Credit Support Manager - Burlington, Canada - Caterpillar

Caterpillar

Verified Company

Burlington, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Career Area:

Marketing / Sales / Product Support**:

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Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

About Cat Financial

JOB SUMMARY:

Provide supervision to the credit staff in the daily operations of Caterpillar Financial Services Limited (CFSL) U.S. operations to maximize the productivity, profitability, and customer service of the department.

PRINCIPAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Manages the daily credit approval and credit investigation activities for the department and supervises and distributes work assignments to the staff who perform those functions.
Reviews transactions in excess of the Credit Analyst's authority.
Makes recommendations for approval to manager when transactions exceed Credit Support Manager's credit authority and assists in recommending and obtaining approvals for overline submissions as needed.
Develops and implements individual career development plans for employees. Coordinates training for all employees.
Monitors KCP measurements to ensure customer service goals are achieved.
Reviews expenses to control the budget.
Works with management of other Credit Units to coordinate the allocation of staff during peak periods of business.
Works with management in Document Services and Sales Support to ensure quotes and documents accurately reflect credit decisions, which include the negotiation of documents as needed.
Acts as a primary contact for Canadian Caterpillar Dealers within assigned credit territory. Interacts with endusers, if necessary, to negotiate the terms and conditions of credit decisions.
Assists in the development and implementation of workflow processes for the department. Consults with manager regarding changes to credit policies.
Works with Area Managers and Territory Managers to negotiate acceptable approval of credit submissions.
Participates in accomplishment of continuous improvement objectives for the department. Progress toward accomplishment of these is measured through maintenance of necessary measurements and analysis of associated data. Participates in the identification of problem areas and development of resolutions to address them.
Understands the Equal Opportunity and Harassment policies of the company, applies them in all aspects of management and maintains an environment, which is consistent with these policies.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

Advanced ability to establish and maintain dealer and customer relations.
Proven knowledge of finance/leasing products, policies and procedures.
Thorough knowledge of the Caterpillar dealer organization.
Advanced knowledge of the industries served by Caterpillar dealers.
Thorough knowledge of the CFSL billing and invoicing processes.
Thorough ability to read and analyse various financial and business reports.
Thorough knowledge of commercial laws and restrictions governing operations of CFSL, including Uniform Commercial Code.
Advanced knowledge of CFSL credit and documentation processes, procedures and operations.
Thorough ability to perform financial statement analysis.
Thorough ability to analyse customers' financial condition.
Ability to sit up to 80% of the workday and view computer monitors for 60% of the workday.
Provide leadership for the credit staff for new business and ensure their focus is on portfolio quality goals.
Proven ability to develop and nurture positive relationships with external and internal customers.
Proven ability to create and maintain an environment conducive to collaboration between the department, Region Offices and Corporate Support Departments.
Advanced ability to create an environment for employees to develop and optimize their performance potential.
Proven ability to maintain an atmosphere that promotes the highest quality of customer service.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

Previous exempt experience must be progressively increasing in responsibility and accountability and demonstrate an ability to gain in knowledge, skills, and responsibility such that a level of full competency can be reached.
Equivalent experience may be substituted for education.

DISCLAIMER:

The preceding job description has been designed to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job.

It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job.

At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at anytime to address the evolving