Product Procurement Engineer Full Time

Procurement

Job Description

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Job Title: Product Procurement Engineer

Salary: £57,700 – £72,000 depending on experience

Contract: Full time & permanent

Location: Desford, Leicestershire

The Opportunity

As a Product Procurement Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role within Caterpillar, representing the Category and managing part sourcing, development and quality feedback loops across New Product Introduction (NPI), Continuous Product Improvement (CPI), and New Source Introduction (NSI). The role will require you to work closely with internal stakeholders from engineering, and procurement teams as well as directly communicate with our supply base. The role ensures our strategic direction is clearly documented ensuring parts are delivered with the right quality, total cost, and timing to support business and customer requirements.

As a Product Procurement Engineer, you will be responsible for, but not limited to:

• Develop, implement, maintain, and report category‑specific KPIs to Category and Program Leadership.
• Collaborate with design control engineering, value chain engineering, procurement, quality, and supply chain teams to define and implement global product supply strategies aligned with category management.
• Drive Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VA/VE) through cost modelling, design‑for‑manufacturability, and effective use of supplier capability.
• Operate as part of a global team to develop and implement standardised processes across sourcing, quality improvement, cost management, and capacity assessment.
• Manage quality feedback loops, ensuring lessons learned from defects and issues are documented, shared, and consistently applied across the supply base.
• Represent Category status at NPI and APQP gateways, working directly with suppliers and Quality & Procurement teams to resolve quality, cost, and delivery issues and support continuous improvement.

Interview Process: Telephone interviews w/c 11 May 2026 and on-site face-to-face interviews w/c 18 May 2026.

NB. The panel cannot make assumptions when shortlisting therefore please demonstrate your qualifications and experience on your CV relevant to the criteria outlined.

What You Can Demonstrate

Level Extensive Experience:

• Effective Communications: Communicates clearly and credibly with suppliers and cross‑functional stakeholders, influencing technical and commercial decisions while maintaining alignment on quality, cost, and timing.
• Strategic mindset: Developing, managing and executing the category strategy managing policies, agreements, source catalogues, and special procurement programs.
• Cost and Quality Benefit Analysis: Recognizing the potential for cost decreases, inventory reductions and quality improvement. Supports Design for Manufacture (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) and drives effective use of supplier capability.
• Risk Assessment: Responsibility for soundness of business proposals and risk assessment, communicating and escalating as necessary to Category Leadership.

Top Candidates Will Also Have

• Works directly with suppliers to support part development, manage quality and delivery issues, and ensure parts meet specification, escalating higher‑risk concerns where required.
• Making informed sourcing and supplier decisions by weighing cost, contractual terms, risk exposure, and long‑term value to protect quality, delivery, and commercial outcomes.
• Applying quality standards, governance, and continuous‑improvement methods to ensure consistent product quality and supplier performance.
• Anticipating and factoring governmental, environmental, political, and geographic influences into sourcing decisions to strengthen resilience and mitigate supply risk.

Pending the number of applications, the criteria for the position may be enhanced to facilitate shortlisting.

What You Will Get

Caterpillar 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. We do business on every continent, principally operating through three primary segments – Construction Industries, Resource Industries, and Energy & Transportation – and providing financing and related services through our Financial Products segment.

Careers at Caterpillar are limitless, we have opportunities in Engineering, Human Resources, Manufacturing, Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain and so much more. You can create the career you want. It’s your time and talent, make it count.

Our Sustainability Commitment

Caterpillar has a long-standing commitment to sustainability, one of our five Values in Action. It is part of who we are and what we do. We actively lead sustainable green initiatives to preserve the environment, help reduce poverty with the Caterpillar Foundation and stay involved in the communities we help build.

Benefits: 27 days annual leave + bank holidays, opportunity to buy additional holiday, 12% Bonus, Private Medical, contributory pension scheme – Caterpillar will double the employee’s contribution up to 10%, contributory share scheme – Caterpillar will match 50% of the employee’s contribution, Employee Support Networks – join groups that offer support, connection, and a sense of community, optional flexible benefits including access to private health and dental care plans, EV car lease etc

Travel up to 25% Globally

This position requires working onsite five days a week.

Posting Dates

April 16, 2026 – May 1, 2026

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

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