陷入困境的Jeep和Ram制造商Stellantis正在寻找接替唐唯实的首席执行官,但该公司表示,这只是正常的领导层继任计划的一部分。
由于今年上半年财务表现不佳,唐唯实受到了美国经销商和美国汽车工人联合会(the United Auto Workers union)的严厉批评,当时经销商库存中积压了过多高价车型,令该公司措手不及。
作为标致公司(PSA Peugeot)的前负责人,唐唯实于2021年1月在公司与菲亚特克莱斯勒汽车公司(Fiat Chrysler Automobiles)合并后,接管了这家总部位于荷兰的公司。该公司的北美业务曾是其主要利润来源,但今年在市场变化的冲击下陷入了困境。
上周一,Stellantis在一份声明中表示,唐唯实的五年合同还有一年多的时间,预计将于2026年到期。
声明称:“鉴于这一职位的重要性,董事会带着必要的预期提前研究该问题是正常的,这不会对未来的讨论产生影响。”
公司还补充道,唐唯实可能会继续留任更长时间。
唐唯实一直在努力削减成本,推迟部分工厂的开设,裁减工会工人,并向有薪员工提供买断方案。
公司报告称,上半年净利润较去年同期下降了48%。尽管美国整体新车销量增长了2.4%,但上半年美国的销售额却下降了近16%。
不断增长的经销商库存和高昂的价格引起了美国经销商委员会主席的指责,他呼吁该公司加大折扣力度,以清理经销商库存中的车辆。
当公司向汽车工人联合会告知其将推迟重开伊利诺伊州Belvidere工厂并建立新的电动汽车电池厂的计划时,美国汽车工人联合会主席肖恩·费恩呼吁解雇唐唯实。
工会已经针对这些延迟提起申诉,并威胁要举行罢工,然而公司称延迟是由于美国市场状况所致。费恩则将问题归咎于唐唯实的领导不力,并表示通用汽车和福特表现仍然良好。
唐唯实向记者表示,全球汽车行业正处于两难境地,一方面消费者希望购买价格更实惠的车辆,另一方面汽车行业则需要更多的资本支出来开发新的电动汽车和燃油动力车辆。
在北美,唐唯实承认Stellantis库存过多,并表示上半年解决该问题的计划未能奏效。他指出,标价过高,即使有折扣,也经常让顾客在还未进入展厅之前就望而却步。
过去几个月,包括Jeep、道奇(Dodge)和Ram品牌负责人在内的几位美国高管已离职。
今年3月,Stellantis宣布将在美国裁减400名白领员工,以应对从内燃机向电动汽车的转型。
2023年11月,公司向6,400名非工会有薪员工提供了买断和提前退休方案,但尚未透露有多少员工接受了该提议。
彭博新闻社上周一首先报道了该公司寻找新任CEO的消息。(财富中文网)
翻译:刘进龙
审校:汪皓
陷入困境的Jeep和Ram制造商Stellantis正在寻找接替唐唯实的首席执行官,但该公司表示,这只是正常的领导层继任计划的一部分。
由于今年上半年财务表现不佳,唐唯实受到了美国经销商和美国汽车工人联合会(the United Auto Workers union)的严厉批评,当时经销商库存中积压了过多高价车型,令该公司措手不及。
作为标致公司(PSA Peugeot)的前负责人,唐唯实于2021年1月在公司与菲亚特克莱斯勒汽车公司(Fiat Chrysler Automobiles)合并后,接管了这家总部位于荷兰的公司。该公司的北美业务曾是其主要利润来源,但今年在市场变化的冲击下陷入了困境。
上周一,Stellantis在一份声明中表示,唐唯实的五年合同还有一年多的时间,预计将于2026年到期。
声明称:“鉴于这一职位的重要性,董事会带着必要的预期提前研究该问题是正常的,这不会对未来的讨论产生影响。”
公司还补充道,唐唯实可能会继续留任更长时间。
唐唯实一直在努力削减成本,推迟部分工厂的开设,裁减工会工人,并向有薪员工提供买断方案。
公司报告称,上半年净利润较去年同期下降了48%。尽管美国整体新车销量增长了2.4%,但上半年美国的销售额却下降了近16%。
不断增长的经销商库存和高昂的价格引起了美国经销商委员会主席的指责,他呼吁该公司加大折扣力度,以清理经销商库存中的车辆。
当公司向汽车工人联合会告知其将推迟重开伊利诺伊州Belvidere工厂并建立新的电动汽车电池厂的计划时,美国汽车工人联合会主席肖恩·费恩呼吁解雇唐唯实。
工会已经针对这些延迟提起申诉,并威胁要举行罢工,然而公司称延迟是由于美国市场状况所致。费恩则将问题归咎于唐唯实的领导不力,并表示通用汽车和福特表现仍然良好。
唐唯实向记者表示,全球汽车行业正处于两难境地,一方面消费者希望购买价格更实惠的车辆,另一方面汽车行业则需要更多的资本支出来开发新的电动汽车和燃油动力车辆。
在北美,唐唯实承认Stellantis库存过多,并表示上半年解决该问题的计划未能奏效。他指出,标价过高,即使有折扣,也经常让顾客在还未进入展厅之前就望而却步。
过去几个月,包括Jeep、道奇(Dodge)和Ram品牌负责人在内的几位美国高管已离职。
今年3月,Stellantis宣布将在美国裁减400名白领员工,以应对从内燃机向电动汽车的转型。
2023年11月,公司向6,400名非工会有薪员工提供了买断和提前退休方案,但尚未透露有多少员工接受了该提议。
彭博新闻社上周一首先报道了该公司寻找新任CEO的消息。(财富中文网)
翻译:刘进龙
审校:汪皓
Struggling Jeep and Ram maker Stellantis is looking for a CEO to succeed Carlos Tavares, but the company says it’s just part of a normal leadership succession plan.
Tavares has been under fire from U.S. dealers and the United Auto Workers union after a dismal first-half financial performance when the company was caught off guard with too much high-priced inventory on dealer lots.
