Grade Control Data Scientist

Career Area:

Marketing

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

Whether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.

When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators, and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don't just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that, because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in - the roads, hospitals, homes, and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer's needs. Join us.

Job Summary:

The CTCT division (a joint venture between Caterpillar and Trimble) develops positioning and control products for earthmoving and paving machines in the construction and mining industries, using technologies such as GPS, optical total stations, lasers, and sonics. The products are used in a range of applications where the operator of the machine benefits from having accurate horizontal and vertical guidance.

On the Customer Segment team, we rely on insightful data to understand our target customer segments and make profitable strategic decisions. We're seeking an experienced data scientist with a natural curiosity and a creative mind; someone who is excited about determining the best way to answer hard questions. The ideal candidate will have expertise and experience with product usage analytics, as well as economics and market analysis. Strong communication skills are also vital. This person will need to be able to help communicate complex data strategies to a variety of stakeholders.

What You Will Do:

• Formulate a Market Analysis strategy that ensures we're identifying and accurately estimating the most important customer segments

• Communicate the Market Analysis strategy and support Customer Segment leads in the analysis

• Formulate a Data Analytics strategy that allows us to track our success within each targeted customer segment

• Communicate the Data Analytics strategy and support Product teams and Data Extraction teams in implementation

• Devise idealized dashboards and methods of conveying valuable segment insights to stakeholders

Education Requirement:

Bachelor's degree in data analytics, MS in Data Analytics is ideal

What Skills You Will Have:

Customer Focus :

• Participates in Segment Overviews and Site Visits to better understand the unique needs of a customer segment

• Helps product teams and stakeholders determine how best to articulate the questions to be answered

Data Gathering & Analysis :

• Oversees data gathering and analysis activities within the Customer Segment team.

• Leverages publicly available data, industry publications, sales data, data-backed assumptions, customer research and other data sources in creative ways to answer segment questions.

• Identifies the explicit data hooks required in order to baseline and assess product progress in a given customer segment.

• Documents sources and validates the accuracy of data analysis by evaluating the pros and cons of data analysis methods used.

• Develops an understanding of our product architecture and capabilities to inform the Data Analytics strategy for Customer Segment

Collaborating:

• Establishes shared goals to foster collaboration.

• Actively participates in the wider Data Analytics Community of Practice representing the needs of Customer Segment

• Deemphasizes divides; focuses on collaboration across generations, functions, regions, and levels.

• Implements methods for people to come together on the fly to make decisions, solve problems, and develop products/services.

Effective Communications :

• Communicates complex concepts to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.

• Exercises very strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Designs dashboards that enable monitoring of segment trends year-over-year, impacting our long term strategies and roadmaps.

Additional Information

The locations for this position are Mossville, IL; Dayton, OH; and Westminster, CO.

Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.

This position may require up to 15% travel.

What You Will Get:

Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world. Here you earn more than just wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides:

• Competitive Base Salary

• Annual incentive bonus plan*

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage

• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)

• 401k savings plan

• Health savings account (HSA)

• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

• Short and long-term disability coverage

• Life Insurance

• Paid parental leave

• Healthy Lifestyle Programs

• Employee Assistance Programs

• Voluntary Benefits (Ex. Accident, Identity Theft Protection)

*Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines.

Final details

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This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at ~~~/Careers .

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Summary Pay Range:

$108,360.00 - $162,480.00

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:

Annual incentive bonus plan*

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)

401k savings plan

Health savings account (HSA)

Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

Disability benefits

Life Insurance

Parental leave

Healthy Lifestyle Programs

Employee Assistance Programs

Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts

Tuition Reimbursement

Career Development

_*Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines_ .

Posting Dates:

April 30, 2024 - May 21, 2024

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

EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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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.