Sourcing Specialist

Caterpillar Brazil; Batam; On-site; IDR 167,400,000 - 256,680,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Pension

Accident & life insurance

Annual bonus

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. offers a procurement-focused role based in Batam, Indonesia, supporting purchasing, sourcing, and contract activities. You will analyze spend, engage top suppliers, and develop pricing strategies while collaborating with cross-functional teams in a manufacturing environment.

The position emphasizes ERP proficiency, negotiation skills, and English communication, with travel and potential relocation requirements within Indonesia. Equal opportunity employment is noted.

Qualifications

• University degree and at least 3 years in engineering or supply chain.
• Familiar with Syteline ERP system.
• Strong English communication, negotiation, and collaboration skills.
• Basic understanding of finance, accounting, tax, and legal concepts.

Responsibilities

• Process requisitions and provide support for purchasing, supply chain, and contracts.
• Develop savings plans and supplier selection strategies with key suppliers.
• Support pricing information and cross-functional proposals.
• Conduct spend analysis and monitor supplier performance against KPIs.
• Maintain central repository for contracts and ensure proper documentation.

Skills

Good communication in English

Negotiation

Organizational skills

Collaboration skills

Financial awareness / Basic accounting

Education

University Degree in Engineering or Supply Chain or related field

Tools

Syteline ERP

Job description

Career Area: Procurement

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. A chance to make quality products that matter.

SPM Oil & Gas is a welcoming, inclusive place, where everyone’s contribution is recognized and all employees are encouraged to innovate, collaborate and be themselves.

We offer a wide range of career opportunities across a variety of technical and business roles in engineering and service locations worldwide.

As a Sourcing Specialist at SPM Oil and Gas, you will process requisitions and provides support for purchasing, supply chain, sourcing, cost, price analyses and contract/purchase order generation.

Responsibilities

• Developing improvement plans to support buyers & professionals related to Response Time, Lean Targets Quality, Cost, Logistics, Development, and Management (QCLDM) to enable optimal and efficient operations.
• Performing analysis and maintenance of assigned processes that produce output excellence, builds expertise for the assign process area, and contributing to continuous improvement efforts.
• Supporting customers and customer proposal efforts with pricing information and supplier selection.
• Performing analytical and administrative tasks in support of purchasing strategic initiatives.
• Performing spend analysis to identify savings opportunities in terms of price-to-price savings, supplier rebates (impacting profit and loss statement) as well as payment terms improvement, vendor consignment (impacting balance sheet).
• Developing applicable sourcing strategies to each savings project by conducting the 7 steps of strategic sourcing process right from spend analysis, market research, the RFx (Request for Quotation/Information/Proposal) process, to negotiation, contracting, onboarding, through to monitoring performance.
• Engaging key suppliers who are the top 20% suppliers with 80% spend on a regular performance monitoring in terms of pricing, quality, and on time delivery to ensure the key suppliers are delivering to expectation.
• Sourcing for new or alternative suppliers or explore product substitution and collaborate cross-functions to onboard potential suppliers who can provide the goods and services at the most competitive rate without compromising on quality and lead time.
• Developing a price book with a daily update or as and when the negotiations are completed and contracted such that buyers and cost estimators along with tendering team can have the most updated reference on pricing at any time of the day.
• Ensuring all contractual agreements for both hard and softcopies are monitored, tracked, and kept in a proper manner in a central repository.
• Key performance indicators to track if all the above are executed successfully are (a) savings as a percentage of spend (Savings % Spend) and (b) days payable outstanding (DPO).

Requirements

The successful candidate must bring:

• University Degree with minimum 3 years’ experience in Engineering or Supply Chain or similar other roles.
• Familiar with ERP (Syteline) system.
• Good communication in English.
• Excellent negotiation, organizational, and collaboration skills.
• Have a basic understanding of certain areas (i.e. finance, accounting, tax, and legal).

Top candidates will also bring:

• Capability to do industry benchmarking and market intelligence reports independently.
• Experience in conducting the 7 steps of strategic sourcing process.
• Passionate in cost efficiency without compromising lead time and quality requirements.
• Ability to understand and/or converse in Chinese (Mandarin) is a plus for the purpose of liaising with suppliers from China.

Physical Requirements

This job requires extensive active movement throughout the plant including climbing stairs and steps, lifting devices, and pushing and pulling equipment. This job requires 10-20% of travelling within Indonesia and overseas.

Shift & Location

Additional Information Shift: Regular Work location: Jl.Bukit Girang TT II, Batu Ampar, Batam 29444 You will work both in an office and manufacturing shop-floor environment. Domestic relocation is not available for this position. Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Benefits

Our goal at SPM Oil and Gas is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world. Here you earn more than just a salaried wage because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides benefits (medical, dental, vision, pension, and accident & life insurance) along with the potential of an annual bonus.

Culture & Opportunities

There’s more to work at Caterpillar than just the work itself. We hire smart, friendly people and it shows in our culture. We hold ourselves to high standards and make sure our values of integrity, excellence, teamwork, commitment and sustainability come to life in the way we work. We make sure our employees feel continuously challenged while also supported. We provide professional growth opportunities, including leadership programs. We celebrate the diversity of our team, while also working together as one Caterpillar. Our culture, like everything at our company, is made possible by each employee’s contribution. Person by person, we create the environment we work in, and we are proud of the Caterpillar we’ve built.

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