Career Area:

Manufacturing

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.

What You Will Do:

Operational Management

• Management and coordinate daily warehouse activities, including receiving, put-away, storage, picking, packing, loading, and shipping, ensuring alignment with production requirements and delivery deadlines.
• Manage the material handling equipment fleet (Forklifts, Reach Trucks, AGVs/AMRs) to ensure safe, efficient, and compliant operation.
• Design and optimize the warehouse layout, slotting strategy, and internal logistics flow to maximize space utilization and minimize material handling costs.
• Ensure strict adherence to packaging, preservation, and labeling standards for materials.

Inventory Control & Accuracy

• Lead the WH daily cycle counting and support IRA count team and make annual physical inventory processes, ensuring inventory accuracy rate meets or exceeds company KPI (target: ≥95%).
• Support the disposition of slow-moving, obsolete, and defective materials initiating timely review meetings and implementing disposal/return strategies to reduce inventory holding costs.
• Management the accurate data entry and maintenance in the Warehouse Management System and Enterprise Resource Planning system.

Team Leadership & Development

• Recruit, train, supervise, and evaluate the warehouse team. Conduct performance appraisals and provide coaching to foster a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Allocate resources effectively to handle peak production and shipping periods, ensuring labor efficiency.
• Conduct regular safety training and drills, enforce strict compliance with EHS team regulations to eliminate accidents.

Compliance & Continuous Improvement

• Ensure all warehouse operations comply with standard process, company policies, CQMS standards, and customs regulations (for export/import).
• Drive Lean Six Sigma initiatives (e.g., 5S, Kaizen) to eliminate waste, improve operational efficiency, and reduce lead times, one time internal material replenishment to POU.
• Collaborate closely with Production, Procurement and Quality Assurance to resolve cross-functional issues and improve end-to-end supply chain visibility.

What You Have:

• 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.

• Performance Management: Knowledge of successful performance management techniques; ability to apply organization's performance management system, practices, and tools to developing and improving individual, team, and organizational performance.

• Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.

• Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.

• Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.

5 days onsite is required.

Posting Dates:

February 26, 2026 - March 5, 2026

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply

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