Hiring: Manager Logistics Company: Caterpillar Inc. Location: East Peoria, IL Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 20:34:17 Employment Type: Part-time About the job Experience: •Knowledge of material handling equipment •Working understanding of the various materials systems and how they interrelate •Capable of working and communicating with a variety of company (all levels) and supplier personnel •Excellent interpersonal, communication and leadership skills •Knowledge and understanding of 6 Sigma Project Management principles Required Skills: •Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc. •Hear About The Caterpillar Experience For Yourself •Champion a culture of safety excellence by proactively identifying, assessing, and reducing high-energy hazards and exposure risks, ensuring compliance with enterprise safety standards and driving incident prevention across warehouse, dock, fleet, and automated material handling operations. •Lead and optimize internal warehouse, dock, inventory, and material flow operations to support production requirements, customer commitments, safety objectives, and operational performance targets. •Manage third-party logistics (3PL) provider and off-site warehouse partners, establishing performance expectations, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring service, quality, inventory accuracy, safety, and cost targets are achieved. •Oversee facility fleet operations, including forklifts, tuggers, carts, and material handling equipment, ensuring safe, reliable, compliant, and efficient support of manufacturing and warehouse activities. •Manage and develop a team of logistics and warehouse professionals while ensuring compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, safety standards, and continuous improvement objectives. •Maintains service for industrial vehicle repair, which is responsible for performing all repairs and preventive maintenance all vehicles plant wide. Qualifications: •Bachelor’s degree related to Supply Chain, or equivalent experience is desired. •What You Must Have (skills) •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. •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. •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. •Distribution Center Management: Knowledge of distribution center management; ability to operate a warehouse or distribution center that handles the flow of goods from supplier to production to customer. •Logistics Management: Knowledge of logistics and management; ability to follow proper processes and run operations for effective and efficient movement of materials and finished products. •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. •Project Management: Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives. •Supply Chain Management - Manufacturing: 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. Compensation: •$128,470 - $192,710 / year •Medical, dental, and vision benefits* Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!