Mazda Motor Corporation announced has announced the following organizational and personnel changes, effective June 1, 2016.
1. Organizational Changes
Changes in the area of Production Control & Logistics
- Reorganize and consolidate the division's operations by function in order to achieve further improvement in the quality of operations from the customer's perspective and optimize overall operations at the same time.
- Planning of production, procurement, shipping and other areas will be consolidated to the Production Control Department.
- Establish Production Control & Logistics Quality & Engineering Department and consolidate the division's strategy planning functions, logistics engineering functions, transaction functions and preparation for the production for new models to the new department.
- Restructure the Parts Procurement & Logistics Department for greater efficiency.
- Integrate the Global Supply Chain Management Department and the CS Parts Logistics Department to establish the CS Parts Operations Department.
2. Personnel Changes
General managers and above
New post | Current post | Name |
Program Manager Product Div. |
Dispatched to Mazda de México Vehicle Operation | Hiroshi Ozawa |
General Manager Body Production Engineering Dept. |
Staff Manager MDI Project Office and Staff Manager Production Engineering Div. | Shinro Ainoura |
Staff Manager CS Parts Operations Dept. and Staff Manager Production Control & Logistics Div. |
General Manager Global Supply Chain Management Dept. | Yoshihisa Handa |
General Manager Production Control & Logistics Quality & Engineering Dept. |
Staff Manager Body Production Engineering Dept. | Michio Higaki |
General Manager Parts Procurement & Logistics Dept. |
General Manager Parts Procurement & Logistics Dept. | Manabu Kihara |
General Manager CS Parts Operations Dept. |
General Manager CS Parts Logistics Dept. | Kensuke Hamada |
General Manager Product Marketing Dept. and Deputy General Manager Global Sales & Marketing Div. |
Deputy General Manager Global Sales & Marketing Div. | Hiroshi Kuwabara |
Dispatched to Keylex Co. |
General Manager Body Production Engineering Dept. | Yasuhiro Kan |
Dispatched to Mazda North American Operations |
General Manager Product Marketing Dept. | Tomoya Ichinose |
Dispatched to Mazda de México Vehicle Operation |
Staff Manager Purchasing Div. | Masahiro Tone |
Dispatched to Changan Mazda Automobile, Co., Ltd. |
Staff Manager China Business Div. | Akira Moriwaki |
* The department name is changed in Japanese only.
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