Volkswagen Group has appointed new bosses for the automaker’s high quality and design divisions to hurry up decision-making and enhance coordination between the VW, Audi and Porsche manufacturers.
Efficient Jan. 1, Michael Neumayer shall be accountable for VW Group’s high quality administration division whereas retaining his place as Audi’s head of high quality. He’ll exchange Frank Welsch, as VW Group’s high quality chief. Welsch is retiring after almost 30 years of service with VW.
Additionally on Jan. 1, Michael Mauer will turn out to be VW Group design chief, whereas additionally retaining the identical function at Porsche. He’ll exchange Klaus Zyciora who’s leaving the automaker.
The newest administration shuffle follows a management restructuring introduced by new VW Group CEO Oliver Blume in September.
It means all key features have now been assigned to the group’s main manufacturers, VW mentioned in a press release on Wednesday.
- VW model oversees group manufacturing and procurement
- Audi is accountable for group gross sales and high quality
- Porsche will lead design and growth
The brand new construction will result in clearer precedence setting and sooner implementation amid the sweeping adjustments being skilled by the business, VW mentioned.
Managing the important thing features of high quality and design by way of the Audi and Porsche manufacturers additionally will permit VW Group to accentuate its buyer focus, Blume mentioned within the assertion.
Zyciora, whose household title beforehand was Bischoff, is leaving the corporate to pursue duties outdoors the group, VW mentioned.
Zyciora joined VW in 1989 and was named group design head in 2020. He oversaw design for the sixth to eighth generations of the Golf compact automobile, and the design of VW model’s ID household of full-electric vehicles.
Welsch turned VW Group high quality chief in 2021. Throughout his VW profession of almost 30 years, he was accountable for technical growth on the VW model, SAIC VW in China and Skoda within the Czech Republic.
Neumayer has labored for VW Group since 1986 and has held technical growth management roles at Audi and Porsche.