Senior Training Consultant

Caterpillar Inc.; Peoria (IL); On-site; USD 128,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) savings plans

Tuition Reimbursement

Career Development

Incentive bonus

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. seeks a Senior Training Consultant to elevate dealer sales teams from transactional sellers to trusted advisors. You will build customer-back selling skills, position solutions, and strengthen value-selling and services adoption across the Americas Distribution Services Division.

The role collaborates with Global Commercial Talent Development and requires up to 25% travel, located onsite in Peoria, IL with relocation support offered.

Qualifications

• Customer-focused approach aligned with client needs to deliver tailored solutions.
• Strong service excellence mindset with emphasis on client satisfaction.
• Proven consulting skills for guiding internal/external clients.
• Structured decision-making using relevant tools and judgment.
• Clear and effective communications across diverse teams.
• Analytical problem-solving in training and development contexts.
• Relationship management with dealers, vendors and peers.
• Experience in planning and executing training operations.

Responsibilities

• Be the primary regional contact for dealers and training teams.
• Promote training modules and programs; ensure relevance to dealers’ needs.
• Manage intake of dealer training requests for defined territory.
• Be knowledgeable of product training strategies and resources.
• Gather dealer feedback and relay insights to Global Commercial Learning.
• Understand competency models and learning platforms used.
• Assess dealer salesforce learning and advise on improvements.

Skills

Customer Focus

Service Excellence

Consulting

Decision Making

Effective Communications

Problem Solving

Relationship Management

Training Operations

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher (HR, education, instructional design)

Certified Training Professional (CTP)

Certified Instructional Designer (CID)

Job description

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.

Career Area

Product Support

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.

Our Americas Distribution Services Division (ADSD) provides governance and administration of Cat® dealers across the U.S., Canada, and Latin America.

As the Senior Training Consultant, you will play a critical role in shifting dealer sales teams from transactional sellers to trusted advisors by building customer-back selling skills, equipping dealer teams to position solutions, not just products; strengthening value-selling and services adoption and enhancing key account management through relationship-driven consultation.

This position will reside in the Americas Distribution Services Division’s COE-Marketing & Sales Operations team in support of efforts to drive consistent, differentiated customer experiences and build dealer sales force capabilities aligned to segment growth priorities. It will collaborate closely with the Commercial Learning team within Global Commercial Talent Development.

This role is responsible for the deployment and implementation of Dealer Sales & Leadership Development Processes to improve dealer salesforce commercial skills, dealer leaders’ skills and the dealers’ L&D organizations and learning effectiveness.

Additional Information

• Location: Peoria, IL (United States)
• Additional Location(s): Dallas, TX (United States)
• Required Travel: Up to 25% (Domestic)
• Relocation Assistance Offered: Yes (Domestic)
• US Work Authorization Sponsorship Offered: None

What You Will Do

• Be the primary point of contact in their region for dealers, District Industry and DSD teams for Sales & Leadership training
• Promote training modules, courses and programs to dealers and regional & district teams; ensuring that courses and materials are relevant to dealers' needs and processes. Will engage primarily with dealer sales management, L&D and/or HR managers.
• Manage intake of dealer/district training requests for defined territory.
• Be knowledgeable of all Industry teams’ product training strategies, resources & contacts.
• Gather regional dealer feedback and provide these insights to the Global Commercial Learning team to identify needs, gaps and improvement opportunities to ensure success of the training program.
• Be knowledgeable of Sales & Leadership competency models, assessment tools, learning solutions and learning platforms.
• Assess dealers’ salesforce learning and development capability & advise dealers on key improvement areas.

What You Have (Required Skills)

• 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.
• Service Excellence: Knowledge of customer service concepts and techniques; ability to meet or exceed customer needs and expectations and provide excellent service in a direct or indirect manner
• Consulting: Knowledge of techniques, roles, and responsibilities in providing technical or business guidance to clients, both internal and external; ability to apply consulting knowledge appropriately.
• 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.
• 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.
• Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
• Relationship Management: Knowledge of relationship management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers.
• Training Operations: Knowledge of training processes and procedures; ability to implement training related tasks and programs to ensure smooth daily and strategic training operations.

What Will Put You Ahead (Preferred Skills)

• Previous marketing and/or sales experience
• Industry training experience
• Certified Training Professional (CTP)
• Certified Instructional Designer (CID)
• Bachelor’s degree or higher human resources, education, instructional design, or related field

What You Will Get

Through it all, we are one team– creating and delivering world-class components and solutions superior to the competition. Learn more about the Caterpillar Experience.

About Caterpillar

Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.

Summary Pay Range

$128,470.00 - $192,710.00

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

• 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 4, 2026 - September 20, 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.