Category Buyer - Construction Services Category

Caterpillar Inc.; Peoria (IL); On-site; USD 113,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Paid time off

401(k) savings plans

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts

Career Development

Incentive bonus

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a Procurement professional to lead global, regional, and local sourcing strategies for indirect goods and services. You will develop policies, agreements, and catalogs while liaising with Category Buyers to work with strategic suppliers.

Ideal candidates will have a degree or equivalent experience, strong data analytics, and proven negotiation and supplier relationship management capabilities. This role requires onsite work in Peoria, IL and relocation is available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of AI prompting techniques and data analytics processes to uncover insights and support decision-making.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills for cross-functional collaboration and supplier engagement.
• Experience with supplier relationship management and contract/policy development.

Responsibilities

• Develop, communicate, and implement global, regional, and local sourcing strategies.
• Collaborate on policies, agreements, catalogs, and special procurement programs.
• Liaise with category-based buyers to align with strategic suppliers.
• Drive category strategies, policies, and procurement programs.
• Analyze cost, inventory, and quality improvements and assess risks in proposals.

Skills

Data Analytics

Effective Communications

Negotiating

Supplier Relationship Management

Interpersonal Relationships

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Career Area:

Procurement

Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you’rejoining 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’tjust 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.

Provides procurement solutions expertise, using Quality, Cost, Logistics, Development, Management (QCLDM) to deliver maximum value for indirect goods & services. This position serves as the Category Buyer for Indirect Purchasing and provides the business-unit-facing function for the GFSD Indirect Procurement organization.

What You Will Do:

• This role is responsible and accountable for the development, communication, and implementation of a global, regional, and local sourcing strategies.
• Responsible for developing, collaborating, and managing policies, agreements, country source catalogs, and special purchasing programs.
• Accountable for the liaison with the corresponding Category-based Buyers for strategic and collaborative suppliers.
• Developing, managing and executing the category strategy managing policies, agreements, source catalogs, and special procurement programs.
• Recognizing the potential for cost decreases, inventory reductions and quality improvement, as well as responsibility for soundness of business proposals and risk assessment.
• Acting as the liaison between the organization and the supplier to communicate information explicitly, while considering production demands and suppliers’ conditions.
• Documenting the suppliers’ performance on time sensitiveness and production; maintains a strong relationship with suppliers.

What You Have:

• Education/Experience: Degree or equivalent experience desired.

• Data Analytics: Knowledge of AI prompting techniques and data analytics processes, including data inspection, cleansing, transformation, and modeling, with the ability to uncover insights, draw logical conclusions, and support informed decision-making.

• What You Have (Basic Requirements):

  • Education/Experience: Degree or equivalent experience desired.
  • Data Analytics: Knowledge of AI prompting techniques and data analytics processes, including data inspection, cleansing, transformation, and modeling, with the ability to uncover insights, draw logical conclusions, and support informed decision-making.

• 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

• 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.

• Supplier Relationship Management: Knowledge of supplier relationship management concept and strategies; ability to address critical issues to meet supplier needs and maintain engaged, partnering relationship with suppliers.

What Will Set You Apart:

• Interpersonal Relationships: Knowledge of the techniques and the ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner.
• Contracts Management and Administration: Knowledge of policies, standards and processes of how to manage and administer contracts; ability to use proper processes and practices for managing and administering a variety of contractual agreements.
• Purchasing Tasks and Activities: Knowledge of policies, regulations and processes of purchasing; ability to use practices and procedures for procurement of materials, components, equipment and services.
• Strategic Sourcing: Knowledge of strategic sourcing methods, technologies and processes; ability to analyze, improve and re-evaluate organizational procurement process continuously.
• Experience developing, managing and executing category strategies, policies, agreements, source catalogs, and special procurement programs.
• Experience acting as the liaison between the organization and suppliers while maintaining strong supplier relationships.

Summary Pay Range:

$112,710.00 - $169,060.00

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location,job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

Benefits:

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits*

• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*

• 401(k) savings plans*

• Health Savings Account (HSA)*

• 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 position requires working onsite five days a week.

Relocation is available for this position.

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Posting Dates:

September 23, 2026 - October 6, 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.