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FeatureSchöner takes up director role at Geodis Wilson in Brazil
Karin Schöner has taken up a new role as director of strategic development at Geodis Wilson in Brazil. She has moved from her role at Panalpina in the country where she was senior vice president and district manager central. She will remain based in São Paulo. Schöner will be directly ...
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FeatureBMW do Brasil appoints Filho to logistics manager in São Paulo
BMW has replaced its aftersales parts and logistics manager in São Paulo, Brazil. Marcio Fonseca Filho, formerly parts and logistics manager for the carmaker, has taken over from João Guerin, who left the company in May.Filho will report to Antonio Gomes de Sá, logistics director, who is responsible for all ...
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FeatureCeva appoints Bissell to Contract Logistics role
Ceva Logistics has appointed Brett Bissell as chief operating officer (COO), Contract Logistics.Bissell joined Ceva in 2011 as executive vice president, Latin America. He is a senior executive with more than 20 years of extensive international experience and previously served in executive positions with supply chain services provider Flextronics International, ...
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FeatureSean Bricknell takes up global logistics role at GM
Sean Bricknell has taken up a new role at General Motors focusing on the carmaker’s global logistics strategy. He moves over from his role as logistics director for GM International Operations (GMIO) where he was responsible for the Asia, Africa and Middle East region. In his current role in charge ...
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FeatureMcClelland widens responsibility at UTi Americas
Supply chain services provider UTi has appointed Mike McClelland as senior vice-president of Contract Logistics and Distribution responsible for its Americas operations. The new role for expands on McClelland’s previous responsibility for UTi's distribution business in North America."Mike has successfully led our North American distribution business through a transition from ...
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FeatureRandy Creel takes up role at DB Schenker in the US
Randy Creel has moved from Ford to take up a new position at DB Schenker as head of vertical market automotive, Americas. From his base in Boston, Creel head automotive activity throughout North and South America.Creel was with Ford for almost 14 years, most recently as global strategy and planning ...
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FeatureAnshum Jain moves to Wirtgen India
Anshum Jain has moved from his role as general manager of operations at Demag Cranes and Components to take up a new role at Wirtgen India, the road building machine maker, as chief operating officer. He will be responsible for increasing production, setting up additional plants and launching new products ...
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FeatureMOL America promotes Craig to CEO and president
Dick Craig has been promoted to CEO and president of Mitusi OSK Lines (America), taking on those responsibilities from Tsuyoshi Yoshida.Craig, moves up from his role as of executive vice president, sales and operations, a position he was only recently promoted to in January this year. He has been with ...
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FeatureExecutive changes at DHL Supply Chain
[sam_ad id=6 codes='true']Oscar de Bok (left) has replaced Paul Graham as CEO of DHL Supply Chain’s Asia Pacific region. He moves from his role as CEO for DHL Supply Chain's South and South East Asia region. Graham (pictured below), who was in the previous role for six years, is taking ...
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FeatureTom Jones returns to logistics with role at Palogix SCS
Tom Jones has come out of retirement from the logistics industry to take up a new role at Palogix Supply Chain Services as vice-president of sales national accounts.Jones was previously with Ryder Supply Chain Solutions as senior vice-president and general manager, but left suddenly at the end of January 2013, ...
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FeatureSchenker announces moves for Land Transport and Contract Logistics
German transport and logistics provider Schenker has announced new board members for Land Transport and Contract Logistics at the company. [sam_ad id=6 codes='true']Ewald Kaiser (left) is replacing Karl Nutzinger as board member for the business unit Land Transport. He will take over the role at the beginning of September this ...
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FeatureHammond moves to Global Sales role at UTi
UTi Worldwide has announced the appointment of Jeff Hammond as its senior vice president of Global Sales. He has been with the company since 2010 when he took up the newly created position of global vice president, Customs Brokerage and Compliance.In his new role Hammond will direct the regional sales ...
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FeatureChism awarded membership of IoPP College of Fellows
Camille Chism, SCM packaging engineer at tier supplier Johnson Controls (JCI), is to be inducted into the Institute of Packaging Professionals’ College of Fellows as part of its 2014 Honors and Awards programme.College of Fellows membership is given by the IoPP Board of Directors in recognition of special and outstanding ...
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FeatureGhosn back as president at ACEA
The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association has elected Carlos Ghosn, CEO and chairman of the Renault Nissan Alliance (left), as its new president. With immediate effect he replaces Philipe Varin, former chairman of the board of management at PSA Peugeot Citroën."Mr Ghosn will lead ACEA through an important period of political ...
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FeatureHakan Bicil takes up new role with Ceva
Hakan Bicil (left) has moved from his role as executive vice president and head of strategic business development at Panalpina to take up a position as chief commercial officer at Ceva Logistics. He replaces Inna Kuznetsova.“I am pleased that Hakan has joined Ceva to further strengthen our commercial offerings and ...
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FeatureAccavitti moves to oversee Acura at American Honda Motor
Honda North America’s Michael Accavitti has moved from his role as senior vice-president of Automobile Operations to take up a new role as senior vice president and general manager of the Acura division for American Honda Motor. He will now oversee all Acura brand activities including parts and service, sales, ...
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FeatureBerndt Buchmann appointed head of aftersales for VW India
Volkswagen India has announced the appointment of Berndt Buchmann as its director of Group Service for VW Group Sales India, heading the aftersales sector.Austrian-born Buchmann replaces Dietmar Hildebrandt and will take up his new position on 1st May. His responsibilities will include overseeing parts operations for the carmaker, warehousing, technical ...
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Feature‘End of an era’ as Steve Harley retires from Ford
A renowned executive across the carmaker and the industry for more than four decades, Stephen Harley is moving on. He talks to Automotive Logistics about what has changed in logistics as well as his last project at Ford Europe. [This story was updated on 12 May 2014] Stephen Harley (left) ...
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FeatureTNT appoints de Vries as CFO
Maarten Jan de Vries (left) is moving to TNT Express as its chief financial officer (CFO) and member of the Executive Board at the beginning of July this year, pending shareholder approval. He replaces Bernard Bot, who is leaving the company after 20 years.Jan de Vries, who was most recently ...
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FeatureAcumen executives shake up responsibilities
There have been a number of executive moves at UK finished vehicle carrier Acumen Logistics. Peter Raybould, business development director (left), has added Inbound and Outbound Distribution to his responsibilities. He has been business development director at the company since 2009 and has been a leading figure in the UK ...