Job Duties/Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Coordinate with logistics and external carriers to set up expedited shipments

• Interface with customer and coordinate voice of customer to logistics team to improve processes

• Lead meetings with multifunctional team to track performance and drive results

• Oversee management of zones through targeting aged inventory, leading reconciliation and investigating root cause

• Regularly lead problem-solving events to drive continuous improvement

• Accountable for tracking quality metrics and meeting Safety, Quality, Velocity and Cost goals

• Lead investigations on customer reported defects, including internal logistics customers

• Occasionally utilizing heavy equipment, reach trucks, sit-down forklifts and overhead cranes

• Occasionally perform material handling and warehousing functions as required

• Work independently with minimal supervision

• Ability to work OT when required

• Lead team meetings guiding daily priorities and change management

• Demonstrating safety excellence and enforcing safety policies and procedures

• Continuously managing training matrix to ensure team flexibility

Essential Job Functions:

• Occasionally lift parts up to 35 pounds individually or 70 pound as team lift

• Occasional bending, reaching and squatting while performing tasks

• Consistent usage of required PPE for task being performed

• Work in an environment with frequently changing temperatures

• Standing and/or sitting at a desk while performing tasks

Basic Qualifications:

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills

• Demonstrated proficiency in mathematical and analytical skills

• Working with Microsoft Excel, Word, Power point, and Access

• Good attendance record

• Ability to maintain accurate and complete records

Top Candidates Will Also Have:

• Previous leadership experience in a manufacturing or logistics operation

• Demonstrated Lean Manufacturing experience

Additional Information:

• Relocation is not offered for this position

• VMPE: 1627 Veterans Memorial Pkwy E, Lafayette, IN 47905

• D2: 6:30am - 6:30pm Thursday - Saturday

This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as H, L, TN, F, J, E, O.  As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers

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