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Dan Murphy is vice president of Caterpillar's Global Purchasing Division. In this position, which he has held since 2001, Murphy has administrative responsibility for Caterpillar's Cast Metals Operations. He also heads up the company's direct and indirect purchasing functions, which have been consolidated to achieve synergies in global cost reduction and supplier quality improvements.
Murphy joined Caterpillar in 1969 as a trainee in plant operations in East Peoria, Ill. He held various manufacturing and engineering positions in Decatur, Ill., before being named an assistant division manager in Products Control in 1976 in Peoria, Ill.
In 1978 he was moved to Geneva, Switzerland, to coordinate the Products Control activities for Europe. He returned to Decatur in 1980 as a factory superintendent, later serving as superintendent in Facility Planning and as a manager in Indirect Planning.
He became corporate assistant director of Manufacturing in 1986, a position he held until 1990 when he was named Manufacturing manager in Aurora. After a corporate-wide reorganization that year, he was named a product manager of excavators. In 1996, he was named general manager of the Mossville Engine Center, and was elected a vice president later that year. As part of a reorganization at Caterpillar's Engine Division in 1996, Murphy's group was renamed Performance Engine Products Division. There he assumed responsibility for the company's diesel engine design and production facilities in Mossville, Ill., and Greenville, S.C.; foundry operation in Mapleton, Ill., and administration of branded engine programs.
Murphy received a Master of Science degree in business administration from Illinois State University in 1974. He has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Louisiana State University.
He is a member of the board of directors of the National Minority Supplier Development Council and the AAA Chicago Motor Club. | 