George Wilkinson,
recently appointed President & COO of
Walker International Transportation, LLC, has announced a
realignment of the senior management of the organization,
in line with the Company's focused vision to
"Grow
enterprise value by delivering competitive advantage to
customers through integrated supply chain solutions."
The realignment establishes a functional matrix
organization, focused on executing and demonstrating the
Company's primary "top-side" operational services:
Logistics Operations
International Freight Forwarding & Transportation
Integrated Supply Chain Solutions
Sharon Wade
had been appointed Manager - Integrated Supply
Chain Solutions. In this role, Wade will continue to
oversee the operations of Supplier Relationship Management
and other services that support customer orders.
In additional to realignment of the "top-side" operational
services, Wilkinson has also made changes to the
"left-side" strategic functions. This portion of the
matrix organization focuses on the Company's supporting
staff functions as follows:
Sales & Marketing
Engineering
Information Technology
Finance
General Administration
Strategic Planning
James Williams
is the Company's as Vice President - Supply
Chain Solution Development. Williams will continue to
have responsibility to develop business opportunities for
the Company's core competencies within strategic industry
segments.
Mani S. Manivannan, PhD
has joined the Company and has
been appointed Vice President - Engineering. Manivannan
will have responsibility to define the Company's products,
design the corresponding service solutions and to establish quality and performance measurements.
Clifton McDonald
has been appointed Manager - Information
Technology. McDonald continues his role in providing IT
support to the Company's integrated supply chain solutions,
as well as to supporting strategic functions.
Christina Bange
has been appointed Controller - Finance.
Bange continues her role in providing finance and
accounting support to the Company's integrated supply chain
solutions, as well as to supporting strategic functions.
Roger Moll
has been appointed Vice President - General
Administration. Moll will administer the Company's
activities related to human resources, risk management,
legal and regulatory compliance, facilities and property
management.
All of the above report directly to Wilkinson.
Also being announced are the following key positions:
Dorian Taylor
has been announced by James Williams as the
Company's Director - Supply Chain Solution Development.
Taylor reports directly to Williams.
Wanda Twitty
has been announced by Roger Moll as the
Company's Director - Human Resources. Twitty reports
directly to Moll.