One
interesting question for supply chain and
logistics professionals has always been:
Can a career spent in this field lead to
general executive management?
The
answer is increasingly Yes, the latest evidence
being the promotion of Motorola’s
Stu
Reed,
formerly executive vice president of Motorola's
Integrated Supply Chain organization, to
president of Motorola's Mobile Devices business
unit.
The promotion
obviously came from good work in the supply
chain. A company press release stated that
“Since April 2005, Reed has led the
transformation of Motorola's supply chain
organization, which encompasses the global
operations associated with procurement,
new product introduction, manufacturing
and customer fulfillment.” It also
noted that Reed was instrumental in helping
Motorola generate significant cost savings
by consolidating suppliers and implementing
a comprehensive supply chain strategy.
Prior to
coming to Motorola, Reed was an executive
in IBM’s supply chain group, where
he was a key contributor to that company’s
development of an integrated supply chain
organization.
In
other Supply Chain executive moves, Jones
Apparel Group, the Fortune 500 designer,
manufacturer and distributor of branded
apparel goods, says it has named Douglas
Means
as Executive Vice President of Production
for the Better Sportswear Divisions.
Prior to this promotion, Means had been
with Jones for 15 years, most recently serving
as Executive Vice President for Corporate
Supply Chain and Logistics.
Finally,
Jamba Juice, operator
of the blended beverage, juice and healthy
snack retail chain, has appointed Greg
Schwartz as Vice President of Supply
Chain Management. The company said he will
be charged with executing “a global
supply chain strategy.”
Schwartz
comes to Jamba Juice from Wal-Mart, where
he was Vice President of Global Procurement. |