Honda has announced several key executive changes effective 1 April 2013 as part of a shake-up of North American operations that will see about 50 white collar workers move from California to Ohio.
Tetsuo Iwamura will remain as president of Honda North America (HNA), COO of North American regional operations and president and CEO of American Honda Motor. But Iwamura, who serves concurrently as the executive vice president, executive officer and representative director of Honda Motor, will add new responsibilities as the COO of automobile operations and risk management officer for Honda Motor.
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Hidenobu Iwata will become president of Honda North America Services (HNAS), a new shared services company to be established on 1 April. He will remain in his current positions as president of Honda of America Mfg. (HAM) and senior managing officer of Honda Motor.
Bob Nelson will become president of Honda Manufacturing of Indiana (HMIN) in Greensburg, Ind. Nelson is currently a senior vice president at HMIN and has been with Honda for 25 years, including 23 years with HAM in Ohio.
Jon Minto will become president of Honda Engineering North America (EGA), Honda’s production engineering company in North America. Minto is currently a senior vice president with EGA, which is based in Marysville, Ohio, and has been with Honda for more than 20 years, including at Honda of Canada Mfg. (HCM)
Dan Smith will become president of Honda of Canada Mfg. (HCM) in Alliston, Ontario, a division of Honda Canada (HCI). Smith is currently a senior vice president at HCM and has been with Honda for 28 years, including 26 years with HAM and EGA in Ohio.
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By GlobalDataJerry Chenkin will become president and CEO of HCI in Markham, Ontario, outside Toronto. Chenkin, currently executive vice president of HCI, has been with Honda for 38 years.
Honda will merge some of the support functions common to multiple Honda companies in North America under one roof. Both HNA’s leadership function and HNAS will be located on the Marysville, Ohio, campus. Honda’s pther key campus in the US is in Torrance, near Los Angeles.
“These organisational changes will improve the speed of decision-making and the efficiency of our business operations,” said Tetsuo Iwamura, chief operating officer of Honda’s North American regional operations.
Since its founding in 1987, HNA has served as a coordinating entity for such operations as legal services, corporate audit and risk management. In its evolving role, HNA will house several members of senior executive management responsible for strategic oversight over North American sales, manufacturing and R&D for the company’s product lines. HNA has offices in Torrance, Marysville, Detroit, New York and Washington, DC.
HNAS, the new shared services company, will be based in Marysville, Ohio, with an additional office in Torrance. HNAS will provide many of Honda’s common support functions in North America, and streamline coordination of R&D, manufacturing, purchasing and sales functions as they relate to the introduction of new products.
Most Honda employees assigned to these entities will be located at Marysville but others will remain at other facilities throughout North America. Current Ohio-based associates will remain in Ohio. It is anticipated that fewer than 50 people involved in support and strategic functions at American Honda Motor in Torrance will transfer to HNA and HNAS over the course of the next fiscal year beginning 1 April. The formation of HNAS and changes to HNA are not expected to result in additional employment.
