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 Definition
Leads the analyzing and developing of logistics plans that affect production, distribution, and inventory specific to area of responsibility.
Responsibilities
- Accountable for all carrier selection and renewals. Plays key role in contract negotiations and interfacing with selected carriers necessary to maintain expected levels of service.
- Inspires continuous improvement of logistics processes through process improvement, prioritization, and project planning.
- Improving logistics processes through process improvement, prioritization, and project planning.
- Owns the development and maintainence cost estimates, forecasts, and cost models. Tracking costs and savings for all transportation modes.
Degree Requirement
Degree or equivalent experience desired
Skill Descriptors
Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue and determining its significance.
- Makes a systematic comparison of two or more alternative solutions.
- Uses flow charts, Pareto charts, fish diagrams, etc. to disclose meaningful data patterns.
- Identifies the major forces, events, and people impacting and impacted by the situation at hand.
- Uses logic and intuition to make inferences about the meaning of the data and arrive at conclusions.
Continuous Transformation: Knowledge of evolving the business to remain competitive; ability to understand, adapt oneself to, respond to and proactively seek changes and innovation in the business environment to improve the competitive advantage of an organization.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Implements new systems, procedures and tools efficiently when changes occur in the work environment.
- Adjusts current working processes or adopts new approaches in response to changes in the business environment.
- Seeks challenging opportunities or assignments to grow and develop one's own knowledge, skills and abilities.
- Explains lessons or experiences learned from mistakes and failures as well as successes.
- Communicates and analyzes assumptions about a particular issue with colleagues to gain new perspectives or more effective solutions.
Data Gathering & Analysis: Knowledge of data gathering and analysis tools, techniques, and processes; ability to collect and synthesize data from a variety of stakeholders and sources in an objective manner to reach a conclusion, goal, or judgment.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Participates in gathering and analyzing an organization's data based on requirements.
- Follows proper data gathering and analysis processes and policies.
- Utilizes basic data collection and evaluation tools and techniques.
- Reports problems that arise in the data collection process.
- Documents data from various sources and in various formats.
Planning and Organizing: Knowledge of the process of planning and arranging tasks and resources; ability to plan and organize both time and resources to get things completed while structuring and maintaining work in a systematic and highly methodical way.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Raises awareness of potential bottlenecks and disruptions to the schedule.
- Breaks tasks into manageable steps that can be incorporated into a personal work plan.
- Escalates concerns over competing or conflicting priorities.
- Monitors progress continuously and adjusts tactics for handling situations on a case by case basis.
- Creates action plans that ensure the accomplishment of responsibilities.
Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives.
- Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder.
- Develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information.
- Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on resolution.
- Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems.
Relationship Management: Knowledge of relationship management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Provides prompt and effective responses to client requests and interactions.
- Monitors client satisfaction levels on a regular basis.
- Alerts own team to problems in client satisfaction.
- Differentiates the roles and responsibilities in a business relationship.
- Works with clients to address critical issues and resolve major problems.
Results Orientation: Knowledge of the importance of meeting or exceeding established targets; ability to drive critical activities to completion.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Maintains focus on critical work standards and expectations.
- Holds self and others accountable for delivering on all commitments.
- Takes full responsibility for work outcomes (both positive and negative).
- Documents how results were obtained to support knowledge transfer and best practices.
- Helps others drive tasks to completion as appropriate.
Supply Chain Management - MFG: Knowledge of functions, principles and techniques used in supply chain management; ability to develop and use, strategies, practices and tools for controlling the logistical processes.
Level Basic Understanding:
- Locates and interprets walk-throughs of the consumption stream and associated provision stream.
- Identifies goals and objectives of effective supply chain management.
- Describes major areas associated with supply chain management.
- Cites multiple examples of waste, high costs and inefficiencies associated with supply chains.
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:
June 8, 2026 - June 15, 2026
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply
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