Manager, Logistics (3rd Shift)

Caterpillar; Champaign (IL); Presencial; USD 113.000 - 169.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Career development

Incentive bonus

Tuition reimbursement

Descripción de la vacante

Caterpillar Inc. in Champaign, IL is seeking a 3rd shift warehouse operations leader to drive safe, efficient and highly automated fulfillment across inbound, storage, and outbound processes.

You will coach leaders, monitor performance with dashboards, and ensure rapid issue resolution while maintaining a zero-injury mindset. You will collaborate with Automation, Maintenance and IT teams to optimize material flow, leverage CPS and Lean for continuous improvement, and align staffing with workload

Formación

• Analytical thinking to identify root causes and craft solutions.
• Ability to promote continuous transformation and innovation.
• Data gathering and analysis using multiple sources for decisions.
• Strong planning and organizational skills for tasks and resources.
• Problem solving with disciplined, data-driven approach.
• Relationship management with clients, vendors and peers.
• Results-oriented with focus on meeting targets.

Responsabilidades

• Lead all 3rd-shift warehouse and automation operations ensuring safe, efficient execution.
• Coach and develop operations leaders with clear expectations and accountability.
• Maintain awareness of operations via floor observation, dashboards and metrics.
• Identify issues, escalate with ownership, and drive fast resolution.
• Champion a zero-injury culture with EHS partnership.
• Oversee operation of AutoStore, AMRs, material handling devices and systems.
• Adapt leadership to a fast-paced, automated operation driven by data.
• Track priorities, disruptions, and corrective actions through resolution.
• Use data to identify trends, remove bottlenecks and improve metrics.
• Collaborate with Automation, Maintenance, and IT to fix system issues.
• Lead recovery during disruptions and volume changes.
• Drive continuous improvement with Lean, CPS and root-cause analysis.
• Develop frontline leadership through coaching and succession planning.
• Foster a high-performance culture built on accountability and collaboration.

Conocimientos

Analytical Thinking

Continuous Transformation

Data Gathering & Analysis

Planning & Organizing

Problem Solving

Relationship Management

Results Orientation

Herramientas

Power BI

Descripción del empleo

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.

When you join Caterpillar, you’re joining a global team who care not just about the work we do - but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers and future work 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.

Our Product Support and Logistics Division (PSLD) is one of the most innovative divisions within Caterpillar. In PSLD, as within all of Caterpillar, our priority is our customers and helping them build a better world. We touch nearly every element of the services value stream. PSLD is responsible for Aftermarket Parts Distribution of Cat Parts, Integrated Logistics and Global Services supporting Caterpillar dealers and customers. Our teams work together in critical areas that leverage digital capabilities, technology and operational excellence.

Additional Information

• This role is located in Champaign, IL and does offer relocation.
• This role does not offer sponsorship.
• This role is 3rd shift, Monday - Friday (10:30 PM - 6:30 AM CST).
• This role is 100% on-site with no opportunity for hybrid or remote schedules.
• This role requires up to 5% domestic travel.

What You Will Do

• Lead all 3rd-shift warehouse and automation operations, ensuring safe, efficient, and reliable execution across inbound, storage, fulfillment, and outbound processes.
• Lead, coach, and develop operations leaders, establishing clear expectations and accountability for team and shift performance.
• Maintain comprehensive awareness of 3rd-shift operations through direct floor observation, leader standard work, Power BI dashboards, operational metrics, and real-time performance indicators.
• Drive a strong sense of urgency, ensuring operational issues are identified, escalated, and resolved quickly with clear ownership and follow-through.
• Champion a zero-injury culture through visible leadership, engagement, accountability, and partnership with EHS.
• Oversee the safe and effective operation of AutoStore, Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs), material handling equipment, and supporting warehouse systems.
• Adapt leadership practices to a fast-paced, highly automated operation where data, technology, and changing conditions drive daily decision-making.
• Establish disciplined operating routines that ensure priorities, disruptions, performance gaps, and corrective actions are consistently tracked through resolution.
• Use operational data to identify trends, anticipate risks, remove bottlenecks, and drive improvements in safety, quality, productivity, throughput, inventory accuracy, and customer service.
• Partner with Automation, Maintenance, and IT teams to quickly address system or equipment issues affecting material flow and shift performance.
• Lead recovery efforts during automation disruptions, volume fluctuations, backlog conditions, and other operational challenges.
• Drive continuous improvement using CPS, Lean principles, root-cause analysis, and data-driven problem solving, prioritizing recurring losses and verifying that corrective actions prevent recurrence.
• Develop organizational capability through coaching, mentoring, succession planning, performance management, and development of frontline leadership.
• Foster a high-performance culture built around accountability, ownership, collaboration, adaptability, and continuous improvement.
• Partner cross-functionally with Supply Chain, Engineering, IT, Maintenance, EHS, HR, and Operations leadership on operational improvements and warehouse optimization initiatives.
• Align staffing and labor deployment with workload and operating priorities, adjusting resources as conditions change.
• Ensure disciplined shift handoffs that communicate operating status, unresolved issues, customer risks, and recovery priorities.

What You Have (Basic Requirements)

• Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Relationship Management: Knowledge of relationship management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers.
• Results Orientation: Knowledge of the importance of meeting or exceeding established targets; ability to drive critical activities to completion.

What Will Set You Apart (Top Candidates Will Have)

• Previous leader-of-leaders experience, with responsibility for coaching and holding operations managers or front-line leaders accountable for results.
• Experience leading high-volume warehouse, distribution, logistics, or manufacturing operations in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience managing automated operations, including AutoStore, AMRs, robotics, automated material handling, or similar technologies.
• Strong data-driven leadership, using Power BI, operational dashboards, KPIs, and real-time metrics to monitor performance and drive decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain detailed operational oversight, quickly identify performance gaps, and drive issues through resolution.
• Experience establishing and executing leader standard work, with strong follow-through and accountability across the leadership team.
• Proven ability to lead through operational disruptions, system downtime, volume changes, or other rapidly changing conditions with urgency.
• Experience using Lean, CPS, root-cause analysis, or continuous improvement methods to improve safety, quality, delivery, and productivity.
• Knowledge of end-to-end material flow, transportation, warehousing, and/or manufacturing logistics.
• Demonstrated ability to develop other leaders and build a high-performing leadership team.

What You Will Get

This is Caterpillar - creating and delivering world-class components and solutions superior to the competition. Learn more about The Caterpillar Experience and why It's More Than a Job, it's a Career at Caterpillar.

Learn more about what happens inside Caterpillar's Product Support & Logistics Division (PSLD).

About Caterpillar

Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.

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Summary Pay Range

$112,710.00 - $169,060.00

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

Benefits

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits*
• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*
• 401(k) savings plans*
• Health Savings Account (HSA)*
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*
• Health Lifestyle Programs*
• Employee Assistance Program*
• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*
• Career Development*
• Incentive bonus*
• Disability benefits
• Life Insurance
• Parental leave
• Adoption benefits
• Tuition Reimbursement

* These benefits also apply to part-time employees

This position requires working onsite five days a week.Relocation is available for this position.Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Posting Dates

November 3, 2026 - November 16, 2026

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.