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Manages strategic and complex supplier relationships, evaluates supplier performance, drives cost reductions, conducts cost modeling and total-cost analysis, negotiates contracts, and supports sourcing, supplier selection, NPI, and continuous improvement. Leads cross-functional projects, resolves supplier issues, maintains purchase orders and agreements, develops business-continuation plans, and collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to improve quality, cost, delivery, and service.

Leads technical and commercial proposal development for complex turbomachinery, gas compression, power generation, and aftermarket projects. Coordinates sales, engineering, project management, supply chain, fabrication, and external stakeholders to define scope, develop competitive strategies, assess risks, and meet commercial objectives. Serves as the technical and contractual authority for complex bids, supports customer negotiations, and guides proposal deliverables for projects valued from $200,000 to over $35 million.

Leads supplier quality and technical problem resolution for purchased materials, including root-cause analysis, corrective actions, supplier metrics, engineering coordination, tooling management, and PPAP execution. Partners with suppliers, manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain teams on new product introduction, process improvement, design reviews, configuration management, and supplier qualification. Applies Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, statistical analysis, and manufacturing-process expertise to improve supplier performance and resolve quality issues.

Optimize service-parts planning, warehouse workflows, material flow, inventory management, layouts, and fulfillment processes. Lead Lean and Six Sigma improvements, support WMS and operational technology enhancements, develop KPI dashboards, and partner with operations, supply chain, logistics, inventory, IT, and sales teams to improve productivity, service levels, safety, capacity, and cost efficiency.

Design and upgrade turbine and driven-equipment control systems; produce electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and interconnect schedules; develop PLC (PLC5/RSLogix) and HMI software; support project management, manufacturing, testing, HAZOPS, commissioning, and field support.

Three-year rotational engineering program in Caterpillar’s Oil & Gas business, based in Houston. Participants rotate through project management, customer order management, project controls, machining and robotic welding, manufacturing processes, process improvement, lean manufacturing, root cause analysis, CAD, and GD&T assignments.

Supports gas compressor refurbishment and package upgrade projects by organizing and analyzing CRM and customer data, evaluating restage lead-generator outputs, identifying top compressor customers and installed-base opportunities, preparing customer fleet and restage-potential cut sheets, and organizing compressor performance curves for rapid technical evaluation. Works with sales, engineering, overhaul facilities, package engineering, and project management teams.

Supports global transportation operations by collecting, validating, and analyzing logistics data across parcel, truckload, air, ocean, and intermodal modes. Responsibilities include freight cost and carrier performance analysis, dashboards, recurring reports, freight audits, carrier data validation, process improvement, issue resolution, and stakeholder presentations. The intern will complete an individual supply chain project and present findings to senior leaders.

Supports global supply chain and supplier technical activities, including quality problem resolution, root cause analysis, design reviews, supplier coordination, metrics tracking, process improvement, cost recovery, and supplier selection and qualification. The intern completes an individual project, collaborates cross-functionally using Six Sigma and Lean principles, and presents results to senior supply chain leaders.

Supports complex projects from booking through commissioning by managing project controls, risk identification, forecasting, scheduling, cost planning, change management, and status reporting. Develops resource-loaded schedules, project control procedures, and risk-management tools while coordinating with business development, finance, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, customers, and suppliers. Contributes to project profitability, schedule performance, and customer satisfaction with limited supervision.