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In an executive leadership shuffle at Boeing Commercial Airplanes announced internally Tuesday, highly successful sales chief Ihssane Mounir is switching over to head the unit’s supply chain and parts fabrication factories.

And Vice President Kim Smith, who for three years has managed production of the 767, Air Force tanker and 747 jets at the Everett plant, is moving out of the Commercial Airplanes division to head quality control for Boeing Global Services, which provides parts to commercial and defense customers.

It’s a clear indication Boeing is preparing both executives for potential top leadership positions later by broadening their management experience.

Under Mounir, 51, born in Morocco, jet sales have solidly recovered after three of the most difficult years in the company’s history.

Boeing won net orders for 580 jets this year through November, not counting the recent blockbuster o