Lenovo announces management changes

 BANGALORE: Lenovo Group today announced appointment of Gerry P Smith as senior vice president, Global Supply chain, reporting to William J Amelio, chief executive officer, Lenovo.

Liu Jun, who has led Lenovo’s global supply chain for the past year, has elected to take a one-year sabbatical from Lenovo to pursue advanced executive studies.

“Lenovo has recently launched new programs to identify, train and accelerate career paths for Lenovo’s leaders,” said William J Amelio, Lenovo’s chief executive officer. “One early outcome of this process is Jun’s request to pursue his studies. There is no better way to demonstrate our commitment executive development than by investing in leadership and in our people.”

“Jun has helped Lenovo optimize processes and execute an action plan for improvements. Key among his accomplishments are establishing and executing an ambitious Lenovo supply-chain re-engineering plan, and making progress in supply-chain network optimization and supply/demand planning synchronization,” said Amelio.

Commenting about Gerry P Smith’s appointment, Amelio said, “Gerry is a seasoned executive in PC and peripherals supply-chain management, with a solid track record delivering in the areas that Lenovo is currently targeting for improvements, particularly serviceability and cost reductions,”

Smith most recently served as a vice president running Dell’s Singapore Design Center and its displays business unit. Before joining Dell, Smith ran sales, marketing and operations for Definicon, a producer of coprocessor boards; he began his career as a financial analyst with EDS.

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