Rockwell Automation Inc. has announced a senior leadership transition in its Operations and Engineering services. Rockwell Automation Inc. headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis. is one of the leading businesses in the field of industrial automation and information.
Ernest Nicolas, currently vice president, global supply chain, has been promoted to senior vice president, Operations & Engineering Services, reporting to Blake Moret, Chairman, and CEO. This transition is effective November 1. He would be reporting to Blake Moret.
In this new role, he will have global leadership accountability for the six functions in OES that include, Global Supply Chain (Strategic Sourcing, Materials, Logistics, and Customer Care), Quality & Continuous Improvement, Engineering Services, Manufacturing Operations, Manufacturing Services, and Workplace Services. Nicolas will lead more than 9,500 OES employees and contractors and 19 manufacturing plants globally.
Mike Laszkiewicz, the incumbent senior vice president, Operations & Engineering Services, has announced his intent to retire effective January 31, 2020.
Nicolas joined Rockwell Automation in 2006 as a Lean Six Sigma Project Manager and has held several roles within the Operations & Engineering Services (OES) functions, including vice president, Global Supply Chain and vice president Strategic Sourcing and Supply Management, director Asia Pacific Manufacturing Operations and plant manager Twinsburg Operations.
Before Rockwell Automation, Nicolas spent 9 years in various roles of increasing responsibility at General Motors Corporation. Nicolas holds a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) in Operations Management from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Master of Science (M.S.) in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Kettering University.
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