{"id":69862,"date":"2019-06-24T17:12:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-toyota-announces-north-american-executive-leadership-changes\/"},"modified":"2019-06-24T17:15:01","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T21:15:01","slug":"toyota-anuncia-cambios-de-liderazgo-ejecutivo-para-norteamerica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/toyota-anuncia-cambios-de-liderazgo-ejecutivo-para-norteamerica\/","title":{"rendered":"Toyota Announces North American Executive Leadership Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">PLANO, Texas<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 24, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) today announced that <span class=\"xn-person\">Cooper Ericksen<\/span> will be promoted to group vice president, product planning and strategy, effective <span class=\"xn-chron\">Aug. 5<\/span>. He will be responsible for product planning, pricing, cross carline technology\u00a0and advanced product strategy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgd594left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgd594left\" title=\"Cooper Ericksen named group vice president, product planning and strategy at Toyota Motor North America, effective August 5, 2019\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Cooper Ericksen named group vice president, product planning and strategy at Toyota Motor North America, effective August 5, 2019\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/927739\/2019_Cooper_Ericksen_01.jpg\" imagelabel=\"General\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Ericksen has been with Toyota since 1991, serving most recently as vice president, TMNA cross carline, alt fuels and Lexus product planning. His previous roles have included\u00a0vice president of marketing for the Lexus Division, and vice president and corporate manager of vehicle marketing and communications at TMNA. Ericksen also has experience working in several of Toyota&#8217;s regional offices, including Central Atlantic, <span class=\"xn-location\">San Francisco<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Portland<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Boston<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>He will report to <span class=\"xn-person\">Bob Carter<\/span>, executive vice president, sales. <\/p>\n<p>Ericksen will replace Andrew Coetzee,\u00a0who plans to retire\u00a0on Aug. 2\u00a0after 31 years of service to Toyota. Coetzee&#8217;s vast contributions to Toyota include helping to form, and being the first leader of, the Product Planning group, which strengthened the collaboration between the longer-range focus of Advanced Product Strategy and Vehicle Planning. <\/p>\n<p>The following manufacturing changes will take effect on <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 1, 2019<\/span>:<\/p>\n<p><b>Mike Bafan<\/b> will take on a new assignment as chairman of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Baja California (TMMBC) and Toyota Motor Manufacturing Guanajuato (TMMGT) in addition to his responsibility as president, Toyota de <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span>. He currently serves as president of TMMBC and TMMGT.<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Oscar Quijada<\/span><\/b> will be promoted to president, TMMBC, from his current position of vice president, manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Francisco Garcia<\/span><\/b> will be promoted to president, TMMGT, from his current position of vice president, manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>About Toyota <\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a part of the cultural fabric in the U.S. and <span class=\"xn-location\">North America<\/span> for more than 60 years, and is committed to advancing sustainable, next-generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus brands.\u00a0During that time, Toyota has created a tremendous value chain as our teams have contributed to world-class design, engineering, and assembly of more than 38 million cars and trucks in <span class=\"xn-location\">North America<\/span>, where we have 14 manufacturing plants, 15 including our joint venture in <span class=\"xn-location\">Alabama<\/span> (10 in the U.S.),\u00a0and directly employ more than 47,000 people (over 36,000 in the U.S.).\u00a0Our 1,800 North American dealerships (nearly 1,500 in the U.S.) sold 2.8 million cars and trucks (2.4 million in the U.S.) in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Through the Start Your Impossible campaign, Toyota highlights the way it partners with community, civic, academic and governmental organizations to address our society&#8217;s most pressing mobility challenges. We believe that when people are free to move, anything is possible. For more information about Toyota, visit<i>\u00a0<\/i><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2506656-1&amp;h=2920079407&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.toyotanewsroom.com%2F&amp;a=www.toyotanewsroom.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.toyotanewsroom.com<\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Media Contact:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-person\">Karen Nielsen<\/span><br \/>469-292-2659<br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:karen.nielsen@toyota.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">karen.nielsen@toyota.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg5fdcleft\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg5fdcleft\" title=\" \" border=\"0\" alt=\" \" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/439685\/Toyota_Corp_Red_Logo.jpg\" imagelabel=\"General\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Photo &#8211;\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2506656-1&amp;h=3031159050&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F927739%2F2019_Cooper_Ericksen_01.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F927739%2F2019_Cooper_Ericksen_01.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/927739\/2019_Cooper_Ericksen_01.jpg<\/a>\u00a0<br \/>Logo &#8211;\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2506656-1&amp;h=1971224034&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F439685%2FToyota_Corp_Red_Logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F439685%2FToyota_Corp_Red_Logo.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/439685\/Toyota_Corp_Red_Logo.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Toyota Motor North America<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">PLANO, Texas<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 24, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) today announced that <span class=\"xn-person\">Cooper Ericksen<\/span> will be promoted to group vice president, product planning and strategy, effective <span class=\"xn-chron\">Aug. 5<\/span>. 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