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.

Job Summary:

Performs analysis to identify and develop business improvement opportunities and to evaluate return on investment (ROI) of the opportunity.

What You Will Do:

• Leverage Right Part Right Time methodologies to illuminate Velocity defects
• Analyze data to identify critical supply chain gaps and lead projects to define root causes and establish and implement permanent corrective actions
• Identify, define, and implement integrated supply chain solutions and performance improvements, including building internal and external alliances to explore opportunities
• Establish and govern effective linkages, partnerships, and best practices with business partners and internal functions
• Investigate and recommend industry benchmarks, metrics and best practices to develop optimal supply chains for suppliers and/or product sets
• Provide Assurance of Supply support across the Integrated Components Division

Education requirement:

• Candidates should possess a Bachelors degree, preferably in Supply Chain or Engineering, or demonstrate equivalent knowledge through professional expertise.

What skills you will have:

Supply Chain Management:

• Lead cross-functional teams to implement supply chain improvements.
• Identify and mitigate supply chain risks to maintain continuity.
• Collaborate with product group value chain, dealers, and manufacturing teams to align supply chain design and conformance expectations.
• Utilize various systems to assess dealer or Product Distribution Center inventory, assess dealer sales, and assess dealer orders.
• Demonstrates knowledge with managing the supply chain after factory shipment.
• Quantifies and discusses benefits and risks of various supply chain strategies and approaches.
• Utilizes conformance targets at various points in the supply chain to determine actions.
• Participates in supply chain network design or redesign projects or processes.
• Creates and monitors mechanisms for process integration with business partners.

Planning: Tactical, Strategic:

• Develops, refines, and communicates tactical plans for own responsibilities.
• Provides the right level of detail as input for strategic plan development.
• Demonstrates the value and necessity of linking tactical plans to overall strategic plan.
• Ensures attention to the detail and dependencies of existing departmental-level plans.
• Plans for allocation of resources in line with unit goals, technical and business objectives.

Effectiveness Measurement:

• 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 action plans to achieve those goals.
• Ensures the planning process is integrated with the overall business plan.

Conflict Management:

• Mediates and resolves conflicts among individuals, groups, and departments.
• Practices positive collaboration and converts difficult interactions into productive ones.
• Guides participants in a conflict to rethink their current views.
• Demonstrates good judgment in deciding when to involve a third party.
• Makes parties aware of case studies of constructive and destructive conflicts.
• Surfaces disagreements in early stages.

Additional Information:

This position requires the candidate to work onsite five days a week at the Dallas, TX or Peoria, IL office.

Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.

Visa sponsorship is NOT available with this position.

This position may require up to 25% travel.

What you will get:

Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world. Here you earn more than just wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides:

• Competitive Base Salary
• Annual incentive bonus plan*
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)
• 401k savings plan
• Health savings account (HSA)
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Short and long-term disability coverage
• Life Insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Healthy Lifestyle Programs
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Voluntary Benefits (Ex. Accident, Identity Theft Protection)

*Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines.

Final details:

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Summary Pay Range:

$144,960.00 - $217,320.00

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:

October 8, 2025 - October 16, 2025

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.

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