3rd Shift Logistics Production Manager

Caterpillar•Brooklyn Park, MN

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Caterpillar is seeking a Logistics Production Manager in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, to guide a team coordinating, organizing, and delivering parts for Caterpillar Paving Products. The role focuses on achieving the team’s People, Quality, Velocity, and Cost (PQVC) performance goals. The position is onsite in the office five days a week. Domestic relocation assistance and sponsorship are not available.

Requirements

Knowledge of human resources and talent management processes, with the ability to lead, motivate, evaluate, and reward employees.
Knowledge of manufacturing operations and the ability to perform day-to-day operations of a manufacturing plant or facility.
Knowledge of production-training approaches, tools, and techniques, with the ability to deliver formal and informal training on the safe and efficient operation of production machinery.
Ability to conduct effective formal and situation-specific training.

Nice To Haves

At least 2 years in an operations environment.
Formal direct or indirect leadership experience in an operations or military environment.
Team-playing mindset.
Strong focus on safety.
Experience working with SAP.
Lean and 5S experience.
Familiarity with CQMS (Caterpillar Quality Management System).

Responsibilities

Monitor and improve shop-floor safety, eliminate unsafe operations, and ensure a safe and clean product environment.
Determine processing needs and ensure fixtures, tooling, and methods are provided to meet schedules and production requirements.
Coordinate daily with production management to designate workload, priorities, and work sequence.
Determine overtime needs, establish priorities when resources are insufficient, and evaluate when disciplinary action is necessary.
Suggest changes to working conditions and equipment use to increase efficiency.
Improve processes and timeliness and reduce costs by eliminating non-value-added activities.
Ensure products meet Caterpillar’s Quality Policy while maintaining cost.
Ensure parts and materials are ordered and distributed in a timely and efficient manner.
Implement corporate initiatives such as 5S, Lean Manufacturing, 6 Sigma, and CQMS/ISO certification.
Train and develop staff, perform timekeeping, estimate personnel needs, assign work, meet completion dates, and ensure consistent application of organizational needs.