Logistics Associate

Caterpillar Inc.•Brooklyn Park, MN

10d•$21 - $27•Onsite

About The Position

As a Logistics Associate your role is pivotal to our team, you will safely and accurately track grief parts, update their status, facilitate speedy transfer to our teams on our production line, and communicate and escalate issues as needed to support uninterrupted production of assembly lines and fabrication work centers. As a Logistics Associate you can expect to track incoming parts, updating their status as they transfer through receiving, inspection, sort, rework, stocking locations, and releasing – escalating when issues arise, assisting with root cause identification and corrective action development for material handling related quality and velocity. Additionally, you will regularly communicate with supported lines to expedite material planning. Maintain and track complex SAP and Microsoft Office transactions that correspond to physical material movements or requirements, as well as maintain other electronic documentation. You will regularly take initiative to identify, document, communicate and correct problems, report discrepancies and recommend solutions. You may participate in support projects as needed. Relevant experiences such as mechanical aptitude in a personal or professional setting must be described in application

Requirements

Experience operating material handling equipment (i.e. counterbalance, turret, reach, picker).
Experience distributing and managing counts of parts
Two years’ experience in logistics/warehousing
Two years’ experience using Mach 1 / SAP

Nice To Haves

A Two-year degree
Caterpillar Paving Products experience

Responsibilities

Safely and accurately track grief parts
Update part status
Facilitate speedy transfer to teams on the production line
Communicate and escalate issues as needed
Track incoming parts
Assist with root cause identification and corrective action development for material handling related quality and velocity
Regularly communicate with supported lines to expedite material planning
Maintain and track complex SAP and Microsoft Office transactions
Maintain other electronic documentation
Identify, document, communicate and correct problems
Report discrepancies and recommend solutions
Participate in support projects as needed