CHICAGO, March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Strategic Hire Brings Strong
Global Perspective, Deep Industry Relationships
and Growth Track Record to Support Continued Regional
Momentum
Xchanging the business process, procurement and technology
services provider and integrator, today announced the hire of
Marie Meliksetian as Managing
Director of Xchanging Procurement Services, North America.
Reporting to Executive Director of Xchanging Procurement
Services, Ed Cross, Marie will
assume P&L responsibility for the North American region as well
as responsibility for driving business growth, go-to-market
strategy and the management of the sales, solution and delivery
teams there.
"Marie is a high-caliber professional who will join our ranks to
drive the growth of our Procurement Services business, helping
organizations create breakthrough improvements in sourcing and
procurement processes that result in material cost savings," said
Cross. "We warmly welcome her to Xchanging and wish her every
success in her new role."
Prior to her new role, Marie held several leadership positions
at IBM. Her most recent role was the SCM Practice Executive
at IBM Global Process Services Growth Market Unit with the
responsibility for the offering development, sales, solution design
and the mission to help clients with high-quality procurement
outsourcing solutions mapping it to their industry, country and
specific needs. Prior to this role, , Marie served as the
Procurement Solution Leader for Asia
Pacific, Australia and
Japan out of IBM's Growth Market
Unit headquarters in Shanghai,
China.
Through the past 15 years, she moved positions across various
leadership roles including acquisition, technology, strategy,
financial management, product management and various global
procurement and sourcing functions from Manufacturing Hardware, to
Technical Services to Telecommunications Services. In these
roles, she covered a full range of global procurement leadership
positions which included spearheading management of global teams,
delivering record savings, optimizing global sourcing and
procurement strategies, reengineering purchasing processes across
geographies and introducing unique models for new business
opportunities and transformation.
Marie joined IBM in 1997 as a procurement professional and
eventually served as senior leader to IBM's Chief Procurement
Officer.
With a team of over 600 procurement and category specialists and
world-class processes and technology, Xchanging is a global leader
in procurement services.
To learn more, visit: http://www.xchanging.com
What We Are
Xchanging provides business process outsourcing, information
technology outsourcing and procurement services internationally for
customers across multiple industries.
What We Do
Xchanging bring innovation, thought leadership and passion to its
customers' businesses so as to enhance performance and value. Our
values are embedded into everything we do.
What We Want To Be
Xchanging wants to be regarded as the best provider in its chosen
markets by delivering services that are recognized for outstanding
quality, reliability and innovation.
Press Contact:
Megan Parker
Finn Partners
+1-312-329-3975
megan.parker@finnpartners.com
SOURCE Xchanging