Data Analyst – Transportation & Logistics

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Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar yourejoining 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 dontjust 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.

For more than 95 years Caterpillar has been building the worlds infrastructure and enabling progress that improves lives around the globe. Caterpillar is a global leader in construction and mining equipment diesel and natural gas engines industrial gas turbines and dieselelectric locomotives serving customers on every continent.

Within Caterpillars Product Support & Logistics Division the European Ground Transportation organization manages a large multicountry logistics network supporting more than 25 factories and a broad supplier base. Data and analytics are critical to managing cost service and network performance at this scale.

We are looking for an Analytics Engineer Transportation & Analytics to strengthen our analytics team in Grimbergen (near Brussels). You will work at the intersection of data operations and decisionmaking supporting European ground transportation for Caterpillars factories and supply base.

This is a handson role with real ownership. You will build and run analytics products endtoend: from shaping requirements with the business to modelling data to delivering Power BI dashboards and automations that are used in daytoday operations.

If you enjoy working with large wellstructured operational datasets selecting the right data for the right question and automating manual work this role is for you.

What you will do

• Build own and continuously improve Power BI dashboards used by Transportation Finance and Supply Chain teams

• Translate business problems into clear requirements measures and data model design

• Work with (and sometimes extend) data models and datasets; partner closely with data engineers on pipelines and source logic

• Use SQL and Python to validate data implement transformations and create reliable repeatable outputs

• Identify cost opportunities service issues and data quality gaps in transportation flows and turn them into actionable recommendations

• Automate recurring work with the Microsoft Power Platform (Power BI Power Automate Power Apps)

• Improve the way we work by simplifying standardizing and removing waste (not build and forget reporting)

• Share best practices and help raise the analytics maturity of the team

What you bring

Musthave

• Masters degree (or equivalent experience) in a quantitative or technical field

• 35 years of experience in analytics BI or data roles

• Strong handson experience with Power BI (Desktop & Service)

• Strong skills in SQL and solid working knowledge of Python

• Experience with data modelling transformations and structured datasets

• Comfort working endtoend: ambiguity structure delivery continuous improvement

• Clear communication in English and ability to work directly with business stakeholders

Nice to have (not mandatory)

• Exposure to transportation supply chain finance or purchasing

• Experience with Snowflake Oracle Alteryx Dataikuor similar data platforms

• Familiarity with process improvement concepts (Lean Six Sigma Operational Excellence)

• Interest or experience in AI and Copilotstyle tools (prompting automation decision support).

How we work

• You will be part of a small experienced analytics team with strong business exposure

• Your work has direct operational impact across more than 25 European factories

• You get ownership and trust not just task execution

• We invest in learning: time budget and certifications (Microsoft Snowflake )

• We value clarity pragmatism and results over buzzwords

What we offer

• A challenging analytics engineering role with realworld impact

• Competitive salary and strong extralegal benefits

• Focus on worklife balance and wellbeing

• A team that values initiative learning and collaboration

If you are curious handson and want to grow into a broader analytics and decisionsupport role within supply chain and transportation we would like to hear from you.

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