Career Area:
Supply Chain and Logistics
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 Description :
Lead logistics engineering, planning, and operations across two manufacturing facilities, ensuring safe, productive, and cost-effective material flow to support business objectives.
Key Responsibilities
Drive a safety-first culture across all logistics operations.
Lead end-to-end logistics planning, warehouse, material handling, inventory, and transportation activities.
Partner with Operations, Procurement, and Manufacturing Engineering to streamline processes and improve performance.
Manage, coach,



and develop logistics specialists while building team capability.
Establish and monitor key logistics KPIs, benchmarks, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Lead logistics engineering projects focused on capacity, productivity, automation, and cost optimization.
Drive operational excellence through Lean, Six Sigma, and data-driven decision making.
Degree Requirement
Degree or equivalent experience desired
Skill Descriptors
Effectiveness Measurement: Knowledge of effective measurement techniques and ability to measure the quality and quantity of work effort for the purpose of improvement.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Under guidance, reports measurement results in actionable form to management.
• Interprets and analyzes results vs. established benchmarks.
• Establishes short-range and long-range improvement goals for own function.
• Uses assigned measurements for own function or specialization.
• Under guidance, develops

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