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Ford: Volvo
Organization
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New organizational structure at Volvo Cars
Volvo Car Corporation is aligning its organizational structure in order
to even better respond to customer demands. As part of this alignment, a
Marketing and Business Development function has been created. In addition
to the current global marketing department, this function will also be
responsible for product strategy, design, parts and service and car
lifecycle operations.
"Our mission is to incorporate customer needs and demands and to
transform these into products and services. We are creating an
organization with a more customer-focused function when it comes to
engineering and production", says Tuve Johannesson, president of
Volvo Car Corporation.
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"It is becoming increasingly clear that a receptive attitude
towards the market and the ability to comply quickly with customer
requirements will be decisive factors for anyone looking to achieve
success".
Dieter Laxy: As head of the new Marketing and Business
Development function, Dieter Laxy was recruited to Volvo Cars during the
summer. Dieter Laxy has a long experience from the automotive industry and
will lead his new responsibility from Göteborg, Sweden.
As a consequence of the increased customer focus, an overview has been
made of the Executive Management of Volvo Cars.
Sven Eckerstein: He will be concentrating on his duties
as Deputy, in addition to leading the Human Resources staff
function.
Bodil Eriksson, head of Corporate Communications, will become a
member of the Executive Management.
Luc Bracke, currently SVP Car Lifecycle Operations, will
reinforce the Market Area Europe as president of Volvo Italia, with
responsibility for the whole of the Latin region.
From 1 October, the Executive Management of Volvo Cars will be as
follows:
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Tuve Johannesson, President and CEO,
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Sven Eckerstein, Deputy CEO and head of Human
Resources,
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Wolff Huber, head of Market Area Europe and International
markets,
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Hans-Olov Olsson, head of Market Area North America,
Australia and Japan,
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Dieter Laxy, head of Marketing and Business
Development,
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Bodil Eriksson, head of Corporate Communications,
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Scott R. Stewart, CFO,
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Hans Gustavsson, head of Product and Process
Engineering,
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Curt Germundsson, head of Manufacturing,
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Lars-Göran Moberg, head of Volvo Cars Components
Corporation and
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Bertil Thorén, head of Strategic Sourcing and Purchasing.
The Executive Management will focus on strategic business development
and execution.
In order to respond to short-term issues at company management level,
an Operating Group has been established, comprising
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Tuve Johannesson, the company's president ,
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Sven Eckerstein, Deputy,
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Curt Germundsson, head of Manufacturing,
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Dieter Laxy, head of Marketing and Business Development, and
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Scott R. Stewart, CFO.
(October 1, 1999)
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