Schneider Electric announced the appointment of Javed Ahmadas the Senior Vice President of its Global Supply Chain North America organization. A 32-year company veteran with expertise in manufacturing, operations, and logistics, Javed will be based in Nashville, TN—the hub for Schneider's supply chain operation for the region that generated more than $12B in revenue in 2022. In his new role, Javed will focus on the expansion of supply chain capabilities within this strategic region as well as the digitization of its operations comprising 35 factories and six distribution centers across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Central America.

Further, Javed and the North American supply chain organization will create greater operational visibility and collaborate with suppliers and other partners to better serve customers in the food and beverage, hospitals, data centers, water and wastewater, residential and electrical distribution industries. Javed brings more than 30 years of experience at Schneider Electric to the role, including managing end-to-end supply chains, leading transformations, and managing complex operations across the globe. In his most recent role as Senior Vice President of the Global Supply Chain for the International Region, he oversaw supply chain operations in India, Middle East, Africa, East Asia, Japan, Pacific & South America.

Javed joined Schneider Electric in 1991 as the Supply Chain & Logistics Manager with APC, a provider of uninterruptible power supplies, electronics peripherals, and data center products. Since that time, he has continued to take on increasing responsibility within the Global Supply Chain organization while building strong experience in business strategy, lean manufacturing, quality processes, new product development, innovation, global sourcing, procurement, network modeling and quality value engineering.