Charter Names Shelbie Berry Vice President of Procurement and Supply Chain Management.Business Editors ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 2003 The appointment of Shelbie Berry to Vice President of Procurement and Supply Chain Management for Charter Communications Charter Communications NASDAQ: CHTR is an American company providing cable television, high-speed Internet, and telephone services to more than 5.7 million customers in 29 states. It is the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the U.S. , Inc. (Nasdaq:CHTR CHTR Charter CHTR Canadian High Temperature Research ) was announced today by Wayne Davis, Senior Vice President of Engineering and Technical Operations. In this capacity, Ms. Berry will have overall responsibility for sourcing, purchasing and the management of materials and services. In making the announcement, Mr. Davis said, "Shelbie has the expertise to define Charter's organization and purchasing functions to leverage our buying power Buying Power The money an investor has available to buy securities. In a margin account, the buying power is the total cash held in the brokerage account plus maximum margin available. Also referred to as "Excess Equity. , as well as the ability to implement electronic procurement and supply chain processes that will result in cost benefits for Charter and associated vendors. With her proven leadership in all areas of supply chain management, I'm confident Shelbie will ensure our teams in the field have the tools necessary to best serve our customers. Ms. Berry has more than 25 years of experience in materials and purchasing. Most recently, she has been a consultant after serving for more than six years as Vice President Materials and Purchasing for Jones Intercable. While at Jones, she introduced and implemented one of the first purchasing and material/inventory on-line tracking processes in the industry for which she received the company's "Imagination Quality" award. Prior to joining Jones, Ms. Berry worked in purchasing and supply Purchasing and Supply can have several different definitions. According to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) [1], purchasing is defined as a major function of an organization that is responsible for acquisition of required materials, services, and equipment. chain at Body Shop (cosmetics), AKZO AKZO Algemene Koninklijke Zout Organon (Dutch: General royal silk organisation; merger of AKU and KZO in 1968) (pharmaceuticals) and CGG CGG Compagnie Generale de Geophysique CGG Cytosine-Guanine-Guanine CGG Canadian Grenadier Guards (Canadian reserve military unit) CGG Cancer Genetics Group (Birmingham, UK) (oil and gas exploration). Ms. Berry has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Eastern Kentucky University Student Life The Eastern Kentucky University Office of Student Life works closely with Registered Student Organizations (RSO's), Greek Life, and Thursday Alternative Getaway (TAG). in Richmond, Kentucky. About Charter Communications Charter Communications, A Wired World Company(TM), is the nation's third-largest broadband communications company. Charter provides a full range of advanced broadband services to the home, including cable television on an advanced digital video programming platform via Charter Digital Cable(R) brand and high-speed Internet access marketed under the Charter Pipeline(R) brand. Commercial high-speed data, video and Internet solutions are provided under the Charter Business Networks(R) brand. Advertising sales and production services are sold under the Charter Media(R) brand. More information about Charter can be found at www.charter.com. |
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