General Motors’ vehicle line team restructure from 1 August will eliminate 20 jobs and a layer of management, the automaker said.
The changes to global product development “consolidate” current vehicle development executive roles and streamline global vehicle development.
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In the previous structure, a product programme was developed under the direction of a vehicle line executive, vehicle line director and vehicle chief engineer. In the new structure, these will be consolidated under one executive chief engineer for each, all of whom will report to Doug Parks, named to the newly created position of vice president, product programs.
Parks was previously executive director and group vehicle line executive for electric cars, a position he held since March 2012. Earlier, he was global vehicle line executive and global vehicle chief executive for electric cars, including the Chevrolet Volt.
GM said executive chief engineers will be totally responsible for their respective groups of vehicles from inception through production.
The new structure eliminates redundancy and reduces complexity – enabling faster decision making and instilling clear accountability in the vehicle development process.
“The realignment reduces complexity and drives single-point accountability for the execution of our vehicle programs,” said global product development chief Mary Barra.
