Newly Created Roles at Big Companies
Some of the best "trigger events" happen when a company creates a new role in their organization. Check out these 5 new roles we found over the last couple of months. How can you help the newly appointed executive be successful in their role?
1) Saks Incorporated - Retail Vertical
HQ: New York, NY - 2011 Sales: $2.79 Billion
#694 in Fortune 1000
Newly Created Role: Chief Marketing Officer
Article Excerpt: 9/14/11 - Saks announced that Denise Incandela, President, Saks Direct and Executive Vice President of Saks Fifth Avenue, has been named Chief Marketing Officer for Saks Fifth Avenue, a newly created role. She also will continue as President, Saks Direct.
Read More: Saks Incorporated Names Denise Incandela Chief Marketing Officer of Saks Fifth Avenue
2) SCAN Health Plan - Insurance Vertical HQ: Long Beach, CA - Sales: $1.61 Billion Newly Created Role: Chief Operating Officer Article Excerpt: 9/14/11 - SCAN Health Plan has named managed healthcare executive Bill Roth to the newly created role of chief operating officer, effective immediately. In that position Roth will report directly to president and CEO Chris Wing and will be responsible for several core operational areas including claims, healthcare services and information technology.
Read More: SCAN Health Plan Appoints Bill Roth Chief Operating Officer
3) Actuant Corporation - Manufacturing Vertical
HQ: Menomonee Falls, WI - 2010 Sales: $1.16 Billion
Newly Created Role: EVP, Global Customer Relationships
Article Excerpt: 9/8/11 - William Axline transitions from the Electrical Segment role into this newly created position leading Actuant's global customer relationship initiative. As part of Growth + Innovation, he will leverage the broad range of products and services in the portfolio, working across the businesses to build higher level global customer relationships and leverage common customer and market positions on a worldwide basis.
Read More: Actuant Announces Executive Appointments
4) United States Steel Corporation - Manufacturing Vertical
HQ: Pittsburgh, PA - 2010 Sales: $17.37 Billion
#148 in Fortune 500
Newly Created Role: SVP and Chief Risk Officer
Article Excerpt: 8/1/11 - In the newly created role of senior vice president and chief risk officer, Larry Brockway will be responsible for expanding the company's already comprehensive financial and business risk management practices to establish a more integrated, systematic and enterprise-wide approach to the assessment, analysis and monitoring of business risks and opportunities and the identification of strategies for managing risk.
Read More: U. S. Steel Announces Executive Appointments in Corporate Risk Management and Finance Organizations
5) Volkswagen of America, Inc. - Manufacturing Vertical
HQ: Herndon, Virginia - 2010 Sales: $168 Billion (Volkswagen AG)
Newly Created Role: VP, Volkswagen Customer Experience
Article Excerpt: 8/4/11 - Mark Barnes,current head of sales for the company, is appointed to the position of Vice President, Volkswagen Customer Experience. In this newly created role, Mark will determine and implement strategies and initiatives to support the customer experience in all business activities. This includes the integration and alignment of each customer interaction at both the dealership and VWoA corporate levels. The Volkswagen Academy, Customer Care, Customer Experience and the CRM/Loyalty functions will report to Barnes.
Read More:VW Creates Customer Experience Organization
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