Moves: De Vries doubles Dutch role

Posted on 22. Oct, 2008 by in Moves

Royal Philips
Barbara Kux, the 19th most powerful woman in global business according to Fortune magazine, left her position as chief procurement officer of the Dutch electronics and consumer goods giant in September, as exclusively reported by Procurement Leaders.com. Kux left the company and returned to her native Switzerland, following five years at the company.

She will be replaced by Maarten de Vries, Philip’s current chief information officer, who will take over both roles. De Vries, a former CFO, joined the company in 1986 and has been CIO since 2007.

Bristol-Myers Squibb
Pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb has appointed Quentin Roach as its new chief procurement officer, a newly created position for the group. He joins BMS from international brewing company Bausch & Lomb, where he led the company’s global customer strategy steering committee.

Roach will be responsible for supplier relationship management, company-wide sourcing strategies and the procurement of all materials and services for the company.

Estée Lauder
Estée Lauder has appointed Gregory Polcer as executive vice president of its global supply chain. Polcer, who leaves his job as senior vice president of supply chain at Unilever, will oversee Estée Lauder’s end-to-end supply chain including procurement, manufacturing, quality assurance and logistics. He will report to Estée Lauder’s president and chief operating officer Fabrizio Fredo. Polcer succeeds Malcolm Bond, who retires.

Ford
US automotive giant Ford has appointed Jeffrey Wellman as executive director of purchasing for Asia Pacific and Africa. Wellman, who is the former head of procurement for non-production commodities and services globally at Ford, will now oversee purchasing and supply management across the company’s operations in the region. He will report to John Parker, executive vice president, Asia Pacific and Africa.

Royal Mail
The group procurement director of Royal Mail, Richard Boyce, is leaving the company to run the family business. Boyce, who was the company’s former head of procurement operations, took over the role in April this year and succeeded Ninian Wilson, who was promoted to operations director. Royal Mail is currently searching for a replacement to Boyce.

Ann Taylor Stores
Paula Zusi was named executive vice president and chief supply chain officer of US-based women’s fashion retailer Ann Taylor Stores. Zusi replaces Anthony Romano, who resigned in July.

Zusi joins from Liz Claiborne, where she was corporate vice president of global sourcing and manufacturing. Thomson manager of procurement at French video technology company Thomson, Lynn Kelly, is retiring from the company. Kelly was previously the general manager of supply chain operations, having joined in 1998. She will be succeeded by Pierre Fund, who will be based in Hong Kong.

Pacific Gas and Electricity
Pacific Gas and Electricity appointed Desmond Bell as senior VP of shared services and chief procurement officer. Bell is responsible for supply chain, logistics, supplier diversity and corporate real estate.

Hitachi GST
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has appointed David Beaver as senior VP of worldwide supply chain management and chief procurement officer. Beaver was formerly at both Seagate and Maxtor.

Medis Technologies
Fuel cell technology company, Medis Technologies has appointed former Lucent VP and CPO Jose Mejia as its president and CEO.

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