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.
Through four brands - Cat, MWM, FG Wilson and Tangent Energy Solutions, the Electric Power Division (EPD) provides distributed power generation products and solutions that help our customers build a better, more sustainable world. With the energy transition, EPD is also at the forefront of Caterpillar's efforts to help customers keep their energy costs low, meet their environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) goals and ensure reliable, sustainable power solutions. Even when power is not readily available today, our products and solutions are making reliable power a global reality.
We have an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled, detail driven Supply Chain Manager in our Alpharetta Facility.
Our facility in Alpharetta specializes in comprehensive power system design, including the design, assembly and integration of generator paralleling controls, switchgear, Automatic Transfer Switches, and customized solutions for power generation applications.
What will you do:
The role will manage material planning, purchasing, inventory controls, compliance, daily day to day Logistics management and warehouse ownership. Today the team is approx. 15+ people, including our logistics operators. You will work as part of the facility leadership team and as part of a global SC team.
Responsibilities:
Maintaining communications with operations, procurement, logistics, and distribution. Creating integrated processes to streamline supply chains.
Interacting with sales, engineering, and facilities management on production schedules and expected deliverables.
Managing and directing the logistics specialists, including training, hiring, and coaching.
Establishing key performance metrics and benchmarks to guide supply chain planning and forecasting; monitoring planned vs. actual performance and presents results to senior management.
Managing relationships with internal customers, coordinating and integrating planning processes.
Developing and continuously improving the accuracy of logistical needs, including warehouse capacity, equipment needs and resource needs.
Setting up, maintaining, and monitoring logistical processes and dependencies.
What you will have:
The person most suited for this role will be an experienced SC professional. They will be able to manage and own the end-to-end supply chain processes from planning right through to final product shipping. The person will be high energy, will bring new ideas and detailed core knowledge of efficient supply chains.
Skill Descriptors:
Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.
Level Working Knowledge:
Accurately gauges the impact and cost of errors, omissions, and oversights.
Utilizes specific approaches and tools for checking and cross-checking outputs.
Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
Level Working Knowledge:
Inventory Management - MFG: Knowledge of processes and methods of inventory management; ability to effectively manage local or distributed inventories of raw materials, work-in-progress and finished goods.
Level Working Knowledge:
Follows processes to take stock, release inventory or return into processing; resolves discrepancies.
Tracks inventory information
Produces inventory management reports for senior staff
Performs the receiving, ticketing, checking in and distributing of inventory items for a specific location.
Manages the inventory count program, along with RSSM and scrap transactional processing.
Supplier Management - MFG: Knowledge of processes and methods to effectively manage business relationships and transactions with suppliers of raw materials or product components; ability to apply related knowledge, experience and skills into real practice.
Level Working Knowledge:
Uses electronic systems or tools to record/retrieve supplier information and carry out transactions with suppliers.
Resolves routine supplier issues; escalates non-routine issues up chain of command.
Researches alternative vendors or suppliers; participates in supplier selection.
Works with suppliers to ensure that purchases meet delivery date and quality specifications.
Supply Chain Management - MFG: 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.
Level Working Knowledge:
Discusses considerations for integrating partner and supplier transactions.
Recognizes software systems or components used to manage supply chain.
Summarizes supply chain considerations for different types of products or components.
Participates in supply chain analysis and uses it to spot trends and improvement opportunities.
Works with a specific part of supply chain management process.
Degree Requirement
Degree or equivalent experience desired
Additional Information
This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of “essential job functions” as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Summary Pay Range:
$128,470.00 - $192,710.00
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
Posting Dates:
April 3, 2026 - April 17, 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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