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Irving, Texas, Us

• Responsible for Remanufacturing Division Global Operations located in Fargo, ND, Franklin, IN, Brazil, Shanghai and Indonesia

Irving, Texas, Us

• Responsible for the judicious global spend for all GET and Undercarriage Track Shoe Long Bar for the company• Aggressively manage a global team (USA, Mexico, India, China) of Procurement Managers, Purchasing Analysts and Supplier Development Engineers in ensuring high productivity and growth• Championed the highest division supplier shipping performance of over 95% for supply base with superior PPM results in collaboration with the team• Developed effective mitigation plans that helped in the successful flow of materials from one location to another• Worked with a team in achieving successful fact-based supplier negotiations to reduce costs by over 12%

Irving, Texas, Us

• Managed all factory activities and successfully started up all foundry and machining operations within an existing Caterpillar site• Hired over 250 hourly employees and 40 management employees while managing all activities and operations in the factory with annual budget of $65M• Coordinated all facility Operations, Supply Chain, Safety, Quality and Manufacturing Engineering by working with key team members• Ramped up new facility to all-time high record capacity levels within a year of startup, running 24 hours per day and 7 days per week

Irving, Texas, Us

• Advanced operational efficiencies to all-time best for the facility and consistently improved shipping performance from a 69% baseline to over 99% for 2 years straight• Successfully led all foundry and machining operations with responsibility for Operations, Supply Chain, Safety and Maintenance with an annual budget of $65M of ‘no recordable injury’ for over 3 years in Franklin, NC facility and over 2 years of ‘no recordable injury’ in Toccoa, GA foundry• Closed both facilities in 2016 per strategic footprint study and relocated the business to Mapleton, IL

Irving, Texas, Us

• Supply Chain Performance Manager for Undercarriage Components

Irving, Texas, Us

• Accountable for providing proper assembly processes, tooling, layouts and equipment for NPI to meet Tier 4 requirements• Responsible for Tractor Assembly Manufacturing Engineering and New Product Introduction (NPI) Team for all D6-D11tractor builds• Team successfully converted campus from legacy MRP system to SAP which required re-processing of all tractors fromlegacy system to Virtual Process Planning for Assembly (VPPA)• Ensure all necessary processes are in place to meet and surpass operational goals in safety, quality, throughput, and cost

Irving, Texas, Us

• Effective and proper management of a total of eight sections and over 375 employees with an annual budget of $35M• In charge of East Peoria Large Structures manufacturing facility with three shift responsibility for Track Roller Frame fabrication, machining, and assembly along with Clutch Plate and Heat Treat

Irving, Texas, Us

• Strategically assembled an effective Manufacturing Engineering Team that provides assembly processes, tooling, layouts and equipment• Supervised technical staff including 18 management, 3 hourly, and 30 contract employees in achieving daily, monthly and yearly goals• Played an important role in the supervision of two NPI Product Introduction Team leaders and 5 NPI assemblers• Judiciously managed and annual budget of $3.125 M and capital over $1.8 M in the running of all processes, activities and projects in that division

Irving, Texas, Us

• Lower Powertrain Products Concurrent Product & Process Development (CPPD) Team Leader and technical representative for all gear customers• Coordinated all gear NPI programs assuring smooth transition through planning, implementation, and operations

Irving, Texas, Us

• Three year rotational program at Caterpillar• Year one: Materials Engineer in Global Purchasing• Year two: Facilities Engineer in Mapleton Foundry• Year three: Operations Supervisor in Lower Powertrain Gear Facility.