3rd Shift Logistics Production Manager

Caterpillar Inc.•Brooklyn Park, MN

3d•$89,210 - $133,810•Onsite

About The Position

Caterpillar is seeking a 3rd Shift Logistics Production Manager in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, to lead a team coordinating, organizing, and delivering parts for Caterpillar Paving Products. The manager is responsible for achieving the team’s People, Quality, Velocity, and Cost (PQVC) performance goals while maintaining a safe, clean, and efficient production environment. The role oversees shop-floor safety, production workload and priorities, staffing and training, materials distribution, product quality, and continuous improvement. The manager works with production management to align assigned work with schedules and production requirements, and implements corporate initiatives such as 5S, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, CQMS, and ISO certification.

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.

Nice To Haves

At least 2 years of experience in an operations environment.
Formal direct or indirect leadership experience in an operations or military environment.
Team-oriented 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 sequence of assigned work.
Determine overtime needs, establish priorities when resources are insufficient, and evaluate when disciplinary action is necessary.
Recommend changes in 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 necessary parts and materials are ordered and distributed efficiently and on time.
Implement corporate initiatives, including 5S, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, CQMS, and ISO certification.
Train and develop staff, perform timekeeping, estimate personnel needs, assign work, meet completion dates, and ensure consistent application of organizational needs.