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People and skills – Page 54
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FeatureLogistics in the (i)fast lane
Paola Petrone is revolutionising Fiat’s supply chain management with state of the art IT and the development of an in-house freight forwarder to pull together flows across the group to improve efficiency and reduce emissionsPaola Petrone was appointed senior vice president of Supply Chain Management at Fiat Group Automobiles less ...
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FeatureIn Profile: PSA's Guy Lederer
PSA’s Guy Lederer is responsible for linking the carmaker’s parts supply chain from one continent to another, including engineering for packaging, material flow and global platforms, as well as focus on parts ordering and forecasting. Lederer manages a team of about 100 employees that are at the forefront of PSA’s ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Peter Weiss has moved from his position at Chrysler as director of Worldwide Transportation and Customs to become vice president of International Operations. In his previous role, Weiss was responsible for inbound and outbound logistics systems worldwide, a role he has held for five years, helping to shape Chrysler’s logistics ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Michael Noone has left APL and takes up a new position this week as chief operations officer at NYK Logistics (Americas). Noone held a number of senior positions at APL’s Logistics and Liner businesses, most recently as vice president and managing director, Eastern Region.He brings with him more than 25 ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Evelyn Chiang has left her role as vice president of supply chain and IT at electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors where she led procurement, material planning and logistics for all of Tesla’s products. The company’s global director of logistics Greg Henniger and logistics manager Roy Kimber have assumed her responsibilities ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Supply chain services provider APL Logistics has hired Rinaldy Sudyatmiko as Senior Director of Automotive Business Development in Singapore. Sudyatmiko is part of the APL Logistics Automotive unit, which provides supply chain management support to carmakers and parts manufacturers around the world. Sudyatmiko has more than 15 years of experience ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Eric Lindstrom has moved from his position as senior director of Supply Chain and Indirect Procurement at ArvinMeritor to take up a new role at automotive safety systems supplier TRW as director of Global Logistics. He will take over the role from Phil Roberts who has been the interim director ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
In a spate of new moves at Russian automotive importer and logistics company Rolf Group, it has been announced that Igor Salita will take over as CEO of the group from January 11th, replacing Nick Hawkins who is leaving the company to pursue other career opportunities in Russia. Salita will ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
As reported at the end of December, Toyota Motor Europe has combined responsibility for inbound and outbound logistics. Levent Yuksel has moved from his position at Toyota Motor’s production control department in Japan to take up a new role as director of Production Parts Logistics and Vehicle Logistics. He replaces ...
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FeatureIn Profile: Yves Caracatzanis of Renault
While Yves Caracatzanis has had roles across the manufacturing process at Renault, logistics is at the bookends of his career to this point. He started with the carmaker in 1992 as project leader in logistics, before spending more than a decade in various manufacturing roles in plant, as well as ...
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FeatureBenaim to leave Toyota Motors Europe
Big changes at Toyota Motors Europe, due to come into effect in January, include the appointment of a new director of vehicle logistics following the announcement that Emile Benaim will retire at the end of the year. Benaim’s successor is Levent Yuksel, who will take responsibility of both the Production ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Ceva Logistics has announced that Didier Chenneveau, currently European vice president and chief supply chain officer for LG Electronics, will take over as head of Ceva’s growing business in Asia Pacific from Vittorio Favati. “I am pleased to welcome Didier on board and believe he will bring strong leadership ...
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FeatureOpel board position for Webber
At a meeting held by the Supervisory Board of Adam Opel in Rüsselsheim, Germany on Tuesday it was announced that Susanna Webber, vice president, Purchasing and Supply Chain, at Opel/Vauxhall has been appointed a position on the company’s Management Board. Webber, who moved into her current role in September ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Helmut Nittmann, who was Ford’s North American director for service parts supply and logistics, has seen his responsibilities extended under a new title as global director, parts supply and logistics. He will now head service parts supply and logistics strategy in the Americas (both north and south), as well as ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Ceva Logistics has announced that from the beginning of November, Leigh Pomlett will be president, Northern Europe. Leigh is currently executive vice president for the UK, Ireland and Nordics business and will hold on to these responsibilities in his new role. Leigh has spent over 30 years in the transport ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Rudi Roex, CEO of Dutch logistics provider Ewals Cargo Care, is handing over responsibility for the role to Bram Ewals over the next few months, following a seven-year tenure. Roex was appointed CEO back in 2003 by Henk Ewals who was owner of the company at the time. “The past ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
GM South Africa has appointed Rita Kavashe Nariangai as its new export manager. She moves over from heading the sales and marketing department at GM East Africa and will now be responsible for growing GMSA’s exports into the wider African continent. The company has recently announced that it has reached ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Christopher Connor has been appointed the new deputy CEO of Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) replacing Anders Boman who moved to take up the role of chief executive of Wallenius Lines in Stockholm. Conner, who will take up the role from the beginning of October, does so in addition to his ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Harry Doms is joining electric vehicle maker Tesla as EMEA regional logistics manager at the beginning of October and will be responsible for establishing the distribution network for finished vehicles to and throughout Europe. He will be responsible for negotiating and establishing agreements for outbound freight costs with LSPs throughout ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Renault has announced that as from 1 December 2010, executive vice president for Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Michel Gornet, will retire and be succeeded by Gerard Leclercq, currently senior vice president, Human Resources. Leclercq will join the Renault Executive Committee and report to Patrick Pélata, chief operating officer. Gornet was ...