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.
As a Supply Chain Project Engineer, you’ll partner closely with Caterpillar suppliers and dealers and play a critical role in supporting machine and component rebuilds—an essential part of keeping the world’s largest mining operations running. Mining machines and major components must be rebuilt to keep them performing at the highest level. Your expertise ensures that when a machine goes in for a rebuild, the right parts are ready, the plan is clear, and the turnaround is seamless. You’ll primarily focus on large engines and other key rebuild components that power the machines shaping the mining industry.
In this position, you won’t just be behind the scenes—you’ll see the direct impact of your work on dealer success, customer uptime, and overall business growth. You’ll gain visibility with leadership, work cross-functionally across the enterprise, and influence strategic decisions that shape the future of Caterpillar’s aftermarket supply chain.
Your role will lead the development of the aftermarket parts supply strategy for the Resource Industries Aftermarket Supply Chain organization. You’ll drive alignment across product, marketing, and global business units, helping set annual targets and contributing to long-term product and business planning.
Your work will elevate the supply chain’s performance today—and shape what it looks like heading into 2030 and beyond.
What You Will Do
Strategic Leadership
Develop the vision and manage a multigeneration project plan supporting key elements of Caterpillar’s 2030 growth strategy.
Lead annual target setting to support strategic goals and guide the department’s business planning process.
Develop the department budget and long-term business plans.
Cross Functional Integration
Build strong partnerships across product and marketing teams, component divisions, machine divisions, and internal process partners.
Establish and govern best practices, partnerships, and alignment across all stakeholders.
Supply Chain Optimization
Identify, define, and implement integrated supply chain solutions to enhance performance and reduce cost.
Investigate industry benchmarks and best practices to drive continuous improvement in inventory utilization, supplier networks, and supply chain health.
Analyze data to prioritize opportunities, optimize supply chains, and improve business outcomes.
Collaborate with simulation and modeling experts to design and optimize supply chain flows.
What skills you will have:
Supply Chain Management: Supply chain experience that brings knowledge of lean supply chain principles, concepts, systems, processes, root cause corrective action and analytical tools. Understanding of inventory management and demand planning.
Product experience—understanding how machines, components, or engines are designed and used.
Factory/manufacturing experience—exposure to build processes, production flow, or operations.
Aftermarket experience—familiarity with service, rebuilds, component life cycles, or parts business.
Value chain experience—knowledge of how parts move from suppliers through manufacturing, distribution, and the dealer/customer network.
Effectiveness Measurement: Knowledge of effective measurement techniques and ability to measure the quality and quantity of work effort for the purpose of improvement.
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.
Cross-Team Integration: Understanding of the importance of inter-team collaboration in breaking down silos and achieving business results; ability to lead employees from various functions to communicate, coordinate work across divisions, and collaborate in solving problems as one team.
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.
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.
Supplier Management - Knowledge of supplier operations processes and ability to shape demand to supplier. Also, be able to craft plans with supplier on supply conformance and parts coverage, engineer the value chain pipeline for superior rebuild performance.
Top Candidates will also have:
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical, Materials Science) or related field.
APICS CPIM or CSCP National Certification.
Cross-functional experiences in Manufacturing / Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Purchasing, or Parts Distribution is highly desired.
Experience with the Lean or 6 Sigma principles.
Additional Information:
The primary work location for this role is Morton, IL, or Decatur, IL, with a requirement to work on-site full-time at a Caterpillar facility.
Domestic relocation assistance is available.
This position may require 10 -20 % travel.
Visa sponsorship, international assignments, or payroll transfers are not available for this role.
Summary Pay Range:
$147,760.00 - $221,640.00
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. 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.
Posting Dates:
January 28, 2026 - February 11, 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.
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