U. S. Steel Announces Management, Organizational Changes to Flat Rolled Division
12/01/2015 - United States Steel Corporation is reorganizing the reporting structure for its flat rolled division, creating three commercial entities that will oversee operations at their respective plants.
Through the reorganization, the integrated steelmaker will have an automotive unit, a consumer unit, and a combined unit for the industrial and service center sectors and for its ore mining operations.
"The commercial entities have worked to position our company to be best in class in innovation, customer service and solutions," said U. S. Steel president and CEO Mario Longhi in a statement.
"This strategic move to align operations within the streamlined commercial entities enhances our ability to better hear the voice of the customer, ensuring that we deliver superior value and drive results in this ever-changing market."
The automotive unit, led by senior vice president Jim Bruno, will continue to be based at the company's Troy, Mich., USA, automotive center. Bruno will now also have responsibility for the Great Lakes Works in River Rouge and Ecorse, Mich., USA, the Dearborn electrogalvanizing line (formerly DESCO), the Midwest Plant in Portage, Ind., USA, as well as the company's PRO-TEC Coating Co. joint venture in Leipsic, Ohio, USA. These facilities primarily serve the automotive market and are a critical part of developing solutions for the next generation of advanced high-strength steels.
The consumer unit, serving the appliance, packaging, container and construction markets, is largely served by the company's Mon Valley Works near Pittsburgh, Pa., USA, East Chicago Tin in East Chicago, Ind., USA, and the Fairfield Works' No. 5 coating line and the Double G joint venture, both in Birmingham, Ala., USA. The unit will be led by Sara Greenstein, senior vice president for consumer solutions.
The industrial, service center and mining solutions unit will now be led by senior vice president Douglas R. Matthews. Matthews will have responsibility for serving customers in the pipe and tube manufacturing market, as well as the agricultural and industrial equipment and service center markets. He will have operational responsibility for U. S. Steel's largest steelmaking and finishing facility, the Gary Works in Gary, Ind., USA, and the Granite City Works in Granite City, Ill., USA. He’ll also oversee the company’s Minnesota Ore Operations, Minntac in Mt. Iron and Keetac in Keewatin, and its iron ore equity ventures.
The transition and integration of the industrial and service center solutions teams will be led by Geoff Turk, currently vice president for service center solutions. Turk came to U. S. Steel almost two years ago to help lead the enterprise transformational journey and will be pursuing other opportunities outside of the enterprise once the commercial entity integration is completed in the first quarter of 2016.
Mark Tabler, previously vice president of tubular operations, will move into a new role: vice president for global quality and manufacturing processes. His responsibilities will include leadership of the company's enterprise-wide operational processes in manufacturing process health, quality and reliability-centered maintenance. Tabler will take on those duties immediately.
The company said the realignment, which takes effect 1 January 2016, will not change its existing reporting segments, North American flat rolled products, tubular products and U. S. Steel Europe.
"The commercial entities have worked to position our company to be best in class in innovation, customer service and solutions," said U. S. Steel president and CEO Mario Longhi in a statement.
"This strategic move to align operations within the streamlined commercial entities enhances our ability to better hear the voice of the customer, ensuring that we deliver superior value and drive results in this ever-changing market."
The automotive unit, led by senior vice president Jim Bruno, will continue to be based at the company's Troy, Mich., USA, automotive center. Bruno will now also have responsibility for the Great Lakes Works in River Rouge and Ecorse, Mich., USA, the Dearborn electrogalvanizing line (formerly DESCO), the Midwest Plant in Portage, Ind., USA, as well as the company's PRO-TEC Coating Co. joint venture in Leipsic, Ohio, USA. These facilities primarily serve the automotive market and are a critical part of developing solutions for the next generation of advanced high-strength steels.
The consumer unit, serving the appliance, packaging, container and construction markets, is largely served by the company's Mon Valley Works near Pittsburgh, Pa., USA, East Chicago Tin in East Chicago, Ind., USA, and the Fairfield Works' No. 5 coating line and the Double G joint venture, both in Birmingham, Ala., USA. The unit will be led by Sara Greenstein, senior vice president for consumer solutions.
The industrial, service center and mining solutions unit will now be led by senior vice president Douglas R. Matthews. Matthews will have responsibility for serving customers in the pipe and tube manufacturing market, as well as the agricultural and industrial equipment and service center markets. He will have operational responsibility for U. S. Steel's largest steelmaking and finishing facility, the Gary Works in Gary, Ind., USA, and the Granite City Works in Granite City, Ill., USA. He’ll also oversee the company’s Minnesota Ore Operations, Minntac in Mt. Iron and Keetac in Keewatin, and its iron ore equity ventures.
The transition and integration of the industrial and service center solutions teams will be led by Geoff Turk, currently vice president for service center solutions. Turk came to U. S. Steel almost two years ago to help lead the enterprise transformational journey and will be pursuing other opportunities outside of the enterprise once the commercial entity integration is completed in the first quarter of 2016.
Mark Tabler, previously vice president of tubular operations, will move into a new role: vice president for global quality and manufacturing processes. His responsibilities will include leadership of the company's enterprise-wide operational processes in manufacturing process health, quality and reliability-centered maintenance. Tabler will take on those duties immediately.
The company said the realignment, which takes effect 1 January 2016, will not change its existing reporting segments, North American flat rolled products, tubular products and U. S. Steel Europe.
