Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation recently announced the appointment of John Knudsen as senior vice president for Supply Chain and Board Sales.
"Driving profitable growth, efficiency improvements and cost reductions within our organization are key focus areas for Smurfit-Stone in 2010 and beyond," Smurfit-Stone President and Chief Operating Officer Steve Klinger said. "John’s experience in both the sales and operations sides of our business will be a great asset to our success. His strong leadership skills will help us achieve our business priorities and create long-term value for Smurfit-Stone."
As senior vice president of supply chain and capital strategy, Knudsen has been responsible for Smurfit-Stone’s strategic sourcing, global logistics and supply chain groups, as well as the Company’s capital strategy process.
In his new role, Knudsen will assume additional responsibility for Smurfit-Stone’s Board Sales group, which markets and sells the Company’s containerboard and pulp products to external customers in the U.S. and overseas.
Knudsen has more than 24 years of experience in sales and operations management in the packaging industry. He joined Smurfit-Stone in 1986 and has served in a variety of management and executive management roles for the company, including senior vice president of manufacturing for our Container division; vice president of strategic planning; vice president and regional manager of the Container division; and vice president of manufacturing engineering.
