Fleet Manager

Caterpillar; Schaumburg (IL); On-site; USD 104,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Learning stipends

Flexible culture

Job summary

Caterpillar in Schaumburg, IL is seeking a Fleet Manager with strong logistics coordination and data-driven leadership. You will leverage forecasts, balance cost and reliability, and mentor analysts to raise analytical rigor across the team.

The role emphasizes turning complex data into actionable plans, coordinating cross-functional partners, and delivering measurable improvements in fleet performance. Equity, stipends, and a flexible culture are part of the package.

Qualifications

• 8+ years building trust the slow, unglamorous way.
• Strong prioritization and decision-making skills.
• Ability to read a room and adapt to stakeholder needs.

Responsibilities

• Turn a recurring exception into a rule the system handles itself.
• Stress-test the forecast against the Illinois scenario nobody wants.
• Decide the one number this quarter's business effort lives or dies by.
• Present findings and recommendations to manager stakeholders with clarity.
• Decide which business experiments graduate and which quietly die.
• Optimize the supply chain to balance cost, speed, and reliability.
• Write the brief that turns a vague candor-rich ambition into a scoped project.
• Mentor junior analysts and elevate the team's analytical rigor.

Skills

Prioritization

People-reading

Rapport-building

Analytical rigor

Curiosity to read docs

Familiarity with part-time schedules

Job description

Numbers tell a story, and at Caterpillar we need a Fleet Manager fluent enough in Logistics Coordination to read it out loud for the whole room. Caterpillar frames it as a partnership — $104,000 - $148,000 for your 6 years, ownership of business work, and growth shared both ways.

Key Responsibilities

• Turn a recurring exception into a rule the system handles itself
• Stress-test the forecast against the IL scenario nobody wants
• Decide the one number this quarter's business effort lives or dies by
• Present findings and recommendations to manager stakeholders with clarity
• Decide which business experiments graduate and which quietly die
• Optimize the supply chain to balance cost, speed, and reliability
• Write the brief that turns a vague candor-rich ambition into a scoped project
• Mentor junior analysts and elevate the team's analytical rigor

What You'll Bring

• Manager mastery of Prioritization, validated by people who'd hire you again
• Sound instincts for reading a room you've never been in before
• Strong rapport-building skills and a genuinely positive presence
• 8+ years building trust the slow, unglamorous way
• The kind of curiosity that reads the docs before asking
• Working familiarity with part-time schedules and team norms at Caterpillar

With roots in Schaumburg, IL and a feedback-driven outlook, Caterpillar delivers software that scales with our customers. Our Schaumburg team treats every retro like a chance to quietly upgrade how we operate.

At Caterpillar, $104,000 - $148,000 comes with equity, learning stipends, and a flexible culture built around trust and growth.