APAC Sourcing Group Joins Purchasing and Logistics
COVINGTON, Ky., Feb. 13 -- Ashland Inc. announced today it is consolidating its APAC Sourcing Group into Ashland's Purchasing and Logistics Department, based in Dublin, Ohio, under the leadership of Suzanne Taleghani, vice president of purchasing and logistics.
Ashland Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer James J. O'Brien said the move is part of Ashland's continuing efforts to create a seamless, more efficient and more effective organization. "Consolidating all of Ashland's purchasing functions under one organization will allow us to better leverage our size and purchasing power. This action represents another step for Ashland to become a more unified and a process centered company," O'Brien explained.
APAC's Sourcing Group is based at the company's headquarters in Atlanta, and handles the purchasing function for all of APAC's 24 divisions in 14 Southeastern and Midwestern states. The group is headed up by Mike Manning, director of sourcing services. Other members include Mike Gothard, director of hydrocarbons, Randy Strait, Carolyn Epps, Jhandra Anderson- Richards, and Becky Bristow. All six employees will continue to be located in Atlanta.
In addition to the APAC Sourcing Group, Taleghani is responsible for the procurement of a broad array of materials and services used in Ashland's businesses, including raw materials and feedstocks for Ashland Specialty Chemical and The Valvoline Company. She also is responsible for companywide purchasing of indirect materials and services, as well as the daily management of sourceXplorer, Ashland's on-line purchasing service for non-production goods.
The APAC group of construction companies is one of the nation's leading providers of publicly funded highway construction services. Operating in 14 Southeastern and Midwestern states, the company's assets include 36 quarries, 61 aggregate production facilities, 67 ready-mix concrete plants, 242 hot-mix asphalt plants and more than 16,500 pieces of mobile equipment that help APAC's 11,000 employees get the job done on time and on budget. The APAC group of companies is a subsidiary of Ashland Inc. .
Ashland Inc. is a Fortune 500 company providing products, services, and customer solutions throughout the world. Our businesses include road construction, specialty chemicals, lubricants, car-care products, chemical and plastics distribution and transportation fuels. Through the dedication of our employees, we are "The Who In How Things Work(TM)". Find us at www.ashland.com
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