Logistics Systems Integration Lead

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.

Job Summary:    

As a Logistics Systems Integration Lead, you will help design and deliver scalable intralogistics automation solutions across our plants and warehouses. Working closely with enterprise capability owners and cross‑functional teams, you will lead solution and architecture design, technical governance, and the development of MDP/MVP/MMP products, simulations, and system integrations.

Your work will span key automation technologies such as AGV/AMR fleet management, conveyors and sortation, AS/RS, and goods‑to‑person systems, along with integration between WMS, WCS, LOS, ERP, and MES platforms. With a strong focus on standardization, replication, and sustainability, you will help enable enterprise‑ready automation solutions that drive operational excellence at scale.

What You Will Do:

Discovery & Value

• Gemba walks and stakeholder interviews across production/logistics/warehouse/planning
• Identify automation use cases: line‑side replenishment, WIP/finished/semi‑finished handling, empty tote return, inbound/outbound/cross‑dock, wave/merge, dock/yard, in‑plant transport
• Quantify value: throughput/takt, waiting/transport waste, WIP, OTD, space utilization

Solution & Architecture

• Design E2E intralogistics solutions: AGV/AMR fleet, conveyors/sorters, palletizing/depalletizing, AS/RS, PTL/Put‑to‑Light, auto weigh/scan/vision, workstation integration (PLC/robotics)
• Architect integrations: WMS/WCS/LOS and ERP/MES orders, tasks, states, events

Technical Review & Governance

• Lead/support solution reviews, identify performance and integration risks
• Drive commonality and reuse

MDP/ MVP / MMP products development

• Define success criteria (throughput, takt, availability, zero safety incidents, conflict rate, etc.)
• Use simulation tools (e.g.Plant Simulation) for capacity and bottleneck analysis
• Produce evaluation reports and phased rollout with switch/rollback plans

Deployment & Continuous Improvement

• Coordinate go‑lives with OT/IT/Network/EHS/Maintenance/Operations

Enablement & Assets

• Create playbook as technical solution guideline including: business requirements analysis, supplier base plan, architecture, lessons learn, best practices, safety & acceptance criteria, etc.

Education requirement:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Automation, Controls, Computer Science, Logistics Engineering, or a related field.

What skills you will have:

Collaborating

• Lead cross‑functional collaboration across logistics, IT, OT, engineering, operations, and external vendors to deliver integrated logistics solutions.
• Establish shared goals, roles, and operating rhythms to align stakeholders across functions, regions, and levels.
• Facilitate working sessions and decision forums that enable teams to resolve issues quickly and move integration efforts forward.
• Ensure transparency by making data, requirements, and decisions accessible to all involved parties.

Analytical Thinking

• Analyze logistics processes and system performance to identify integration risks, constraints, and improvement opportunities.
• Break down complex problems by evaluating data flows, process dependencies, and system interactions across logistics platforms.
• Compare solution alternatives using structured analysis to support scalable, standardized, and repeatable designs.
• Apply practical analytical tools to interpret patterns, assess impacts, and support recommendations.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking

• Support integration and architecture decisions by organizing requirements, data, risks, and stakeholder inputs into clear decision frameworks.
• Assess trade‑offs among alternatives by considering business impact, technical complexity, operational risk, and compliance.
• Prioritize concerns and recommend actions based on urgency, impact, and alignment with enterprise standards.
• Escalate complex or high‑risk decisions with clear analysis and well‑documented options.

Planning and Organizing

• Coordinate logistics system integration activities by breaking work into manageable phases, milestones, and dependencies.
• Identify potential bottlenecks, conflicts, or resource constraints and adjust plans to maintain delivery commitments.
• Monitor progress across multiple workstreams and adapt execution plans as conditions change.
• Create and maintain action plans that support disciplined execution across cross‑functional teams.

Additional Information:    

This position requires the candidate to work onsite five days a week at the Mossville, IL office.

Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.

Visa sponsorship is NOT available with this position.

This position may require up to 30% travel.

 

 

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

 

 

This position requires working onsite five days a week.

 

 

Relocation is available for this position.

 

 

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

 

 

Posting Dates:

June 11, 2026 - June 25, 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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