Business Development Specialist

Caterpillar; Peoria (IL); On-site; USD 138,000 - 221,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive bonus

Career development

Tuition reimbursement

Life insurance

Job summary

Caterpillar in Peoria, IL seeks a seasoned account-management professional to oversee and coordinate sales and marketing activities for major client groups. You will work closely with dealers and internal partners to support corporate accounts, design customer communication processes, and drive cross-sell opportunities.

The role emphasizes customer focus, industry knowledge, and effective negotiation, with on-site work five days a week and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Customer focus drives tailored solutions and customer satisfaction.
• Industry knowledge includes regulatory awareness and market trends.
• Decision making relies on informed judgment and data analysis.
• Effective communication across teams and with clients is essential.
• Negotiating across internal and external stakeholders.
• Relationship management builds long-term client trust and collaboration.
• Account management involves servicing existing clients and expanding opportunities.
• Value selling differentiates offerings by addressing customer needs.

Responsibilities

• Following organizational policies and maintaining clear and direct communication to meet customer requirements.
• Consult with dealers and internal partners on sales and service support for corporate accounts.
• Design processes for informing customers of rates, shipping dates, delays, and other necessary information.
• Work directly with customers to gather information, sell additional products and services, and meet customer needs.

Skills

Customer focus

Industry knowledge

Decision making

Effective communications

Negotiating

Relationship management

Account management

Value selling

Education

Degree or equivalent experience desired

Job description

Career Area: 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. Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc. Our common values and focus on inclusion and respect drive the decisions made by our company, teams, and people. This is why we are committed to hiring and building diverse team representatives of the customers we serve globally. When you join our team, you can apply your unique life and job experiences and work in an environment where your ideas are heard, your contributions are celebrated, and your whole-self matters. 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.

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Role Definition

Oversees and coordinates all sales and marketing activities for a significant client or specific client group.

Responsibilities

• Following organizational policies and procedures and maintaining clear and direct line of communication within the organization to meet customer requirements.
• Consult with dealers and internal business partners on the subject of sales and service support of product to “corporate account” customers.
• Designing processes for informing customer of rates, shipping date, anticipated delays and any additional information needed by the customer.
• Working directly with customers to collect information, sell additional products and services to current customers, and ensure customers' needs are met.

Degree Requirement

Degree or equivalent experience desired

Skill Descriptors

Customer Focus: Knowledge of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and ability to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions. Level Extensive Experience:

• Facilitates creation of the 'right' products and services to resolve customer business issues.
• Fosters strong customer relationships via delivery on commitments, open communication, and on-going feedback/improvement.
• Advises others on creating customer focused environments in various scenarios.
• Anticipates customer needs, focusing efforts to proactively meet needs and exceed customer expectations.
• Measures and observes customer satisfaction levels to ascertain and implement service improvement alternatives.
• Communicates and models the criticality of customer focus as an organizational strategy.

Industry Knowledge: Knowledge of the organization's industry group, trends, directions, major issues, regulatory considerations, and trendsetters; ability to apply industry knowledge appropriately to diverse situations. Level Working Knowledge:

• Discusses industry-specific flagship products and services.
• Demonstrates current knowledge of the regulatory environment for industry segment.
• Describes the contribution of own function as it relates to the industry segment.
• Participates in major industry professional associations; subscribes to industry-specific publications.
• Currently works with a major industry segment and associated functions and features.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment. Level Extensive Experience:

• Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks.
• Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process.
• Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts their potential impact.
• Advises others in analyzing and synthesizing relevant data and assessing alternatives.
• Uses effective decision-making approaches such as consultative, command, or consensus.
• Ensures that assumptions and received wisdom are objectively analyzed in decisions.

Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors. Level Extensive Experience:

• Reviews others' writing or presentations and provides feedback and coaching.
• Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience.
• Demonstrates both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position.
• Communicates well downward, upward, and outward.
• Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.
• Maintains focus on the topic at hand.

Negotiating: Knowledge of successful negotiation concepts and techniques; ability to negotiate successfully across the organization and with external vendors and clients in a constructive and collaborative manner. Level Extensive Experience:

• Ensures negotiators have awareness of complementary yet diverse interests.
• Successfully completes significant negotiations, both internal and external.
• Details the risks of negotiation breakdown from each party's perspective.
• Protects own position, while demonstrating willingness to achieve win-win.
• Identifies similarities and differences in position and assesses impact on discussions.
• Detects and addresses lack of progress or a stalemate.

Relationship Management: Knowledge of relationship management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers. Level Extensive Experience:

• Communicates to clients regarding expectations of all parties.
• Participates in negotiating the terms of the business relationship.
• Conducts periodic reviews of work effort, progress, issues, and successes.
• Maintains productive, long-term relationships with clients or vendors.
• Creates opportunities to educate support teams on client priorities.
• Empowers others to establish collaborative, healthy relationships.

Account Management: Knowledge of account management; ability to manage day-to-day activities, providing services and support to existing clients. Level Extensive Experience:

• Evaluates demographics, trends and issues affecting specific markets and customers; makes recommendations accordingly.
• Trains others on the many aspects of managing existing customer accounts.
• Teaches others how to use advanced technologies and tools for account management.
• Anticipates the needs and preferences of key players at relevant customer accounts.
• Advises on the appropriate solutions to complex customer accounts problems.
• Collaborates with the customer on large account activities and monitors customer satisfaction.

Value Selling: Knowledge of the principles and practices for selling products, technology and services; ability to provide overall product/service 'value' and to differentiate support offerings that address clearly understood customer needs. Level Extensive Experience:

• Acquires and retains customers in multiple settings using 'value selling' techniques.
• Coaches others on the application of 'value selling' principles and practices.
• Delivers value-added services to customers beyond delivery of a purchased product, technology or service consistently.
• Qualifies sales prospects based on a clear understanding of customer business needs and the service company's determined ability to meet those needs.
• Solicits feedback from the customer community as a valued service provider.
• Teaches and coaches 'value selling' to others within the organization.

Additional Information

This position requires incumbents to be onsite primarily in the Peoria, IL office or Tucson, AZ office 5 days per week.

Compensation & Benefits

Summary Pay Range: $137,940.00 - $220,704.00

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• Health Lifestyle Programs
• Employee Assistance Program
• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts
• Career Development
• Incentive bonus
• Disability benefits Life Insurance Parental leave Adoption benefits Tuition Reimbursement

* These benefits also apply to part-time employees

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.

This position requires working onsite five days a week.

Relocation is available for this position.

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Posting Dates

October 20, 2026 - October 27, 2026

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.

Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

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.