**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 Develops, oversees, and strives to maximize the efficiency of the transportation network necessary to provide end-to-end supply chains. Responsibilities • Analyzing and developing logistics plans that affect production, distribution, and inventory specific to area of responsibility. • Overseeing carrier selection and renewals. Participating in contract negotiations and interfacing with selected carriers necessary to maintain expected levels of service. • Improving logistics processes through process improvement, prioritization, and project planning. • Developing and maintaining cost estimates, forecasts, and cost models. Tracking costs and savings for all transportation modes. Degree Requirement Degree or equivalent experience desired Skill Descriptors Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision. Level Extensive Experience: • Evaluates and makes contributions to best practices. • Processes large quantities of detailed information with high levels of accuracy. • Productively balances speed and accuracy. • Implements a variety of cross-checking approaches and mechanisms. • Demonstrates expertise in quality assurance tools, techniques, and standards. • Employs techniques for motivating employees to meet or exceed accuracy goals. 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. Level Extensive Experience: • Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks. • Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process. • Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts their potential impact. • Advises others in analyzing and synthesizing relevant data and assessing alternatives. • Uses effective decision-making approaches such as consultative, command, or consensus. • Ensures that assumptions and received wisdom are objectively analyzed in decisions. 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 Extensive Experience: • Ensures capture of lessons to be learned from a problem-solving effort. • Organizes potential problem solvers and leads problem resolution efforts. • Uses varying problem-solving approaches and techniques as appropriate. • Contributes to standard practices for problem-solving approaches, tools, and processes. • Analyzes and synthesizes information and devises alternative resolution strategies. • Develops successful resolutions to critical or wide-impact problems. Transportation - MFG: Knowledge of transportation; ability to transport materials and goods to and from suppliers, distribution centers, manufacturing facilities and customers. Level Extensive Experience: • Conducts joint planning with carriers to forecast short- and long-term transportation needs. • Coaches others on using various approaches for assessing transportation alternatives and selecting optimum mode. • Manages arrangements with all major modes of domestic transportation. • Negotiates and monitors rates and service controls with major carriers. • Participates in evaluation, selection, monitoring and termination of carriers. • Collaborates with shippers to plan for and mitigate the transportation capacity crunch. _This position requires working onsite five days a week_ **Posting Dates:** August 1, 2025 - August 7, 2025 Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community (http://flows.beamery.com/caterpillarinc/talcom) .