Logistics Planning Analyst

Role overview

Warehouse planning and systems

• Develop warehouse routings, location structures, order control locations, pick paths, storage assignments, and material-flow configurations.
• Support capacity analysis, storage optimization, inventory placement, and material-flow improvements.
• Coordinate warehouse transitions, material relocations, inventory moves, and layout changes while limiting operational disruption.
• Support new-part introductions, storage needs, routing development, and warehouse readiness.
• Maintain warehouse and logistics system data; support warehouse applications, reporting platforms, inventory systems, and databases.
• Resolve system exceptions, transaction failures, data discrepancies, and process interruptions; coordinate user access and permissions.

Analytics and improvement

• Create and enhance operational metrics, dashboards, scorecards, and reporting tools using Power BI, Excel, SharePoint, and other analytical tools.
• Analyze inventory, productivity, material flow, quality, capacity, and service trends; provide data-driven recommendations to facility leadership.
• Participate in continuous improvement focused on safety, quality, delivery, cost, inventory, and efficiency, including Lean, HOPS, 5S, Stop-to-Fix, and Caterpillar Production System activities.
• Develop standard work and procedures, perform root-cause analysis, implement corrective actions, and maintain audit schedules and compliance tracking.

Location and travel

• Role location is Lebanon, Indiana.
• Required travel is up to 40% to the warehouse.

Requirements

• The supplied description identifies the role’s scope and duties but provides no explicit candidate education, experience, or certification requirements in the available text.
• Travel to the warehouse may be required, up to 40%.