Madrid, Spain, 3rd December, 2015 - CEVA Logistics, one of the world’s leading supply chain management companies, has appointed Oriol Bartol to the position of Director Contract Logistics for Iberia.  He will also join the company’s Board of Directors in Iberia. Nearly 50% of CEVA’s business in Spain is Contract Logistics, and Bartol’s role will be to support its further development through his knowledge of the company, its operations and LEAN culture.  A graduate of Industrial Engineering, he joined CEVA in 2002 and spent his career in a number of logistics engineering roles most recently as Logistics Engineering Manager – Iberia.  In this role he has supported LEAN philosophy implementation within the company at both national and international level. Bartol will report to Iberia cluster head, Marco Galbusera and continue to be based from the company’s Madrid facility.  He replaces Juan José Yabar who has transferred to CEVA’s USA operation to become Vice President Operations, North America Contract Logistics. Says Marco Galbusera: “Oriol is a tremendous asset to our organisation.  The scope of his contract logistics knowledge and experience make him the ideal candidate for this position.  His focus will be on continuing to develop our customer service standards to ensure our efficiency and quality assurance are second to none”. Bartol will also continue in his mentoring role for the development of junior engineers within the company.