Aligns the company’s functional model for greater agility and efficiency and is designed to accelerate market-led growth and operational excellence
Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a global leader in providing essential elements for mobility, energy, connectivity and health, today announced changes to its organizational structure to further align the company for agility and efficiency. These enhancements are designed to accelerate the company’s market-led enterprise strategy and focus on operational excellence.
Effective as of today:
- Mark Mummert will lead an integrated function of resources, manufacturing, capital and supply chain as chief operations officer continuing to report to Kent Masters, Albemarle’s chairman and CEO. In this role, he will ensure optimization of Albemarle’s world-class resources, including joint venture management, as well as global manufacturing. In addition, he will oversee capital projects and supply chain in a fully integrated operating model. With this change, Netha Johnson is leaving the company.
- Autumn Gagarinas will become Albemarle’s chief people and workplace transformation officer, also reporting to Masters, to focus on talent and culture, as well as business process and technology optimization. Autumn has been serving as Albemarle’s vice president of human resources for over two years and has over two decades of human resources experience.
- Melissa Anderson will continue to report to Masters and will lead Albemarle‘s enterprise strategy and growth, as well as research and technology as chief business transformation officer.
“Our enhanced structure is intended to make us more agile and competitive as we navigate an increasingly dynamic market,” Masters said. “With better functional alignment, we can maximize our world-class resources and manufacturing for operational excellence, focus our strategy on growth and customers, and combine people with technology to fully leverage our workforce’s deep expertise.”
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