Supply Chain Value Designer (Santa Catarina)

Career Area

Engineering

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Job Summary

The Supply Chain Value Designer is responsible for designing, optimizing, and implementing processes that enhance end‑to‑end value chain performance. This role involves analyzing the current state of the value stream network, proposing future‑state configurations, and leading continuous improvement initiatives that drive operational efficiency, profitability, and sustainability.

Responsibilities

• Analyze inbound, value‑add, and outbound value chains to identify improvement opportunities.
• Develop value stream models representing current and future network configurations.
• Build business cases and capability studies to recommend improvements to stakeholders.
• Implement new or enhanced processes and tools, ensuring cross‑functional alignment.
• Identify inefficiencies and eliminate waste in time, money, materials, and energy.
• Lead process redesign initiatives to meet regulatory and strategic requirements.
• Facilitate root cause analysis sessions and promote a culture of continuous improvement.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, Logistics, Systems, Supply Chain Management or a related field.
• Fluent English.
• Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Systems Engineering, or related fields.

Business Process Design

• Leads cross‑functional process design initiatives.
• Demonstrates mastery of reengineering concepts, methods, and tools.
• Trains others in infrastructure support for specific processes.

Problem Solving

• Organizes cross‑functional teams to resolve high‑impact issues.
• Predicts long‑term implications of proposed solutions.
• Trains others in problem‑solving techniques.

Process Mapping / Flowcharting

• Leads macro and micro process improvement initiatives.
• Establishes organizational best practices for process mapping.
• Evaluates and promotes new mapping tools and techniques.

Certifications

• Lean Six Sigma (Black Belt)
• APICS CPIM or CSCP
• Business Process Professional
• Project Management Professional
• Supply Chain Professional

Additional Information

• Location: Santa Catarina, Nuevo Leon.
• This position is five‑day a week in‑office model.
• Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Caterpillar 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, nor HIV tests as requirements for employment entry, permanence or promotion.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.