Dodge, Jeep parent is making a landmark leadership shift

Running a car company is not easy, however it indubitably is even tougher when there are 14 unique, storied and legendary brands less than your belt.

Multinational automaker Stellantis (STLA) , the parent company at the back of American automotive household names like Dodge, Jeep, and Chrysler, has faced many issues surrounding its cars and a mountain of criticism from dealers and the United Auto Workers union.

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A massive recall is currently affecting Jeep, one amongst its most storied brands, and the automaker is tacking on massive incentives and discounts to make a dent in massive inventories of cars, with some having a nearly two-year supply on dealer a lot within the United States.

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Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares is the sole real scapegoat blamed for the mess, but a new report confirms that a enormous chain of dramatic moves will occur at the automaker.

Stellantis's stellar management shake-up

Stellantis confirmed in a press liberate issued late on Oct. 10 that there shall be a slew of managerial changes across the company, a revelation that followed a Bloomberg report published on Oct. 9.

The major changes encompass the promotion of Jeep chief executive Antonio Filosa to the position of North American chief operating officer, along with to the promotion of Jean-Philippe Imparato to the position of chief operating officer Enlarged Europe, replacing Uwe Hochgeschurtz, who will leave the company.

Additionally, Stellantis CFO Natalie King; the person at the back of the infamous "Doghouse" email, shall be replaced by Doug Ostermann, the previous COO of Stellantis China. Maserati CEO Davide Grasso also will vacate his post to a soon-to-be-announced position. His replacement Santo Ficili, will now be tasked with the CEO position at both Maserati and Alfa Romeo.

Beyond most of the C-suite shifts, Tavares led some more efficiency changes "to drive commercial performance." Stellantis' Supply Chain organization will transfer to its Manufacturing Division, so now be led less than Arnaud Deboeuf, formerly from the Purchasing Division led by Maxime Picat.

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In keeping with Stellantis, Picat will "dedicate even greater focal point and expertise to the performance improvements to be achieved with our supplier partners."

In remarks, Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares noted that such moves were needed to drive the company forward.

"Throughout this Darwinian period for the automotive industry, our duty and ethical responsibility is to adapt and prepare ourselves for the long run, better and faster than our competitors to deliver clean, safe and inexpensive mobility," said Tavares.

"The newly appointed leadership team members will make their valuable contributions to our overall team’s determination to tackle the challenges beforehand, reinforcing and accelerating our transformation to vary into some of essentially the most well-liked mobility tech company. I want to thank every person who contributed to lay the foundations for Stellantis’ future success."

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Stellantis's sly leadership surprise

Alongside the many shifts in executive managerial positions, Stellantis confirmed that its prolific CEO, Carlos Tavares, will retire in 2026 after his contract expires.

It also recognized that a "formal process to identify a successor" is underway. This process is being led by a distinct committee of the Stellantis board chaired by John Elkann. The automaker anticipates polishing off its seek for Tavares' replacement by the fourth quarter of 2025.

To the common, casual observer, Carlos Tavares may o.k. be seen as an outsider within his own company.

Before Stellantis, he turn into the CEO of Groupe PSA in 2014. Groupe PSA, or Groupe PSA Peugeot Citroën, is the French multinational automaker that formerly created from current Stellantis properties Peugeot, Citroën, DS, Opel and Vauxhall.

Tavares was once a figurehead within the merger between PSA and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) back in 2019, which is the rationale why now we have got Stellantis lately.

Tavares earned $39.5 million last year, a figure that UAW president Shawn Fain has criticized, in keeping with Reuters.

"The Big Three CEOs saw their pay increase by Forty% over the last four years, while [autoworkers] pay simplest went up by 6%," UAW President Shawn Fain said at a news conference in 2023.

In an announcement to TheStreet, Sam Fiorani, the vp of Global Vehicle Forecasting at AutoForecast Solutions LLC, said that Tavares was once "earmarked" to lead PSA and FCA at some point of its merger, but was once "never expected to run the company long-term."

Fiorani sees that amidst their search, Stellantis will should hunt high and low for a CEO prepared to take on the special kind of automaker that Stellantis is.

"In quest of out an appropriate replacement will take time, especially if he or she comes from the other company," he said.

"Stellantis is an exceedingly unique automaker resulting from its size and the gigantic collection of brands it manages. A distinct kind of executive shall be required to right this ship."

Stellantis NV STLA, was once down 2.18% at last check, trading at $thirteen.01 per share at the time of writing.

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