Following the untimely death of Fred Roldan in July, the position of supply chain director at GM South America is currently being handled on an interim basis by Marcos Ferlin. Ferlin is also purchasing program management director at the carmaker and has been with the company for more than 30 years.
Ferlin has held a number of roles at GM in both Brazil and Latin America involved with logistics, supply chain and purchasing. Prior to his current permanent role he was in charge of supplier risk management, global purchasing and supply chain for GM do Brasil.
*In other executive news, earlier this month Carlos Zarlenga took over as president of GM Brazil, replacing Santiago Chamorro. Zarlenga was previously chief financial officer for GM South America but will no
Chamorro has been promoted to vice president, Global Connected Customer Experience (GCCX) at GM’s headquarters in Detroit.
