Career Area:
Strategy
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.
Job Title: Strategy Manager – Aftermarket
Salary: From £79,424 depending on experience
Location: Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Benefits:
25 days annual leave
Monthly Cash Car Allowance
Up to 20% Bonus
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.
Optional flexible benefits including access to health and dental care plans, EV car lease, holiday purchase.
About IPSD
Caterpillar’s Industrial Power Systems Division (IPSD) designs, tests and manufactures 0.5 to 18L Cat® and Perkins engines that power over 5000 applications including Marine, Petroleum, Industrial Applications, Electric Generators, and Locomotives. Caterpillar’s company strategy includes sustainability as one of four focus areas and IPSD is engaged and actively preparing green energy solutions for the future.
The Opportunity
IPSD Sales, Marketing, Servicing & Parts (SMSP) has an opening for a Strategy Manager to join the Perkins Aftermarket team. Reporting to the Aftermarket Director and serving as a key member of the Aftermarket leadership team, this high-profile role will lead the development and execution of the global aftermarket strategy for the Perkins brand. The position is instrumental in driving sustainable growth, delivering commercial excellence initiatives, and enhancing customer value across the Industrial Power Division.
Working closely with cross-functional teams and stakeholders across the business, the successful candidate will be responsible for translating strategic priorities into actionable plans, ensuring the successful delivery of critical projects that strengthen the Perkins brand, unlock new opportunities, and support long-term business objectives.
This role requires a highly adaptable and collaborative leader who can influence across multiple disciplines and thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
What You Will Do
Manage a team to ensure strategic co-ordination and alignment between projects
Sponsoring and leading complex projects and commercial excellence processes to drive efficiencies and profitable growth objectives
Leadership of our strategy deployment and measurement of our progress to meeting objectives, goals, and financial results.
Direct and indirect supervision and coaching of cross functional project leaders and ensure strategic co-ordination and alignment between projects
Management and cascade of the communication plan, including ownership of internal governance, employee communication and collaboration with support functions.
Prepare high quality presentation materials to communicate the strategy and its implementation to stakeholders at all levels of the organisations up to Exec Office, either in person or through others.
Prepare the agenda and lead the preparation of material for monthly metrics reviews and quarterly strategy reviews in support of IPSD Priorities
What You Will Have
Strategic Thinking: Knowledge of the importance of "big picture" thinking and planning; ability to apply organizational acumen and competitiveness to identify and maintain focus on key success factors for the organization.
Experience developing and deploying business, commercial or growth strategies within a complex global organisation.
Ability to translate strategic objectives into measurable action plans and business outcomes.
Visioning: Understanding of the value of articulating an intended business outcome and ability to create and communicates a vision of the organization that motivates others to superior performance.
Reinforces and reiterates linkages between the team's work and the vision.
Eliminates from consideration those scenarios that are inconsistent with the vision.
Inculcates new group members in the organizational vision and values.
Stakeholder Management: Knowledge of stakeholder management techniques; ability to systematically identify stakeholders, analyze their needs and expectations, and implement various tasks to engage with them.
Uses an appropriate range of technology mediums to communicate effectively with stakeholders in formal and informal situations.
Provides assistance to colleagues promoting a culture of inclusion, collaboration, ethics and compliance.
Applies empathy and cultural sensitivity with diverse stakeholders.
Planning: Tactical, Strategic: Knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational, tactical and strategic planning in support of the overall business plan.
Demonstrates the value and necessity of linking tactical plans to overall strategic plan.
Ensures attention to the detail and dependencies of existing departmental-level plans.
Plans for allocation of resources in line with unit goals, technical and business objectives.
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.
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.
Top Candidates will:
Have leadership experience.
Experience developing and executing global aftermarket, commercial or growth strategies.
Strong commercial and financial acumen
Proven success leading business transformation, strategic improvement or change management initiatives.
Experience within industrial, engineering, manufacturing, power systems or equipment-related sectors.
Advanced analytical capability, using data and customer insights to support strategic decision-making.
Additional Info
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 over 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.
This position requires working onsite five days a week.
Posting Dates:
July 14, 2026 - July 22, 2026
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply
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