Senior Manager Business Development - Dealer Management

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Job Summary:

The Senior Manager Business Development is responsible for the overall management of strategic relationships with digital vendors that will provide services to CAT dealers. This position ensures alignment of the vendor with CAT Dealer’s and CAT Digital’s business goals and objectives through supporting vendor evaluation and selection, overseeing vendor relationship and performance and managing vendor risks. This position will work closely with CAT Digital Vendor Management.    

Job Related Statistics:

• Accountable for vendor management and procurement activities for CAT Digital (>$150M in annual expenditure)
• The scope of work is global, across all key functions of CAT Dealer ERP Program
• Primary Internal Interface: Managers/Directors/Business Unit Heads
• Personnel: 3-5 Cat employees

What You Will Do:

The incumbent is responsible for leading all vendor management key activities and play a larger role in directing the work of others. Some of the key responsibilities are as follows:

Developing CAT Dealer ERP System Integrator Strategy

• Translate CAT Digital and CAT Dealer strategy and business needs into strategy.
• Establish policies, standards, processes and templates for working with vendors.
• Develop and refine supplier segmentation frameworks for classifying and prioritizing suppliers.

Collaborate with internal stakeholders to support sourcing activities

• Coordinate with CAT Digital VMO and FSD Indirect Procurement, business units and other key functions on sourcing methods, vendor evaluation & selection, and negotiation.
• Assist business and functional teams with transition and transformation planning, due diligence and implementation

Manage vendor relationship

• Develop standard communication policy to convey key decisions, expectations, etc. to suppliers (includes email correspondence, virtual meetings, and site visits).
• Coordinate and conduct senior-level meetings between suppliers and CAT Dealer to ensure strategic alignment.
• Serve as a point of escalation to resolve issues and disputes.
• Partner with strategic vendor to identify development and co-investment opportunities and drive continuous capability improvement.

Proactively monitor and manage vendor performance and risks

• Identify requirements and define process and tools to monitor supplier performance (scorecards, KPIs, dashboards) and report progress periodically
• Assess and report on vendors’ qualifications and risk, including financial and supply continuity risk (incl. financial, skills, tools, and the use of third parties)

Strategically managing contract and commercial terms

• Ensure compliance, resolve contract disputes, and prevent savings leakage
• Establish a process and manage team to draft, modify, renew, finalize and/or terminate existing supplier contracts

Oversee procurement operations

• Oversee the governance of execution and processing of purchase requisition, purchase orders, invoices and receipts
• Oversee the governance of reconciliation of contracts, purchase orders and payments through PO and Invoice matching

Manage Business Operations talent development

• Provide appropriate support/training to Business Operations organization
• Drive a high-performance culture through performance targets, development plan, engagement strategy and regular performance reviews.
• Hire the right talent for the right roles based on skills and competencies.

This position requires a minimal amount of travel; up to 50% of work time.

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