Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has appointed Marta Benedek as European Director of the Portfolio Company Procurement Program.
Benedek will work with the supply chain and procurement leaders at the Firm’s European portfolio companies to create value through optimized supply chain.
Benedek joins CD&R after a 20-year career at General Electric, bringing deep expertise in establishing low cost suppliers in emerging regions, strategic negotiations, new product launches and supply chain operations.
Most recently Benedek served as New Product Launch Program Manager at GE Renewable Energy, where she developed and executed the risk mitigation strategy to ensure a successful on time launch of GE’s Haliade-X offshore wind turbine, which is expected to produce 14 megawatts of power per turbine, or enough to support the needs of 16,000 homes.