COLOGNE, Germany, Oct. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- CHEP Automotive and Industrial Solutions, the global leader in container pooling solutions in the Automotive supply chain, is pleased to announce the appointment of Laurent Le Mercier to the position of Senior Vice President, Global Automotive.
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Mr Le Mercier will be responsible for leading and transforming CHEP's local automotive businesses around the world, into one single and global, customer-focused business unit. By operating as a unified global business, CHEP Automotive and Industrial Solutions will be well positioned to work in partnership with automotive manufacturers and suppliers across all regions, to help them drive operational efficiency, increase sustainability and lower their total supply chains costs.
Many automotive manufacturers and suppliers also operate globally, which makes CHEP's global approach a natural transition that will enable the business to consistently meet its customer expectations on service levels and innovation around the world.
Prior to his appointment, Mr Le Mercier held the position of Country General Manager for CHEP Pallets in France during four years. In that role, he led strategies to improve customer satisfaction and cost performance, and fostered innovation through the launch of the layer cardboard pallet. Since first joining CHEP in 2004 to support the reorganisation of the Sales and Customer Service function for CHEP Europe, he also served as Key Account Director for Europe as CHEP's general manager for Poland and then for Central Europe.
Before joining CHEP, Mr Le Mercier worked for Automobiles Peugeot in various sales and operations roles in Europe. Additionally, as a Strategy Consultant, he helped develop global customer relationship strategies for market-leading businesses in steel and automotive industries. He holds an MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.
About CHEP
CHEP, the global leader in container and pallet pooling services, issues, collects, conditions and reissues more than 13 million reusable containers and 240 million pallets from a global network of service centres. The company's 8,000-plus employees operate in more than 50 countries, supporting more than 500 service centres. Since 1975, CHEP Automotive and Industrial Solutions has helped car manufacturers, automotive suppliers and companies from other industry sectors with its environmentally friendly, cost-saving, multi-user shared container pooling service to reduce their total supply chain cost per part while improving their efficiency and environmental footprint. Today, four of the 10 largest car manufacturers and nine of the top 15 Tier One suppliers use CHEP's service. CHEP is part of Brambles Limited, headquartered in Sydney, Australia.
For more information, visit http://www.chep.com/automotive.
Contact CHEP:
Thorben Steinke
Marketing Manager
CHEP Deutschland GmbH
+49(0)221/935-71-330
thorben.steinke@chep.com
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