Product Change Control Manager

Career Area:

Manufacturing

Job Description:

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• CATERPILLAR REMANUFACTURING
• Do you have a passion for helping customers and supporting a sustainable solution? Since 1973, Cat Reman has helped bring the value at the core of every Cat product back to life. Customers look to us to provide a high-quality solution that is good for their business - and promotes sustainability. It's important to us to deliver. Our team is full of industry leaders. Together, following common values, we share a passion for delivering sustainability benefits that help the company contribute to a circular economy. It’s rewarding to work, with an inspiring team, where every contribution matters.

Caterpillar Remanufacturing Division (Reman) has an exciting opportunity for a Product Change Control Manager located in our Corinth, MS facility. This position builds, enhances, and maintains central configuration databases; tracks change requests, analyzes and recommends enhancements, and evaluates requests for new configuration management requirements.

What You Will Do:

Primary Responsibilities:

• •Lead engineering change management across the Mississippi facilities, coordinating changes through liaison and material queues and ensuring effective implementation across value streams.
• •Lead New Product Introduction (NPI) and product release coordination, including setup and release activities, while ensuring production, material, and system readiness for implementation.
• •Provide leadership for material planning and replenishment processes, including Item Sub/Kanban setup and management, buy-level issue resolution, Roll-To relationships, and related material management activities.
• •Lead inventory optimization and supply chain improvement activities, including safety stock management, surplus inventory disposition, and initiatives to reduce excess inventory and improve material flow.
• •Collaborate with product engineers to support the timely release and implementation of new models, major product updates, and miscellaneous changes. Maintain configuration integrity and traceability throughout the product life cycle by implementing library controls, product builds, and tool setup and maintenance.
• •Establish priorities and coordinate the efforts of the change control team responsible for processing product changes, establishing manufacturing effective dates, and scheduling material for the factory.
• •Respond to questions regarding configuration management policies and procedures and perform configuration verification audits.
• •Manage a team of three to five employees.
• •Provide ongoing specialized expertise and consultation to product change control groups regarding release practices.
• •Serve as a working manager, providing leadership and hands-on support across several key responsibilities, including:
• •Change Management Lead for Engines
• •Liaison and Materials Queue Lead for ECB, Heads, and Prentiss products
• •Facility Surplus Process Lead

What You Will Have:

• •Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Completes work precisely, follows procedures, and recognizes the impact of errors.
• •Manufacturing Change Control: Understands how production changes are evaluated, approved, communicated, implemented, and documented.
• •Cross-Team Integration: Builds relationships and coordinates work across teams to achieve shared results.
• •Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Analyzes issues, applies sound judgment, and makes or escalates decisions appropriately.
• •Manufacturing Processes: Understands manufacturing functions, workflows, responsibilities, and supporting documentation.
• •Planning and Organizing: Prioritizes assignments, estimates resources, and keeps work on schedule as conditions change.
• •Problem Solving: Uses structured methods to identify, analyze, resolve, and escalate operational or process issues.

Who This Role Is Great For:

• •A hands-on people leader who can guide a small team while directly supporting complex change-control and material-management activities.
• •A manufacturing or supply chain professional experienced in engineering changes, NPI, product releases, configuration management, or production readiness.
• •A cross-functional problem solver who can coordinate priorities among engineering, operations, materials, and value-stream partners.
• •A detail-oriented decision maker who can manage competing priorities, maintain accurate records, and drive changes through implementation.

Degree Requirement:

• •Degree or equivalent experience desired
• •Supply Chain, Engineering or Accounting degree desired

Preferred Qualifications:

• •Previous experience leading employees or cross-functional teams in a manufacturing environment.
• •Experience with engineering change management, configuration control, New Product Introduction, or product release processes.
• •Working knowledge of material planning, inventory management, replenishment, and manufacturing systems.
• •Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and implement changes across engineering, operations, and supply chain functions.
• •Experience using data and structured problem-solving methods to improve material flow, inventory performance, or production readiness.

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 an hourly wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides day one benefits along with the potential of annual bonuses.

Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date).

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)

All eligible candidates MUST pass the following pre-employment screenings before they can be hired to any Caterpillar position:

Background Screening

Drug & Alcohol Screening

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Visa sponsorship is NOT available for this position.

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 www.caterpillar.com/careers

Domestic relocation assistance is offered for this position.

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 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 servic