Lenovo Group today announced two management changes.
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. We
applaud his desire to improve his skills and equip himself for the
future. 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 Mr. Amelio.
Prior to his position as senior vice president, Global Supply
Chain, Mr. Liu, 37, was senior vice president and chief operating
officer of Lenovo China, with responsibility for corporate planning
and operations. Mr. Liu was the architect of the company's PC
supply-chain model. He also held a broad range of leadership positions
in research and development, corporate strategy, the Desktop PC
business unit, the Consumer IT business unit, and Integrated Supply
Chain. He joined Lenovo in 1993.
Lenovo also announced that Gerry P. Smith, 43, has been appointed
senior vice president, Global Supply Chain, effective immediately. Mr.
Smith will report directly to Mr. Amelio and will be based in
Singapore.
"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," said Mr. Amelio. "He is a
hard-charging, performance-oriented leader, with strong supply-base
and general management experience and a wide network of personal
connections with many leading suppliers that will be a great asset to
Lenovo."
Mr. Smith most recently served as a vice president running Dell's
Singapore Design Center and its displays business unit. He joined Dell
in 1994 and prior to his last post, Mr. Smith's assignments with Dell
included oversight of design and procurement for Dell's peripherals
business and its notebook business, development for the peripherals
engineering team, and various marketing and supply-base management
functions for storage and peripherals. Before joining Dell, Mr. Smith
ran sales, marketing and operations for Definicon, a producer of
coprocessor boards; he began his career as a financial analyst with
EDS.
"Lenovo's senior management team has been world-class from the
start. Today, I believe Lenovo has the most exceptional roster of
talent in our industry," said Mr. Amelio. "Moving forward, our entire
team will be able to drive even faster toward the ambitious goals we
have set for ourselves."
About Lenovo Group Ltd.
Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) is dedicated to building the
world's best-engineered personal computers. Lenovo's business model is
built on innovation, operational efficiency and customer satisfaction
as well as a focus on investment in emerging markets. Formed by Lenovo
Group's acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division, the
company develops, manufactures and markets reliable, high-quality,
secure, and easy-to-use technology products and services worldwide.
Lenovo has major research centers in Yamato, Japan; Beijing, Shanghai
and Shenzhen, China; and Raleigh, North Carolina. For more
information, see www.lenovo.com.
