PITTSBURGH, May 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- United States
Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) President and Chief Executive Officer
Mario Longhi today announced that
Nancy Sykes has been named vice
president - human resources. In this position, she will be
responsible for all facets of the company's human resources, as
well as medical and health services. Sykes will be based at the
company's Pittsburgh headquarters
and will join the company's executive management team.
"I am pleased to welcome Nancy to U. S. Steel, where her broad
expertise of global human resources management will add immediate
value to the organization," Longhi said. "Her proven
leadership in all human capital strategy and talent management will
serve our company well as we continue our Carnegie Way
transformation."
Sykes was most recently at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company,
where she started as vice president, talent management before
moving to China in her current
role of vice president, human resources Asia-Pacific in October 2012. While at
Goodyear she led the Asia-Pacific
human resources function for more than 10,000 employees in twelve
countries with seven manufacturing locations. In
Asia-Pacific, her activities focused on building the team required
to grow the business. In her prior role, Sykes led activities
focused on establishing and improving global processes for
performance management, succession planning, compensation, talent
acquisition, associate engagement, learning and development and HR
information systems.
Prior to joining Goodyear in 2009, Sykes was at General Electric
for more than 20 years. She began her career in manufacturing
operations before moving into human resources, where she held a
series of increasingly responsible positions in multiple business
units. While at GE, Sykes implemented a number of
organizational design programs, acquisitions and divestitures,
talent acquisitions, succession planning, and performance
management activities.
Sykes earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from
the Rochester Institute of Technology.
United States Steel Corporation, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., is a leading integrated steel
producer and Fortune 200 company with major production operations
in the United States and
Central Europe and an annual raw
steelmaking capability of 24.4 million net tons. The company
manufactures a wide range of value-added steel sheet and tubular
products for the automotive, appliance, container, industrial
machinery, construction, and oil and gas industries. For more
information about U. S. Steel, please visit www.ussteel.com.
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