{"id":32060,"date":"2026-03-16T16:00:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T16:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/job\/team-leader-2026-field-development-program-south-africa\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T16:00:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T16:00:54","slug":"team-leader-2026-field-development-program-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/job\/team-leader-2026-field-development-program-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Leader \n\n\n            \n\n            \n            2026 Field Development Program &#8211; South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Role Summary<\/p>\n<p>\tWe have an exciting opportunity for a Team Lead. In this role, you will assist the Supervisor with the day-to-day planning in the receipt, processing, packaging, storage, order filling and shipment of parts to Caterpillar dealers and Distribution Centers to support the end users of Caterpillar equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Job Duties\/Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:<\/p>\n<p>\tEnsuring parts inventory is received, processed, and stored in a safe, efficient, and timely manner &#8211; Responding timeously and supporting requests from Dealer service and Ops leadership.<br \/>\n\tPerform operational duties e.g., picking and packing when required.<br \/>\n\tContributing to daily manpower planning and resource planning to ensure that there are adequate resources to enable the associates to perform at an optimal level.<br \/>\n\tDaily Monitoring of departmental activities through EWM monitors and including clean up resolution of grief.<br \/>\n\tProviding necessary on the job training.<br \/>\n\tImproving productivity and quality by assisting the Supervisor with departmental project.<br \/>\n\tLeading teams working on problem resolution and process improvement.<br \/>\n\tMaintaining high employee morale by ensuring basic elements of work discipline are delivered; and Conducting daily Safety meetings and observing employees for unsafe behavior, and correcting behavior through counselling.<br \/>\n\tEnsuring and maintaining 5s and housekeeping.<br \/>\n\tReporting of MHE breakdown and assisting with incident investigations.<br \/>\n\tPreparing and maintaining necessary paperwork for hourly payroll and attendance records.<\/p>\n<p>What will put you forward<\/p>\n<p>\tMatric is required.<br \/>\n\tNational Diploma\/Degree in Supply chain, Logistics or Industrial Engineering preferred.<br \/>\n\t2-3 Years Warehousing experience will be an advantage.<br \/>\n\tStrong leadership and people skills<br \/>\n\tExcellent interpersonal skills<br \/>\n\tGood verbal and written communication skills<\/p>\n<p>Skills you will have<\/p>\n<p>\tProblem Solving: Ability to identify, anticipate, and resolve operational challenges.<br \/>\n\tDecision Making: Sound judgment and analytical skills to make informed decisions.<br \/>\n\tLogistics Management: Understanding of logistics processes and tools.<br \/>\n\tCustomer Focus: Commitment to aligning operations with customer needs and satisfaction.<\/p>\n<p>Additional Information<\/p>\n<p>\tOnsite, five days a week.<br \/>\n\tAbility to work shifts.<\/p>\n<p>go to method of application \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Apply via company website (  ) or<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"","_company_name":"Caterpillar Inc.","_company_website":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[11],"job-types":[12],"class_list":{"0":"post-32060","1":"job_listing","2":"type-job_listing","3":"status-publish","4":"hentry","5":"job_listing_region-gauteng","7":"job-type-full-time"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/32060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=32060"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=32060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}