.

LEVEL WORKING KNOWLEDGE:

• Explains lessons learned from mistakes and failures as well as successes.
• Maintains network of contacts within own unit.
• Identifies and explains own strengths and development needs.

LEVEL WORKING KNOWLEDGE:

• Explains impact of interactions with individuals and groups.
• Demonstrates an understanding of alternative points of view.
• Collaborates with departmental associates and management.
• Adapts interaction style to situations and people.

LEVEL WORKING KNOWLEDGE:

• Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives.
• Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder.
• Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on resolution.
• Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems.

LEVEL WORKING KNOWLEDGE:

• Defines the critical workflow for executing key processes.
• Identifies process problems that limit performance.
• Implements methods for improving and establishing controls for critical processes.
• Surfaces systemic problems to be addressed at the organizational level.

LEVEL WORKING KNOWLEDGE:

• Assists in detailed project plans including cost, schedule, and resource requirements.
• Obtains information from stakeholders during the planning stage of a project.
• Produces standard project status reports.

LEVEL WORKING EXPERIENCE:

• Guides on the choice and use of appropriate tools to measure existing performance.
• Estimates the root cause of quality or service related problems.
• Resolves various obstacles and problems in performance improvement.
• Facilitates changes to improve performance in relation to costs or quality of products and services.

Additional Information:

• This role is a hybrid position and would require any successful candidate to commit to a 3 day per week in office requirement.

This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of “essential job functions” as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Relocation is available for this position.Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.

Role Definition

• Coordinate management of multiple, related high-priority and/or high-risk projects where the project’s scope is aligned with key strategic initiatives. Lead project teams to deliver complex business, integration, implementation projects, and continuous improvement/lean efforts

Responsibilities

• Apply program and project management principles to manage scope, timeline, resources, stakeholders, and risk throughout the lifecycle of strategic initiatives.
• Lead high-priority projects to achieve measurable business process improvements.
• Providing technical training and guidance for continuous improvement on the planning, development and implementation of process improvement.
• Utilize facilitation and consultancy skills to assist leaders in identifying growth opportunities and planning strategically