All People articles – Page 39
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FeatureGorlier adds components role to responsibilities at FCA
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) has appointed Pietro Gorlier (left) as its chief operation officer for Components, replacing Eugenio Razelli who has chosen to leave the company. Gorlier will take up the new responsibilities at the end of June this year while retaining his role as president and CEO of Mopar ...
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FeatureVorrath moves to new role at Johnson Controls
Frank Vorrath has moved from his role as vice-president, global sector head for Automotive at DHL Global Forwarding to take up a new role at tier supplier Johnson Controls as vice-president of global supply chain. He is based in Burscheid, Germany."In his role, Frank will lead the development and implementation ...
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FeatureOvenden to replace Cannis as head of Ford Sollers
Ted Cannis is moving from his role as president and CEO of Ford’s joint venture with Sollers in Russia to take up a new role as executive director, Investor Relations at Ford, based in Dearborn in the US. He will be replaced in Russia by Mark Ovenden (pictured), who is ...
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FeatureGeert Bruyneel moves to Asia role at Volvo Cars
Geert Bruyneel, who is currently vice president of supplier quality and logistics at Volvo Cars, is moving to a new role at the carmaker in August this year as vice president for purchasing and manufacturing in Asia.His role in Europe will be taken over by Anders Svensson, who has held ...
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FeatureFCA appoints Luis Santamaria head of SCM in Latin America
//Update// Included Mauricelio Faria's new positionIn one of a number of recent changes to its production and logistics management in Latin America, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has appointed Luis Santamaria (pictured) as its head of supply chain management in Latin America. He moves from his role as director of supply chain ...
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FeatureKaspers joins Ceva as COO, Global Air and Ocean Freight
The beginning of May saw Helmut Kaspers join Ceva Logistics as its chief operation officer for Global Air and Ocean Freight. He joins Ceva from Kaspers Consulting + Investment, an international logistics consultancy established in 2013. He brings with him substantial experience from the logistics world having previously ...
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FeatureRoger Crook resigns from DHL Global Forwarding
Roger Crook has suddenly resigned from his role as CEO of DHL Global Forwarding, Freight. Crook, who was also a member of Deutsche Post DHL’s management board, is said to have stepped down with immediate effect from both roles for “personal reasons”.DHL confirmed the resignation with Automotive Logistics this week. ...
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FeatureGefco announces new business and executive moves
Gefco has used this week’s Multimodal exhibition in Birmingham UK to make announcements about new business and managerial appointments.The transport and logistics provider has renewed its contract with global chassis maker BWI Group, which supplies brake and suspension systems for the transport market. Gefco’s UK division provides complete inbound European ...
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FeatureBrazeau takes up role as head of worldwide vehicle transportation at FCA
Following the news that Steve Tripp has retired from his role as head of worldwide vehicle transportation at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) the company has confirmed that Marc Brazeau (left) has now stepped into the role.Brazeau moves to FCA from his role as director at cross industry business consultancy AlixPartners, ...
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FeatureSitko moves from PACCAR’s parts business to MD role at Leyland
Bryan Sitko has moved from his role as operations director for the Parts Europe division of truck group PACCAR to take up a new role as managing director of Leyland Trucks, one of the divisions of the group."This is a great opportunity and I am very much looking forward to ...
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FeatureChuck Kendig takes over vehicle logistics role at American Honda
Following the news that Dennis Manns has moved to take up a new role at American Honda as vice-president of dealer development, it has been revealed that Chuck Kendig (pictured) has stepped into the vacant role and will now be assistant vice-president (AVP) of sales and production planning, logistics.According to ...
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FeatureWillmann replaces Schulz as Ford Europe’s director of MP&L
Dirk Willmann (pictured) has replaced Matthias Schulz as director of material, planning and logistics (MP&L) at Ford of Europe. As announced last month, Schulz has moved to a new role as director of North American MP&L operations replacing Pamela Stec, who has retired.Willmann was previously production and material planning manager ...
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FeatureSimon Stacy and Bob Mountain add logistics responsibilities at Honda Europe
Following a recent restructuring at Honda’s sales and manufacturing divisions in Europe, the carmaker has made changes to the logistics management covering its primary European production plant in the UK and across its outbound logistics for the region.As of April 1st, Simon Stacy (pictured), previously head of car logistics at ...
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FeatureAytaç moves to aftermarket role at Turkish joint venture Tofas
Altan Aytaç (left) has moved from his role as supply chain director at Turkish carmaker, Tofas, to take up a new role as director of aftersales and spare parts.Aytaç joined Tofas, which is a joint venture between Fiat and Koç Group, back in 1992 and was initially part of the ...
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FeatureStanger moves to newly created role at Paragon Automotive
Paragon Automotive, which provides logistics services for new and used cars in the UK, has appointed Steve Stanger to a newly created role as head of planning, technical and special projects.Stanger moves from his role at Paragon as group operations director and the company is now in the process of ...
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FeatureGardner replaces Grady in lead role at FCA’s dealer network
Peter Grady (left) will retire from his role as vice president, Dealer Network Development at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) – North America at the end of this month.Grady began his career with American Motors (AMC) in 1984, three years before AMC was bought outright by Chrysler. He went on to ...
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FeatureChep appoints Mayo to lead automotive role in Europe
Chep Automotive and Industrial Solutions has appointed David Mayo to the position of vice president, Automotive, Europe. He moves from his role as senior director, Supply Chain, at the container pooling provider and replaces Luca Rossi, who is moving to Chep’s Pallets business to join the European Key Account team.Mayo ...
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FeatureChang is new manager of vehicle logistics at Porsche Cars NA
Howard Chang has moved from his role as delivery quality engineer at Porsche Cars North America (PCNA) to become manager of vehicle logistics and port operations. He replaces Justin Newell, who left the company last September and now has a position at as operations manager at Reliable Carriers, one of ...
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FeatureGreener moves to senior supply chain role at Advance Auto Parts
North America aftermarket parts provider, Advance Auto Parts, has appointed Todd Greener (left) as senior vice president of supply chain. He moves over from GE Appliances where he was general manager of appliance distribution operations.Advance said that Greener would be instrumental in executing its system-wide supply chain integration and transport ...
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FeatureBig change around in Ceva’s global automotive leadership
There have been a number of changes to the management of Ceva Logistics’ automotive business in the last month.Tamara Histand, who was executive vice-president for global automotive, has left the company after 10 months in the role and been replaced by Toni Fondevilla, who was most recently vice-president, Global Key ...