Mazda Motor Corporation has announced the following organizational and personnel changes, effective October 1, 2016.
1. Organizational changes
Changes in the area of IT Solutions
Aims
- Facilitate the timely creation of high-quality IT solutions aimed at enhancing brand value and achieving qualitative business growth throughout Structural Reform Stage 2.
Details of the organizational changes
- Establish the Customer & Quality Systems Department to consolidate the functions of strategy development and planning for sales and customer management and quality management systems within the IT Solution Division.
- Rename the Business Systems Department as the Supply Chain Systems Department and integrate the functions of strategy development and planning for supply chain systems within the IT Solution Division.
- Rename the System Governance & Administration Department as the System Strategy & Administration Department, and integrate the functions of divisional administration and management as well as strategy development and planning for global IT and infrastructure systems within the IT Solution division.
- In line with the above changes, the Infrastructure System Department is abolished.
2. Personnel changes
General manager and above
| New Post | Current Post | Name |
| General Manager Purchasing Div. |
General Manager Purchasing Administration Dept. and Deputy General Manager Purchasing Div. |
Tetsuto Nakamura |
| General Manager Purchasing Administration Dept. and Deputy General Manager Purchasing Div. |
General Manager Parts Purchasing Dept. No.2 |
Kazuhiko Sumi |
| General Manager Purchasing Program Coordination Dept. and Deputy General Manager Purchasing Div. |
General Manager Purchasing Program Coordination Dept. |
Kenji Aratani |
| Staff Manager Purchasing Div. |
Deputy General Manager Purchasing Div. |
Ryoji Oe |
| General Manager Parts Purchasing Dept. No.2 |
Manager Materials Purchasing Dept. |
Masatomo Watanabe |
| General Manager System Strategy & Administration Dept., Deputy General Manager IT Solution Div. and Deputy General Manager Corporate Planning & Development Div. |
General Manager System Governance & Administration Dept., Deputy General Manager IT Solution Div. and Deputy General Manager Corporate Planning & Development Div. |
Yutaka Wasemori |
| Staff Manager IT Solution Div. |
General Manager Engineering Systems Dept. |
Kazunori Okamura |
| General Manager Supply Chain Systems Dept. |
General Manager Business Systems Dept. |
Masahiko Tamura |
| General Manager Engineering Systems Dept. |
Manager Engineering Systems Dept. |
Masaru Hosokawa |
| General Manager Customer & Quality Systems Dept. |
Dispatched to IBM Global Services Japan Chugoku Solutions Company |
Tatsuya Yamada |
| Dispatched to IBM Global Services Japan Chugoku Solutions Company |
General Manager Infrastructure Systems Dept. |
Masaki Matsuoka |
| Dispatched to Toyo Advanced Technologies Co., Ltd. |
General Manager Purchasing Div. |
Masahiko Ichida |
