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John C. Price
Vice President-Supply Chain
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John C. Price, a native of Pittsburgh, graduated from Lafayette
College in Easton, Pa., in 1969 with a bachelor’s degree in
metallurgical engineering. Following graduation, he joined
U. S.
Steel as an operations trainee at the company’s Fairless Works
outside of Philadelphia, Pa., where he held a number of increasingly
responsible tin mill operation and metallurgical positions.
In 1981, Mr. Price moved to Pittsburgh headquarters as metallurgical
engineer for tin products. Two years later, he advanced to the
position of general supervisor for tin mill metallurgy at the Mon
Valley Works’ Irvin Plant, where he remained until 1984.
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From the Pittsburgh area, Mr. Price relocated to Chicago to serve as
senior metallurgical engineer in Customer Technical Services. In
1986, he moved to Gary Works, where he worked as quality assurance
manager, first for tin mill products then sheet products. He
returned to Mon Valley Works in 1988 as manager of quality
assurance.
In 1991, Mr. Price was named division manager of sheet products at
Mon Valley Works, and two years later transferred to headquarters as
district manager-customer technical services, East.
Mr. Price returned to Gary Works in 1994 where he served as manager
of quality assurance and manager of business services, respectively,
before being promoted to plant manager of finishing operations in
1996. He returned to Pittsburgh headquarters as general manager-tin
products in 1997.
In 2003, following the acquisition of National Steel, Mr. Price was
named general manager of the Midwest Plant and oversaw the
successful integration of that facility. In 2005, he advanced to
general manager-business planning. He was elected to his current
position in March 2008 and is responsible for the company’s business
planning, logistics services and processed products organizations.
03-01-2008 |
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