Dewayne Merriman has over 39 years of experience in procurement and manufacturing. He has held various leadership roles in procurement at Caterpillar and Exterran, managing purchasing organizations and implementing new processes. Most recently, he centralized Exterran's purchasing organization across North America and established two new service centers that processed over 200k line items in 2014.

1. Dewayne Merriman
17 WINNEPEG ST · Victoria, TX 77905 · (309) 634-1268 · dlmerriman56@GMAIL.COM
Career Profile
A proven professional with over 39 years of experience in both Procurement and
Manufacturing at all levels. Self-motivated individual, who thrives on change. Proficient
in prioritizing and completing tasks in a timely manner, with the ability to multitask when
necessary. Ability to identify and facilitate change while improving processes effecting
the bottom line. Skilled at gathering and analyzing data in order to recommend process
changes.
July 2013 – Present - Exterran
North American Operations Purchasing Manager
· Move Exterran from a decentralized purchasing organization to a centralized
purchasing organization for the procurement of un-planned material and services.
· Started up two Operation Service Centers for supporting ten business units in the
US. This included hiring and training staff.
· In 2014 the OSC’s processed over 200K of line items, resulting in the creation of
more than 80K purchase orders. Ninety-two percent of these were completed in
less than one hour.
Caterpillar June 1975 – June 2013
March 2013 – June 2013
Special Assignment – Mossville, IL
· Establish a pro-active reporting framework on Low Cost Producer (LCP) activity
and results for hydraulic excavators being produced at 8 sites around the world.
Work with sites, engineering and business resources to agreed Low Cost Producer
targets by model and site. Develop a method for tracking progress and reporting.
· Develop method for gathering supplier shipping performance and supplier quality
performance and consolidating data from all hydraulic excavator facilities.
Process must include identification of issues and issue resolution.
· Review across the enterprise the processes for managing Plan for Every Part
(PFEP) (considers from supplier to point of use) and identify best practice.
Document and implement across all hydraulic excavator facilities.
March 2011 – February 2013
Global Purchasing (GP) Site Purchasing Manager – Victoria, TX
· Responsible for hiring and training new purchasing staff for the start-up of the
North American Hydraulic Excavator (NAHEX) facility in Victoria, TX
· Responsible for implementing supplier shipping and quality processes. With the
implementation of SAP (ERP), this includes working with Corporate Quality to
integrate corporate supplier quality systems with SAP.
· Responsible for developing and implementing standard work for the purchasing
organization. Worked with GP Category Fabrication Purchasing to define and
implement strategy for supporting NAHEX from a Total Cost of Ownership. This
includes reduction of supply base, location of supply base and target costs.

2. Dewayne Merriman
March 2010 – February 2011 – Mossville, IL
Global Purchasing Proxy Process Owner (PPO) for Caterpillar’s SAP implementation
(Mach 1).
As the procurement PPO, responsible for:
· Site Transformation Activities aligned to the Mach 1 Solution
· Identifying and prioritizing new functionality for the global template
· Defining and documenting process requirements
· Approving Mach 1 process designs related to Purchasing
· Reviewing and approving Process Definition Documents, Detailed Process
Definition Documents, and Business Process Procedures.
· Facilitating the Proxy Process Owner Council for sites deploying the Mach 1
· Facilitated implementation of Mach 1 at deploying sites
· Developed and deployed Supplier communication for new processes
January 2009 to February 2010 – Monterrey, Mexico
Site Purchasing Manager for 3 facilities in Mexico
Short term assignment with main responsibility to implement processes enabling the 3
facilities to pass Corporate Audits as well as SOX audits
· Passed all Corporate Audits and SOX audits for first time in over 3 years
· Established processes to support corporate procedures and reduce complexity of
old processes
· Worked with Supply Chain to reduce inventory from $195million to $114million.
This was accomplished by reducing lead times, increase suppliers on pull and
helping to cancel un-needed material and reduce supply base
March 2008 – December 2008
Platform Manager – Global Purchasing Indirect – Located in Peoria, IL
· One of two project leads to leading the Global Purchasing Indirect (GP-I)
Business Transformation
· Part of Transformation was the development of a Blue Dot used to identify new
processes and systems along with an implementation time line
· Worked with consultants and GP-I teams to develop and implement common
processes across Global Purchasing
· Helped facilitate the development of the organizational changes that included the
concept of a global Shared Service Center
March 2007 – February 2008
Platform Manager – Global Purchasing Indirect – Located in Shanghai, China
· Responsible for setting up Indirect Purchasing Organization in China and India.
· Set-up Center of Excellence organization to support the new start-ups in China.
· Worked with China and India facilities on their Indirect Procurement Processes.
· Managed staff at 2 locations in India and 5 locations in China.

