For Your Information
2009/06/01
Organizational and Personnel Changes
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Mazda Motor Corporation has announced the following organizational and personnel changes, effective June 1, 2009.
1. Organizational Changes
(1) Changes in the area of product profit control
Goals
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To enhance organizational efficiency and speed up the decision making process for operations in each region. Previously, financial management functions for each region have been split between the Corporate Planning Div. and the Product Profit Control Div. With these organizational changes, consistent financial analysis will be provided for each region from the development stage through to mass production and sales. |
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To enable improved and more efficient communications with each market. |
Details of the organizational changes
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Price approval and profit control functions for the North American and European markets have been transferred from the Market Profit Control Dept. in the Corporate Planning Div. to the Product Profit Control Div. |
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Profit control functions for China have been transferred from the Market Profit Control Dept. in the Corporate Planning Div. to the China Planning & Finance Dept. in the China Business Div. Similarly, profit control functions for Japan have been transferred to the Domestic Business Dept. in the Domestic Business Div., and profit control functions for other markets have been transferred to the Overseas Business Development Dept. in the Overseas Sales Div. |
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In line with the above changes, the Market Profit Control Dept. in the Corporate Planning Div. has been eliminated. |
(2) Changes in the area of electric drive system development
Goal
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To strengthen development of electric drive systems. |
Details of the organizational changes
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The Electric Drive System Development Office has been newly established at department-level status. |
2. Personnel Changes
Executive officer
| New Post |
Current Post |
Name |
Senior Managing Executive Officer
In charge of R&D Quality,
Powertrain Development and Electric Drive System Development |
Senior Managing Executive Officer
In charge of R&D Quality and Powertrain Development |
Nobuhiro Hayama |
General managers and above
| New Post |
Current Post |
Name |
Staff Manager
China Business Div. |
Dispatched to
Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Co., Ltd. (Nanjing) |
Masahiro Araki |
General Manager
Electric Drive System Development Office |
Senior Research Engineer
Technical Research Center |
Tatsuya Kita |
Staff Manager
Program Management Div. |
Program Manager
Program Management Div. |
Naomasa Utsunomiya |
General Manager
Cross Carline Purchasing Strategy Dept.
and General Manager
Purchasing Planning Dept.
and Deputy General Manager
Purchasing Div. |
General Manager
Cross Carline Purchasing Strategy Dept.
and Deputy Program Manager
Purchasing Div. |
Kazuhisa Fujikawa |
Deputy General Manager
Production Engineering Div. |
Dispatched to
Changan Ford Mazda Engine Co., Ltd. |
Motohide Tatsukawa |
Staff Manager
Production Control & Logistics Planning Dept. |
General Manager
CS Parts Logistics Dept. |
Akira Takeda |
General Manager
CS Parts Logistics Dept. |
Manager
Production Scheduling Gr.
Production Control Dept. |
Hiroyoshi Sekiuchi |
Staff Manager
Corporate Communications Div. |
Dispatched to
Mazda Motor (China) Co., Ltd. |
Akira Shigemasa |
Dispatched to
Japan Climate Systems Corporation |
General Manager
Purchasing Planning Dept.
Deputy General Manager
Purchasing Div. |
Hirofumi Fujiwara |
Dispatched to
Changan Ford Mazda Engine Co., Ltd. |
General Manager
Market Profit Control Dept.
and Deputy General Manager
Corporate Planning Div. |
Toshiki Hiura |
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