Solution Architect - Warehouse Solutions

Solar Turbines Incorporated; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 128,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) savings plans

Paid time off

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a skilled professional to own the end-to-end Warehousing business process and capability vision. The role involves prioritizing work, guiding analysts, and shaping a roadmap aligned with strategic objectives.

You will work with warehouse experts to improve processes and mentor teammates in business analysis and delivery. The position emphasizes data-driven analysis, technical documentation, and collaboration with senior teams to implement high-value solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience interpreting business data and documenting requirements.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to lead and mentor team members in a technical setting.
• Attention to detail and accuracy in delivering results.
• Knowledge of warehousing processes and data analysis is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end Warehousing business process and capability vision.
• Set priorities and direct EBPs and analysts to translate vision into capabilities.
• Maintain warehousing capability roadmap and align stakeholders on priorities.
• Collaborate with warehouse professionals to improve processes and capabilities.
• Coach and mentor team members in business analysis and solution delivery.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain or IT

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 AreaTechnology, Digital and DataJob DescriptionYour 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.

Role Definition

• Vision & Strategy: Own the end-to-end Warehousing business process and capability vision, identifying and recommending high-value solutions aligned with Solar's strategic objectives.
• Prioritization & Direction: Establish priorities and provide clear direction to EBPs and business analysts to translate the Vision Into Business Capabilities, Requirements, And Executable Solutions.
• Roadmap & Stakeholder Alignment: Own the Warehousing capability roadmap and align business and technology stakeholders on priorities, investments, dependencies, and future-state solutions.
• Warehouse Domain Collaboration: Join a dynamic team of warehouse specialists who help Solar grow by improving Warehousing processes and capabilities.
• Coaching & Mentoring: Coach and mentor team members to strengthen business analysis, Warehousing domain knowledge, and solution delivery capabilities

Key Accountabilities :

• Assisting in the development, testing, and delivery of services/products; Analyzing existing offerings, preparing technical documentation, and recommending upgrades.
• Conducting market research to do a comparative analysis of competitor offerings and provide recommendations for developing a more effective product/service.
• Identifying user/client requirements for a product or service and defining technical specifications; Preparing technical documentation and sharing them with senior analysts and technical teams.
• Supporting senior analysts by fulfilling their data requests, preparing reports, and providing technical assistance; Participating in initiatives to improve processes efficiency and employee productivity.

Skills DescriptorsAccuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Evaluates and makes contributions to best practices.
• Processes large quantities of detailed information with high levels of accuracy.
• Productively balances speed and accuracy.
• Implements a variety of cross-checking approaches and mechanisms.
• Demonstrates expertise in quality assurance tools, techniques, and standards.
• Employs techniques for motivating employees to meet or exceed accuracy goals.

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.

Business Data Analysis: Knowledge of business data analysis; ability to collect, identify, analyze and interpret business data using various kinds of techniques to meet business needs and requirements.

Level Advanced:

• Leads discussions and answers complex questions regarding business data analysis software.
• Defines processes and methods for integrating global models and component reusability.
• Advocates better communication of data requirements in business data analysis processes to increase the efficiency of data analysis.
• Consults on modeling, tools, techniques, strategies, and the use of reusable information.
• Establishes working processes for business data analysis and supervises team progress.
• Monitors industry and vendor trends and directions of business data analysis technologies.

Business Assessment: Knowledge of the activities, tasks, practices and deliverables for assessing and documenting business opportunities; ability to assess the benefits, risks, and success factors of potential applications.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Conducts, documents and communicates basic business assessment reviews and walkthroughs.
• Defines success factors for potential applications or systems.
• Evaluates the processes and tools for risk assessment and benefits analysis.
• Plays an active or leadership role in business assessment processes and assists in the preparation of deliverables.
• Utilizes tools, techniques and practices for identifying and validating business opportunities.
• Establishes business assessment procedures for multiple or critical applications.

Requirements Analysis: Knowledge of tools, methods, and techniques of requirement analysis; ability to elicit, analyze and record required business functionality and non-functionality requirements to ensure the success of a system or software development project.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Plays an active or leading role in recording and storing requirement documents in various forms.
• Ensures the successful completion of all major activities, tasks and deliverables pertaining to the requirement analysis stage.
• Supervises the advanced use of requirements analysis tools and services, including prototyping and use cases.
• Produces detailed functional and information requirements models and documentation.
• Trains others on requirements walkthroughs and quality reviews.
• Utilizes automated diagramming tools to ensure traceability of requirements.

Technical Writing/Documentation: Knowledge of technical writing; ability to write technical documents such as manuals, reports, guidelines or documents on standards, processes and applications.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Conducts training on alternative documentation delivery mechanisms, tools and techniques.
• Manages cost items in producing and maintaining documentation.
• Designs and implements formal methodologies for producing documentation.
• Collaborates with support function managers, the product management team, and design engineers with writing projects.
• Supervises the analysis, design and data collation on large documentation initiatives.
• Establishes and references best practices for existing and planned tools and delivery vehicles for proper documentation.

Product Design and Development: Knowledge of product features; ability to design, build, and develop a new product, technology, or service from concept through to production.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Develops organizational standards and processes in order to maximize complex product services' efficiency and effectiveness.
• Creates and introduces new techniques that expedite or simplify the development process.
• Supervises the management of multiple and diverse types of products or services.
• Develops proof-of-concept exercises to prove or disprove validity of proposed products.
• Advises on the appropriate solutions to complex product design and development problems.
• Designs working prototypes of a variety of proposed products or services.

Degree RequirementsA Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain or I.T.

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.

BenefitsSubject 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.

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Posting Dates:

November 4, 2026 - November 18, 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.