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Organizational and Personnel Changes
Mazda Motor Corporation has announced the following organizational and personnel changes, effective April 1, 2025.
1. Organizational Change
Corporate Planning & Development Domain
- Aim
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- To minimize the impact of the rapidly changing external environment, the company will review the costs of the entire supply chain and accelerate independent cost reduction activities. This will lead to a fundamental review of the cost planning function, and with the goal of achieving appropriate costs in line with customer value, a system will be established to achieve cost reductions of 3%, or nearly 100 billion yen, by the end of the fiscal year ending March 2027.
- Description of change
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- Newly establish Cost Planning Innovation Office
2. Personnel changes
New post | Current post | Name |
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General Manager Business Structure Strategy Dept. |
General Manager Business Structure Strategy Dept. and Program Manager Corporate Strategy Div. |
Yukihiro Kourogi |
Program Manager Cost Planning Innovation Office |
Program Manager Product Development Div. |
Mitsuru Wakiie |
Program Manager Cost Planning Innovation Office |
Staff Manager Product Planning Dept. |
Shinya Iwamoto |
Deputy General Manager ASEAN Business Office, Program Manager Product Development Div. and Mazda South East Asia Ltd. (Executive Vice President) |
Dispatched to AutoAlliance (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (President) |
Kenichirou Saruwatari |
General Manager Product Development Div. |
General Manager Product Development Planning Dept. |
Tomohiro Tanimoto |
General Manager Product Development Planning Dept. |
Staff Manager Product Development Planning Dept. |
Masahiko Gomi |
Senior Principal Engineer Integrated Control System Development Div. |
General Research Manager Integrated Control System Development Div. |
Takamasa Suetomi |
Expert Engineer Integrated Control System Development Div. |
General Manager Integrated Control System Development Div. |
Toshifumi Ikeda |
Expert Engineer Technical Research Center |
Senior Principal Engineer, Technical Research Center |
Masahisa Yamakawa |
Senior Expert Production Engineering Development Promotion Dept. |
General Manager Quality Management & Promotion Dept. |
Takashi Sazaki |
Senior Expert Hiroshima Plant |
Deputy General Manager Hiroshima Plant |
Masataka Wakabayashi |
Deputy General Manager Global Sales & Marketing Div. |
Deputy General Manager Global Sales & Marketing Div. and General Manager Overseas Market Operations Dept. |
Taku Yamafuji |
Senior Expert Brand Experience Business Development Dept. |
General Manager Brand Experience Business Development Dept. |
Akira Ikemoto |
Staff Manager Retail Operation Support Dept. |
General Manager Customer Service Field Operations Dept. |
Kenji Nakada |
Staff Manager Retail Operation Support Dept. |
Dispatched to Mazda Parts Sales Hiroshima Co., Ltd. (Representative Director and President) |
Manabu Tanaka |
Deputy General Manager Customer Service Div. |
Deputy General Manager Customer Service Div. and General Manager Customer Service Business Development Dept. |
Satoshi Takahashi |
Senior Expert Corporate Liaison & Research Dept. |
General Manager Corporate Liaison & Research Dept. |
Hideki Taira |
Senior Expert Tokyo General Affairs Dept. |
General Manager Tokyo General Affairs Dept. |
Ken Haruki |
Dispatched to Mazda Ace Co., Ltd. (Senior Advisor) |
General Manager Hofu Plant |
Seiji Suehiro |
Dispatched to Hokuriku Mazda Co., Ltd. (Representative Director and President) |
Staff Manager Domestic Product Marketing Dept. |
Sangyou Jo |
Dispatched to Hiroshima Mazda Co., Ltd. (Executive Vice President) |
Dispatched to Hokuriku Mazda Co., Ltd. (Representative Director and President) |
Ryosuke Sakai |
Dispatched to Mazda Auto Leasing Co., Ltd. (Managing Executive Officer) |
General Manager Fleet/Fleet Employees Sales Dept. |
Masashi Shirakashi |
Dispatched to Mazda Parts Sales Hiroshima Co., Ltd. (Representative Director and President) |
Staff Manager Customers Relations Promotion Dept. |
Kanji Watari |
Dispatched to Mazda de Mexico Vehicle Operation |
Dispatched to Mazda de Mexico Vehicle Operation (Vice President) |
Yasuyuki Nakamichi |
- | Program Manager Electrification Business Div. and Program Manager Corporate Strategy Div. (Until March 31, 2025) |
Kenji Matsumoto |
- | Senior Expert R&D Strategy Planning Div. (Until March 31, 2025) |
Koichi Kondo |
- | General Manager Human Resources Div. (Until March 31, 2025) |
Masahiko Takamura |
- | Staff Manager Product Development Div. (Until April 30, 2025) |
Naoki Okano |