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.

The Supply Chain Engineer will be responsible for driving strategic logistics planning, leading innovation initiatives, and developing automation solutions to improve efficiency, reduce cost, and enhance overall supply chain performance. This role focuses on end‑to‑end logistics optimization, digital transformation, and execution of strategic improvement projects in collaboration with cross‑functional teams.

Role Definition
• Performs analysis to identify and develop business improvement opportunities and to evaluate return on investment (ROI) of the opportunity.

Responsibilities
• Identifying, defining, and implementing integrated supply chain solutions and performance improvements, including building internal and external alliances to explore opportunities.
• Establishing effective linkages, partnerships, and best practices with business partners and internal functions.
• Investigating and incorporating industry benchmarks, metrics and best practices to develop optimal supply chains for suppliers and/or product sets.
• Developing and analyzing data and information to identify and prioritize opportunities for improving performance and creating more cost-effective supply chains, inventory utilization, and business partnerships.

Degree & Requirement

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Logistics, Operations, or related field OR equivalent experience.
• Background working within supply chain, logistics, or technology manufacturing settings.

• Ability to lead or support strategic logistics and automation initiatives.
• Capability to collaborate effectively with cross‑functional partners.
• Strong communication skills for presenting findings and influencing stakeholders.
• Comfort working with data, digital tools, and process‑improvement methodologies.

Nice‑to‑Have

• Experience with digital transformation, automation, or logistics innovation projects.
• Exposure to end‑to‑end supply chain optimization or network design.
• Experience with international logistics or global supply chain operations.

• Experience with analytics tools (e.g., Power BI ...)

• Certification or training in Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, or continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience implementing process control strategies or automation workflows.

Skill Descriptors
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.
Level Working Knowledge: 
•     Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue and determining its significance.
•     Makes a systematic comparison of two or more alternative solutions.
•     Uses flow charts, Pareto charts, fish diagrams, etc. to disclose meaningful data patterns.
•     Identifies the major forces, events, and people impacting and impacted by the situation at hand.
•     Uses logic and intuition to make inferences about the meaning of the data and arrive at conclusions.

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.
Level Working Knowledge: 
•     Applies an assigned technique for critical thinking in a decision-making process.
•     Identifies, obtains, and organizes relevant data and ideas.
•     Participates in documenting data, ideas, players, stakeholders, and processes.
•     Recognizes, clarifies, and prioritizes concerns.
•     Assists in assessing risks, benefits and consideration of alternatives.

Logistics Management: Knowledge of logistics and management; ability to follow proper processes and run operations for effective and efficient movement of materials and finished products.
Level Working Knowledge: 
•     Assists in the development of process flows to track lead time by activity.
•     Uses tools, with guidance, to forecast delivery times, determine costs and assess performance.
•     Maintains records of all shipments and invoices using an established system.
•     Participates in integrating logistics processes and developing effective networks.
•     Works with logistics in a domestic environment.

Manufacturing Requirements Planning (MRP): Knowledge of the processes, practices and systems used in manufacturing requirements planning (MRP); ability to optimize planning for manufacturing cycles and ensure capacity and materials availability.
Level Working Knowledge: 
•     Participates in developing materials requirements and costs for custom requests.
•     Uses job schedule, plant and machine schedule and inventory systems to initiate and oversee jobs.
•     Uses available tools to analyze order and develop quotes and realistic delivery dates.
•     Plans and schedules production runs for specific products and assures availability of materials.
•     Follows key criteria to collect information needed to make good production decisions for operation.

Process Improvement: Understanding and insight into evaluating current product quality and production methods and ability to maintains focus on the continuous improvement of processes, products and services.
Level Working Knowledge: 
•     Defines the critical workflow for executing key processes.
•     Identifies process problems that limit performance.
•     Implements methods for improving and establishing controls for critical processes.
•     Focuses on the most significant problems to maximize efficiency gains.
•     Surfaces systemic problems to be addressed at the organizational level.

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.
Level Basic Understanding: 
•     Identifies project management tools and requirements within own function.
•     Describes the key objectives, phases and deliverables of a current project.
•     Explains the concepts of phase, activity, task, and deliverable.
•     Gives examples of critical paths in projects.

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: 
•     Follows procedures in carrying out routine supplier management tasks.
•     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 Basic Understanding: 
•     Locates and interprets walk-throughs of the consumption stream and associated provision stream.
•     Identifies goals and objectives of effective supply chain management.
•     Describes major areas associated with supply chain management.
•     Cites multiple examples of waste, high costs and inefficiencies associated with supply chains.

On-Site Full Time

Working Hours: Monday – Friday 07:30 am. – 04:30 pm.

Work location: Caterpillar (Thailand) Ltd. 337/1 Moo 3, T. Nong La Lok, A. Ban Khai, Rayong 21120, Thailand

Posting Dates:

February 11, 2026 - February 19, 2026

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply

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