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U. S. Steel Appoints General Manager of Procurement
07/31/2007 - United States Steel appoints Leslie J. Broglie as General Manager—Procurement, a position previously held by Thomas A. Coughlin, who was recently named General Manager—Materials Management.
United States Steel Corp. announced the appointment of Leslie J. Broglie as General Manager—Procurement. Broglie replaces Thomas A. Coughlin, who was recently named General Manager—Materials Management.
In his new position, Broglie's responsibilities will include overseeing U. S. Steel's global procurement activities for all energy, maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) supplies, contract services, and other commodities that support the company's domestic and European operations. He reports to Christopher J. Navetta, Senior Vice President—Procurement, Logistics and Diversified Businesses.
Broglie, 56, earned a bachelor's degree in commerce and engineering from Drexel University in 1974. Following graduation, he joined U. S. Steel as a management trainee in the Sheet and Tin Operations at Mon Valley Works' Irvin Plant near Pittsburgh. From 1975 to 1995, he advanced through increasingly responsible positions in the plant's cold reduction and hot strip mills as well as its APEX and special processing unit.
In 1995, Broglie moved into U. S. Steel's commercial area after being appointed Manager of Sales and Technical Services for United States Steel International at Pittsburgh headquarters. In 2001, he transferred to U. S. Steel Kosice in Slovakia in 2001 to serve as General Manager of Sales, and in 2002, he advanced to Managing Director of Sales and Marketing. Broglie returned to Pittsburgh headquarters in September 2003 to assume his most recent position as General Manager—Tubular Products.
