Caterpillar, Inc

Sales Representative - Midwest

Caterpillar, Inc • $112K — $169K *
Real Estate & Construction
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree preferred
  • Experience in a dealer-facing field assignment or customer-facing role
  • Solution-oriented and resilient approach
  • Strong organizational skills and self-management
  • Experience in machine sales, attachments, parts, or services

Responsibilities

  • Deliver annual business plan for assigned territory
  • Support variance programs to grow sales
  • Partner with dealer and internal teams for better execution
  • Manage attachment forecasting and planning
  • Identify growth opportunities and competitive displacement
  • Promote Customer Value Agreement offers
  • Conduct regular visits to customers for insights

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits
  • Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, etc.)
  • 401(k) savings plans
  • Health Savings Account (HSA)
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
  • Health Lifestyle Programs
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Career Development opportunities
  • Incentive bonus
  • Tuition Reimbursement
Full Job Description

Career Area:

Sales

Job Description:


Role Summary

Are you looking for field experience working directly with Cat dealers and customers? The Building Construction Products (BCP) Team is seeking a BCP Customer Solutions Representative to support Altorfer and Nebraska Machinery, based out of Illinois or Iowa. In this role, you will help drive profitable growth across the dealer’s BCP portfolio, including machine sales, parts, attachments, services, technology, and Customer Value Agreements. You will also strengthen dealer sales capability, support customer-focused solutions, and help transform how we meet customer needs.


This position manages customer and dealer relationships, delivers the assigned territory business plan, improves customer onboarding, and advances growth across the complete BCP portfolio within a collaborative, accountable, and customer-focused team environment.



What You Will Do (Job Duties):

  • Deliver the annual business plan for the assigned territory, including BCP machine, parts, attachment, services, Customer Value Agreement, customer activation, and other prioritized commercial goals.
  • Use BCP business-process guidance to support variance programs and other commercial actions that grow machine, parts, attachment, and services sales.
  • Partner with dealer sales, parts, service, product, attachment, and marketing teams to strengthen cross-functional execution and dealer capability.
  • Support attachment forecasting, ordering, inventory planning, sales strategy, marketing, and new attachment introductions.
  • Identify opportunities to grow Caterpillar BCP sales and displace competitive offers.
  • Develop and promote Customer Value Agreement offers, including Services Commitment.
  • Improve dealer sales performance through funnel management, performance reviews, and corrective action planning.
  • Drive dealer and customer adoption of digital platforms and machine technology, including Cat Central, VisionLink, shop.cat.com, and parts.cat.com.
  • Visit customers regularly to understand needs, gather insights, present solutions, answer questions, and resolve issues.
  • Share Voice of Customer and Voice of Dealer insights with Sales Support, Services Development, product groups, and other internal stakeholders.



What You Will Do (Core Skills):

  • Customer Focus: Uses customer feedback and business insights to identify opportunities and deliver tailored solutions.
  • Industry Knowledge: Applies knowledge of construction industry trends, products, services, and regulatory considerations.
  • Decision Making & Critical Thinking: Organizes data, evaluates alternatives, and makes sound decisions based on informed judgment.
  • Effective Communications: Clearly presents strategies, products, services, and business needs to dealers, customers, and internal stakeholders.
  • Negotiating: Builds trust and uses collaborative negotiation practices to align on solutions.
  • Relationship Management: Builds and maintains productive relationships with dealers, customers, peers, and internal partners.



Top Candidates Will Have:

  • Bachelor's degree, preferred
  • Experience in a dealer-facing field assignment or equivalent customer-facing role.
  • A solution-oriented, resilient approach with a strong customer-back mindset.
  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to self-manage time and priorities.
  • Experience supporting sales growth, dealer capability development, customer onboarding, or commercial programs.
  • Experience in machine sales, attachments, parts, services, dealer development, or product support.
  • Ability to apply construction industry knowledge to diverse customer, dealer, and business situations.
  • Proven ability to build relationships across a matrix organization and influence outcomes for assigned dealer territories.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to motivate others, influence change, and execute through ambiguity.



Additional Information:

  • Travel: 50%+.
  • This role will be located in Cedar Rapids, IA, Chicago, IL, or Peoria, IL.
  • Caterpillar requires five days per week of onsite work, Monday through Friday.
  • A company vehicle and cell phone stipend are provided.
  • Relocation assistance is available for this position.
  • This position is not eligible for ISE

 

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

 

 

This position requires working onsite five days a week. 

 

Relocation is available for this position.

 

 

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

 

 

Posting Dates:

September 24, 2026 - October 8, 2026

About Caterpillar, Inc

Progress Rail Services Corporation, a Caterpillar company, is one of the largest integrated and diversified suppliers of railroad and transit system products and services worldwide. Since its acquisition by Caterpillar Inc. in 2006, Progress Rail has used the Caterpillar international footprint to gain quick and widespread notice and approval across the globe. Product technology, reliability and durability, along with legendary aftermarket parts and service support, have been their keys to success. Caterpillar is the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines and industrial gas turbines. The technology and world reach of Caterpillar, combined with the service standard and historical reliability of Progress Rail, ensures their products and services make a growing impact on the world rail industry. With their acquisition of Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD), Progress Rail is the world's largest builder of diesel-electric locomotives for all commercial railroad applications including freight, intercity passenger, commuter, switching, industrial and mining. EMD is also a global provider of diesel power engines for marine propulsion, offshore and land based oil well drilling rigs and stationary power generation. Electro-Motive is the only diesel engine manufacturer of its size to have produced more than 70,000 engines. This success stems from product reliability, serviceability, load acceptance capability, low operating costs and ease of maintenance with standardized components.

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Learn more about Caterpillar, Inc
Size
107,700 employees
Market Cap
$125.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$2.9 billion
Founded
1925
5 Year Trend
+5.8%
Revenue
$41.7 billion
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