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Products Configuration Specialist - Earthmoving Division

Caterpillar, Inc.

Peoria, ILFull-time$113–169K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$113–169K/yr
Location
Peoria, IL
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Product Configuration Specialist for Earthmoving coordinates and leads sales and operations processes across cross-functional teams. The role reviews sales forecast plans, refines models and configurations, and provides input for factory demand, with a focus on business results and customer satisfaction. It is based in Peoria, Illinois, requires onsite work five days a week when not traveling, and includes travel up to 20%.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Decision MakingCritical ThinkingProblem SolvingNegotiationCustomer FocusRelationship ManagementEffective CommunicationProject ManagementOrganizational SkillsOrder ManagementProduct Group RolesDealer-Facing RolesCustomer-Facing RolesStakeholder InfluenceEMD Products

Qualifications

Commercial Space Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off
401(k) Match
Parental Leave
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Peoria, Illinois

Full time

R0000402869

Career Area:

Sales

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.

Role Summar y

The Road Construction, Site Development and Earthmoving Product Application team within the Customer Services Core Region (CSCR) Division is hiring a Product Configuration Specialist for Earthmoving who will coordinate and lead sales and operations processes through cross functional teams to review sales forecast plans, refine main models and configurations and provide input for factories demand with focus on delivering business results and customer satisfaction.

What You Will Do (Job Duties):

  • Facilitates internal and external business partners make recommendations to demand fulfillment priorities.

  • Gathers and analyzes relevant data from multiple sources for keeping product information accurate for effective processing of commercial orders.

  • Works with cross-functional groups to compile information necessary to define product configurations, increase take rates, improve availability both at factories and at dealers.

  • Establishes and maintains compatibility logic for products, product configurations and attachments.

  • Trains, leads, guides teams, communicates key priorities, and executes the sales and operations process by providing analysis and recommendations for leaders, while also driving process improvements.

What You Will Have (Core Skills):

  • Strong Decision Making and Critical Thinking skills to accurately analyze situations, effectively prioritize and recommend appropriate course of action.

  • Strong Problem Solving skills

  • Negotiation skills in order to achieve win-win solutions

  • Customer Focus, Relationship Management and Effective Communications skills

  • Project Management and organizational skills

Top Candidates Will Have:

  • Experience in the commercial space involving order management, product group roles and/or dealer or customer facing roles

  • Proven track record of influencing product and industry stakeholders

  • Familiarity with EMD products a plus

A dditional Information:

  • The position is located in Peoria, IL

  • Travel expectation is up to 20%

  • Domestic relocation assistance is available

  • Visa sponsorship or ISE are not available

  • This position requires working onsite 5 days a week when not traveling

Summary Pay Range:

$112,710.00 - $169,060.00

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:

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:

November 4, 2026 - November 18, 2026

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.

Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community (http://flows.beamery.com/caterpillarinc/talcom) .

There’s more to work at Caterpillar than just the work itself. We hire smart, friendly people and it shows in our culture. We hold ourselves to high standards and make sure our values of integrity, excellence, teamwork, commitment and sustainability come to life in the way we work. We make sure our employees feel continuously challenged while also supported. We provide professional growth opportunities, including leadership programs. We celebrate the diversity of our team, while also working together as one Caterpillar.

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.

How this job compares

Set against the 1,889 open Sales Operations jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$113–169K/yr
  • Illinois median$115–167K/yr70 salary ranges
  • US median$124–195K/yr1,277 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $141K, is close to the Illinois median midpoint ($141K) — in the middle half of Sales Operations salary ranges in Illinois.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 83 open Sales Operations jobs in Illinois and 1,889 across the US. 11% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Illinois
Experience
Sales Operations postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (1,577 postings).
Education
462 of the 1,889 open Sales Operations jobs (24%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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