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Nucor Corp. has announced that Executive Vice President Douglas J. Jellison plans to retire in June after more than 33 years at the Charlotte, North Carolina-based company.
In late 2020, Jellison was promoted to an executive vice president position that includes responsibility for the Cincinnati-based David J. Joseph Co. (DJJ) scrap recycling network as well as logistics at the recycled-content steel producer.
Jellison began his Nucor career in 1990 as materials manager at the Nucor Bearing Products business unit. He also has served as general manager of Nucor Bearing Products; vice president and general manager of the electric arc furnace (EAF) Nucor Steel Seattle mill; vice president and general manager of Nucor-Yamato Steel Co., an EAF complex in Arkansas; president of Nucor Tubular Products; and president of Skyline Steel LLC, a fabricated steel products and steel distribution business unit.
“I am incredibly grateful for Doug’s contributions over the last three decades,” Nucor President and CEO Leon Topalian says. “Throughout his career, he influenced a broad spectrum of Nucor’s businesses. He successfully led significant facilities, oversaw international operations, integrated and shaped acquisitions and spearheaded key enterprise strategies.
"His unyielding ability to drive change, overcome challenges and seek out the best outcomes is unparalleled. Most importantly, he lives Nucor’s culture in developing teammates and making everyone around him better. He is one of a kind. On behalf of all teammates, I want to thank Doug for his leadership and wish him a long and happy retirement.”
Nucor also has promoted Randy J. Spicer to the executive vice president position. Spicer began his Nucor career in 2004 as an accounting supervisor at Nucor Steel Indiana.
In 2006, he joined the startup team at Nucor Steel Memphis as controller and then served as controller and hot mill manager at Nucor Steel Gallatin in Kentucky. He was promoted to general manager of Nucor Tubular Products North in 2020 and became a vice president in 2022. He most recently served as president of Nucor Tubular Products.
“Randy is a talented leader whose 20 years of Nucor experience help make him well positioned to take on this challenging role. We look forward to his contributions to the executive leadership team,” Topalian says.
“Doug’s retirement and Randy’s promotion are the product of the robust and thoughtful succession planning process that has been a top strategic initiative throughout Nucor."
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