As head of PSA Peugeot, Tavares took control of the Netherlands-based company in January of 2021 when it merged with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. Its North American operations had been the company’s main source of profits, but have struggled this year amid larger market changes.
In a statement Monday, Stellantis said Tavares’ five-year contract is a little over a year from its expiration date in 2026.
“It is normal for a board to look into the subject with the necessary anticipation given the importance of the position, without this having an impact on future discussions,” the statement said.
The company added that it’s possible Tavares will stay on longer.
Tavares has been trying to cut costs, delaying some factory openings, laying off union workers and offering buyouts to salaried employees.
The company reported that first-half net profits were down 48% compared with the same period last year. First-half sales in the U.S. were down nearly 16%, even though overall new vehicle sales rose 2.4%.
Growing dealer inventory and high prices brought a rebuke from the head of the U.S. dealers council, who called on the company to boost discounts to move vehicles off of their lots.
When the company told the auto workers union that it would delay plans to reopen a factory and build a new electric vehicle battery plant in Belvidere, Illinois, UAW President Shawn Fain called for Tavares to be fired.
The union has filed grievances and threatened to strike over the delays, which the company says are necessary due to market conditions in the U.S. Fain blamed the problem on poor leadership from Tavares and said General Motors and Ford are still performing well.
Tavares told reporters that the global auto industry is caught between consumers looking for more affordable vehicles and demands for more capital spending to develop new electric and gas-powered vehicles.
In North America, Tavares conceded that Stellantis let inventory get too high, and plans to fix that in the first half didn’t work. Sticker prices, he said, are too lofty and often send customers fleeing from showrooms early in the shopping process even though discounts are available.
Several U.S. executives, including the heads of the Jeep, Dodge and Ram brands, have left the company in recent months.
In March, the company said it would lay off 400 white-collar workers in the U.S. as it deals with the transition from combustion engines to electric vehicles.
In November of 2023 the company made buyout and early retirement offersto 6,400 nonunion salaried workers. It has not said how many took the offers.
The CEO search was first reported Monday by Bloomberg News.