Zebra Technologies Appoints Steve Williams as Chief Supply Chain Officer
December 03 2018 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Williams joins Zebra with more than 20 years of
global tech experience in supply chain and beyond
Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA), an innovator
at the edge of the enterprise with solutions and
partners that enable businesses to gain a performance
edge, announced the appointment of Steve Williams as Chief Supply
Chain Officer, effective today. In this role, Mr. Williams will be
leading Zebra’s Global Supply Chain, Global Services and the
company’s newly named Supply Chain and Services Project Management
Office. He succeeds Hugh Gagnier who is retiring after a successful
20-year tenure at Zebra.
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Steven Williams, Chief Supply Chain
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Mr. Williams joins Zebra with more than 20 years of experience
including global leadership roles in supply chain, manufacturing,
finance, acquisition integration, and business and sales operations
spanning industries such as banking, semiconductors equipment
manufacturing, and networking.
“Steve brings a wealth of experience and proven leadership to
Zebra,” said Anders Gustafsson, Chief Executive Officer of Zebra
Technologies. “I am confident he will be a great addition to our
executive leadership team and expand on the great momentum already
built within our existing Global Supply Chain and Global Services
teams.”
Mr. Gustafsson continued, “We are grateful for the contributions
Hugh made to Zebra. He has been a great cultural role model and
leaves a powerful legacy. We wish him well in his retirement.”
Most recently, Mr. Williams served as Vice President, Americas,
Supply Chain Operations for Cisco and was responsible for the
operational performance of all manufacturing in the Americas
including logistics, transportation, distribution, and warehouse
operations.
“I am excited to join Zebra with its focus on providing
innovative solutions that transform workflows and enable the front
line at the edge of the enterprise to be connected and optimally
utilized,” said Mr. Williams. “We have a strategic opportunity to
give our customers greater visibility into their operations as we –
under this newly combined team – will have a deeper focus on our
end-to-end supply chain from product innovation through product
delivery and support.”
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Zebra has appointed Steve Williams as
Chief Supply Chain Officer, effective today.
- Mr. Williams will be leading Zebra’s
Global Supply Chain, Global Services and the company’s newly named
Supply Chain and Services Project Management Office.
- Most recently, he served as Vice
President, Americas, Supply Chain Operations for Cisco.
About Zebra Technologies
Zebra (NASDAQ: ZBRA) empowers the front line of business in
retail/ecommerce, manufacturing, transportation and logistics,
healthcare and other industries to achieve a performance edge. With
more than 10,000 partners across 100 countries, we deliver
industry-tailored, end-to-end solutions that intelligently connect
people, assets and data to help our customers make
business-critical decisions. Our market-leading solutions elevate
the shopping experience, track and manage inventory as well as
improve supply chain efficiency and patient care. Ranked on Forbes’
list of America’s Best Employers for the last three years, Zebra
helps our customers capture their edge. For more information, visit
www.zebra.com or sign up for our news alerts. Follow us on
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