3. Dewayne Merriman
February 2003 – February 2007
Platform Manager – Global Purchasing Indirect (GP-I) – Located in Peoria, IL
· Responsible for managing site indirect purchasing at Joliet, Aurora, and facilities
in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
· Worked with China facilities on their Indirect Procurement Processes.
· Managed staff at all locations from Peoria.
· Part of team that reduced Purchasing jobs codes from over 100 to less than 20.
· Member of GP-I Global Process Optimization to review existing processes and
develop recommendations for implementing common processes. This included
expanding GP-I services to Asia-Pacific the rest of world.
· Increased GP-I presence in the Southeast from staff at one facility to direct
responsibility for seven facilities and dotted line for four facilities.
September 1998 – February 2003 – Located in Waco, TX
Operations and Support Manager
· Started up Waco production on time and within budget, created and maintained
project plans (using Microsoft Project) for both the start-up and closure of the
Waco Facility.
· Met all Class A goals by September 2001 and held for the year
· Decreased VEHR and DRF1 indicators for Articulated Trucks to lower than rest
of the world, 10% and 4% respectively.
July 1994 – September 1998 – Clayton, NC
Buyer for Back Hoe Loader Fabrications and Machine Components
· 1997 Reduced Supplier Base by 16%
· Led a Building Construction Products team that developed, tested and
implemented a Supplier Education Program to meet BCP’s Class A supplier
education initiative.
· Exceeded cost goals for BHL C-series introduction – Goal 3%, Actual was 5.6%.
· Exceeded on time deliver performance of 90%
April 1991 – July 1994 – Clayton, NC
Senior Manufacturing Engineer
· Part of the Clayton start-up team
· Wheel Loader Assembly Processing Supervisor
· Developed Wheel Loader progressive stall build
· Introduced 5S to Building Construction Products Div.
· Member of 924 and 928 NIP teams
May 1990 – March April 1991 – Mossville, IL
Manufacturing Engineer

4. Dewayne Merriman
· Project Manager for team responsible for Caterpillar Tool Design Technical
Support and facilitated Caterpillar’s role in a consortium for Artificial Intelligent
Manufacturing.
August 1986 – May 1990
Education and Training
· Caterpillar’s Degree Option Program
· Four year program consisting of completing Bachelor’s degree and multiple job
assignments within various organizations. Job assignments were 6 months in
length
February 1983 – August 1986 – Lafayette, IN
Large Engine Division
· 3500 Engine, Manufacturing Releasing
· 3500 & 3600 Engineering Change Coordinator
· Scheduler for Generators
· Purchasing Analyst & Scheduler
February 1981 to February 1983 – Mossville, IL
Large Engine Division
· Part of Gas Turbine Engine, responsible for Production Scheduling and
implementing Engineering Changes for engines being built in Burbank, CA.
July 1979 – February 1981 – East Peoria, IL
· Tool Room Machinist
June 1975 to July 1979 – Peoria Area
· Four-year machinist apprentice
Education:
1997 Avertt University Danville, Virginia
Masters of Business Administration
1990 Bradley University Peoria, Illinois
Bachelor Degree in Manufacturing Engineering Technology
Graduated Sum Cum Laude
1990 – APICs certified in CPIM
1981 Illinois Central College East Peoria, Illinois
Associates Degree in Manufacturing Technology