Moves: Joost the man for KPN

Posted on 16. Dec, 2008 by in Moves

KPN
Willem van Oppen, CPO of Dutch telecoms giant, KPN, is leaving in January 2009 to be replaced by Joost Peerdeman. Van Oppen became CPO of KPN in 2001, part-way through a transformation of the company’s procurement operations. He joined KPN after stints at Philips and a long career at DSM International (see profile of DSM International CPO Ton Trommelen, page 24) and will leave to establish his own consultancy business. Peerdeman is currently procurement manager, networks, at KPN.

American Express
Derek Faulkner, vice president of global procurement for Europe, Middle East and Africa at American Express, will leave the company on 1 February. His replacement has not yet been announced.

Hershey
US confectionary-giant Hershey has appointed Terence O’Day as its new head of global operations as part of a wider revamp of the company’s supply chain. “[O’Day] will lead our continuing efforts to improve the competitiveness of our operations and supply chain,” said David West, Hershey’s president and CEO.

Gruppo Monte dei Paschi di Sienna
Luca Guzzabocca has joined the world’s oldest bank, Italy’s Gruppo Monte dei Paschi di Sienna, as procurement and logistics director. Guzzabocca, joins the bank, which was established in 1472, from GlaxoSmithKline where he was procurement director for non-inventory materials and e-procurement in Europe. He will bring a great deal of expertise in sustainability to the bank.

Digita
The sourcing director of Finnish media and telecoms company, Digita, Marianne Hynninen, has been appointed as vice president of the company’s MobileTV business unit. Hynninen is replaced as sourcing director by Olli Turkkila.

Carlson Wagonlit Travel
Business travel management company Carlson Wagonlit Travel has appointed Mario Lopez-Belio as vice president and CPO. Prior to joining CWT, Lopez-Belio worked in senior sourcing positions for Carlson, the company’s majority shareholder, as well as FedEx Office and PepsiCo Restaurant International. He will report to CWT’s CFO, Marc Karako, who said that he will play a key role in helping CWT “optimise its procurement strategy”.

Siemens
Barbara Kux, until recently the CPO of Philips, has become the first female member of Siemens’ senior management team in the German company’s 160-year history. Kux, whose departure from Philips was exclusively revealed by Procurement Leaders, will head up Siemens’ new supply chain management organisation and will be responsible for its global procurement budget of €42bn.

Royal Mail
Ninian Wilson, the operations director and former CPO of Royal Mail, has left the company. Wilson will be replaced by Norman Smith. Wilson’s departure follows the departure of his replacement at CPO, Richard Boyce, who left the company after less than six months in the role in September.

HL Display
Norwegian company HL Display has promoted Xavier Volpato, its supply chain director, to a broader management position encompassing production. Volpato has a knowledge of factory start-up processes and lean production from his time at Michelin and Valeo, according to CEO Gérard Dubuy.

CPS Color
Harri Kamppa, until recently the vice president, supply chain North Europe at Yara, has been appointed global supply chain director of CPS Color, a Finnish, private equity-owned provider of advanced tinting systems.

InBev
Tom de Kegel has left Inbev as director of global procurement to become CFO and co-founder of Comfortuna. He is replaced by Paula Martinez.

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