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M SOHAIL KHAN

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Engineering Product Design and Management Professional

Experienced Engineering professional offering more than sixteen years of expertise specializing in project

management, engineering design, manufacturing, supply chain and material procurement projects from concept to

production that resulted in response time and material cost reductions of high visibility projects for worlds largest

equipment manufacturer. Strong leader with demonstrated success aligning expenses with cost targets for sourcing,

tooling and fixture procurement, vendor selection, and capital improvement projects. Organizational guide to

leadership team for conducting supply chain analysis, financial analysis, cost estimates, and design benchmarking cost

comparisons. Enterprise-level project manager successful in leading and guiding new product introduction (NPI) and

investment through the full project life cycle

CORE COMPETENCIES

Product Design

Project Initiation Supplier Collaboration

Project Planning APQP

Requirement Management

Procurement/Sourcing

Funding Management Resource Management

Offshore Team

Cost Analysis Production Release

CREO/Team Center

Team Building Value Added Vale Engineering

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Caterpillar Inc. (1999 to Present)

Project Manager (2014 to present)

Responsible for oversight and execution of key deliverables for future and current products. This hands-on role

encompassed translating business needs in to design and finished product by detailed planning, coordination of

activities with internal resources, process partners, suppliers and execution of tasks on tight deadlines. As a project

manager tracking and communicating the progress against timelines to all the stakeholders.

Key Contributions:

Get off on the right foot Initiated and completed successfully numerous projects to deliver Hydraulic

cylinders on time, below cost targets and improved quality to internal customers.

Identified and led resourcing of large cylinders in phases from Sumter, SC to another internal manufacturing

facility in China, resulting a cost reduction of $1.2 million per year.

Mentored junior off shore staff to bring them up to speed on various sourcing and manufacturing activities and

provide feedback to their managers.

Collaborate with accounting, purchasing and supply chain team to evaluate landed material cost quotations

keeping in mind of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) concept for cylinder and components.

Assumed responsibilities as a go-to engineer in the development of Casting and Forging should cost models in

aPriori which benefited the company upfront to optimize cost before production release.

Managed manufacturing activities to implement validation plan, review control plan, work break down

structure, guide supply chain personal, inventory Optimization, and ensured that the team is 100% ready at

each gate review through run at rate.

Managed sourcing and inventory optimization projects that required gathering the requisite data, analyzing the

data and presenting to senior leadership, to change or exit the supplier, and keep the service demand on track

while avoiding any line down situation.

Caterpillar Inc.

Senior Engineer Design (2004 to 2013)

Directed and worked on multiple concurrent projects through the full life cycle and execution of key deliverables for

new products and current products. This hands-on role provided opportunity to innovate, design and integrate

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business needs in to concept design, creating production drawings, and finished product by detailed planning,

coordination of activities with internal resources, process partners, suppliers and execution of tasks on tight deadlines

and tracking and communication of progress against customer needs and timelines.

Key Contributions:

Managed consultants and direct report as a global team lead to integrate the next generation of Telematics on

all current production and new product introduction (NPI) machines, successfully commonized the hard ware

and electrical components across the multi generation of cabs.

Led the design and development of operator station and Rollover protection structure (ROPS) for Wheel

loaders, Motor graders, Scrappers and other machines from inception to production to provide cabs for Tier

Four Final compliant machines.

Initiated the concept design and development of split Rollover protection structure for Motor grader in a tight

schedule for US army, Navy, and Marine Core. Resulting to acquire multi-million-dollar contract from US

army and deliver cabs for production machines on time as per customer requirement.

Concurrent product development with the modeling team. Ensured the analysis conducted by the team was

accurate and the results were summarized for final decision- making.

Managed consultant, process partners, ROPS manufacturers and Cab manufacturing facilities on various

Operator station design and procurement projects. Resolved build issues and ensured that the design is

optimized for cost, quality and on time delivery.

Assumed responsibilities as a go-to Engineer to resolve field and service issues related to ROPS modification,

rework, and other changes to customize the customer needs and ensure that the design is not compromised for

legal certification and avoid warranty claims.

Assisted the Center of Excellence in evaluation and selection of ROPS and light structure suppliers and

component supply chain network, and inventory optimization.

Caterpillar Inc.

Design Engineer (1999 to 2004)

Involved in the effective development and management of Cab/Operator station component design, System

integration, generating BOM and work with Vehicle Configuration Engineer to establish SIP and cab location on the

vehicle. Led the design and sourcing effort to reduce component cost by proposing alternate design and material,

process and sourcing. Provided program cost guidance for project planning, capital investment, and tooling

investment targets. Supported sourcing and procurement efforts through drawings and specifications review with

internal manufacturing team, obtaining piece part and tooling cost to release purchase orders.

Key Contributions:

Led the design and development of Operator station sheet metal enclosure, composite floor design,

nonmetallic interior components, seat mounted control system, cab mounting system, other electrical and

HVAC sub system integration and packaging inside and outside of enclosure.

Collaborate with suppliers, internal process partners, and testing and validation facilities. Creating drawings

and release to production cab weldment, enclosure, assemblies and sub systems

Case New Holland

Engineer (1998 to 1999)

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Served as key resource in the design and efficient development and management of Tractors under the hood

component design using CREO. Integration and packaging of components and other sub systems. Provided program

cost guidance for project planning, capital investment, and tooling investment targets. Supported sourcing and

procurement efforts through drawings and specification reviews with internal manufacturing team.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND AND CREDENTIALS

BRADLEY UNIVERSITY - Peoria, IL

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering - 1997

NED UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, Karachi

Bachelor of Engineering (BE in Mechanical Engineering) 1992

Certifications:

Six Sigma Green Belt

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