Chrysler Group has made new appointments in its product planning organisation headed by Michael Manley, president and CEO of Jeep.

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Joseph Veltri has been named product planning lead to ensure continuity across brands for product requirements and engineering capabilities while remaining in charge of truck/SUV product planning.


Kevin Metz is now head of Wrangler product planning and Matthew Nyquist has been appointed head of E SUV segment product planning.


Joanne Sevrain will head A and B segment product planning (Chrysler’s smallest current car is the Dodge Caliber, about a Europe C segment size).


Richard Kukucka takes charge of C, D, and E segment product planning along with minivans and multi-use vehicles.


JoAnn Heck remains head of consumer insight and product research responsibe for all customer-facing research.


Timothy Suchyta was appointed head of long range product mix, volume, pricing, demand and portfolio planning looking at long-range volumes, price positioning, and product and portfolio mix.

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