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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.

The People Metrics Partner will transform workforce, talent acquisition, and talent management data into clear insights that help CAT Technology leaders make better people decisions. This role partners across Human Resources, Talent Acquisition, People Analytics, HR Operations, business leaders, and technology teams to develop metrics, dashboards, reporting routines, and actionable recommendations that improve workforce planning, recruiting effectiveness, talent outcomes, and operational performance.

What You Will Do:

• Build, maintain, and improve people metrics, dashboards, scorecards, and reporting routines that provide leaders with visibility into workforce trends, talent acquisition performance, talent movement, retention, pipeline health, quality, efficiency, experience, and other people-related outcomes.

• Translate Human Resources, Talent Acquisition, and workforce data into practical insights, recommendations, and executive-ready narratives that help leaders understand trends, risks, opportunities, and action plans.

• Partner with Talent Acquisition, HR business partners, business leaders, HR Operations, Workday, People Analytics, and other stakeholders to define metric requirements, clarify business questions, and align reporting outputs to business priorities.

• Support workforce planning by identifying talent supply and demand patterns, attrition trends, internal movement trends, hiring demand changes, and skill or capability gaps.

• Improve data quality by identifying reporting inconsistencies, process gaps, data entry issues, metric definition gaps, and opportunities to standardize how people data is captured, reported, and interpreted.

• Develop repeatable reporting processes, metric definitions, governance routines, and documentation that enable scalable, consistent, and trusted people insights.

• Use data visualization and storytelling techniques to create clear, concise, and mobile-friendly reporting outputs for leaders, recruiters, HR partners, and cross-functional stakeholders.

• Recommend process improvements based on people metrics workforce insights, and stakeholder feedback.

• Support ad hoc analysis, quarterly business reviews, talent reviews, recruiting optimization projects, internal mobility initiatives, technology-enabled workflow efforts, and other strategic Human Resources initiatives.

What You Will Have:

• Education: Degree in a relevant field such as Statistics, Economics, Data Science, Information Systems, Math, Decision Science, People Analytics, Finance, etc

• Regression Analysis

• People analytics and workforce metrics: Ability to gather, analyze, interpret, and report Human Resources and workforce data to support business decisions, including dashboards, scorecards, trend analysis, and reporting routines.

• Data gathering and reporting: Knowledge of data collection methods, reporting tools, data definitions, and data quality practices, with the ability to summarize patterns and explain results clearly.

• Business consulting and stakeholder partnership: Ability to partner with HR leaders, business leaders, recruiters, HR operations, and technology teams to clarify problems, define metrics, and deliver useful insights.

• Analytical thinking and problem solving: Ability to identify trends, diagnose root causes, evaluate alternatives, and recommend actions based on data.

• Communication and data storytelling: Ability to translate complex information into simple, business-relevant insights through written reports, dashboards, presentations, and leadership updates.

• Project and priority management: Ability to manage multiple reporting cycles, stakeholder requests, dashboards, data reviews, and improvement projects while maintaining accuracy and timeliness.

• Systems and reporting tools: Experience with Excel, Power BI, Tableau, or similar reporting and visualization platforms.  Workday experience a plus

• Data integrity and confidentiality: Strong judgment in handling sensitive workforce information, maintaining confidentiality, and following applicable HR data governance standards.

Additional Info:

• This position will be located in Irving, TX

• This role requires 5 days a week in office

• Domestic relocation is available for those who qualify

• Sponsorship is not available

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 a salary because we value your performance.  We offer a total rewards package that provides benefits on day one (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with the potential of an annual bonus. Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays.

• All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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 services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.

Final details:

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Summary Pay Range:

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:

Subject 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

Posting Dates:

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.

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