04:00 Tue 30 Jun 2020
Toyota Motor Corpn - Changes to Executive Structure
TMC Announces Changes to Executive Structure,
Senior Management Responsibilities, and Personnel
Toyota City,
Change highlights
| Advancing structural reform by clarifying the roles of operating officers
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The aim of the changes announced today is to further advance various innovations based on TMC's long-standing fundamental policy of appointing the right people to the right positions. Under the changes, members of management who, together with the president, have cross-functional oversight of the entire company, are to be redefined as "operating officers". In close coordination with the president, these operating officers are to work together with business implementation elements and promote the development of a skilled workforce. Furthermore, in-house company presidents, regional CEOs, and chief officers, as on-site leaders of business implementation elements, will be given authority while being consolidated into the classification of "senior professional/senior management".
The roles of operating officers and senior professionals/senior management are to be determined where and as needed, and persons appointed as operating officers and senior professionals/senior management are to change in accordance with the challenges faced and the path that should be taken, as the company exercises greater flexibility than ever in appointing the right people to the right positions.
For reference: Chronology of major initiatives
| | ・Streamlining of the board of directors (reducing the number of directors from 27 to 11) (NOTE: TMC currently has nine directors.) ・Scaling down of the executive decision-making system (elimination of officers responsible for group affairs so as to create a two-tier executive system consisting of executive vice presidents and chief officers) ・Appointment of chief officers in a flexible manner from the new positions of senior managing officer and managing officer (elimination of the position of senior managing director) ・Establishment of the position of executive general manager ・Stationing of, in principle, regional chief officers in their respective regions |
| | ・Establishment of business units ・Reorganization of regional groups ・Appointment of outside board members |
| | ・Revision of the roles of executives Tasking executive vice presidents, once responsible for their respective business units and key functions, with overseeing TMC in its entirety and with carrying out operations and administration from a mid-to-long-term perspective, and making executives at the level of senior managing officer and below responsible for the business units, regional operations, and key functions ・Enhancement of diversity among executives (appointment of non-Japanese executives and of female executives) |
| | ・Establishment of in-house companies-shifting from a function-based structure to a product-based structure |
| | ・Further clarification that members of the board of directors are responsible for decision-making and management oversight and that operating officers are responsible for operational execution ・Further reduction in the number of members of the board of directors to nine directors, including outside board members (in June) |
| | ・Revision of the advisor and senior advisor system (resulting in executives leaving their positions being made advisors or senior advisors only when the needs of the company require such) |
| | ・Expansion of appointing people with high levels of expertise from within and outside the company (including from within and outside the ・Positioning of executive vice presidents as executive officers, in addition to their roles of supporting the president (to directly oversee their areas of responsibility as presidents of TMC's in-house companies and as organizational group chief officers) ・Establishment of the post of "fellow" to heighten management expertise and to widen the range of executive development |
| | ・Introduction of the position of "senior professional/senior management" (Integration of managing officers, executive general managers, [sub-executive managerial level] senior grade 1 and senior grade 2 managers, and grand masters) |
| | ・Abolishment of the position of "field general manager" à Reappointment as senior general managers or as fellows |
| | ・Consolidation of the post of executive vice president and the post of operating officer into the post of operating officer |
TMC also announced today changes in the responsibilities of operating officers and senior professionals/senior management, as well as personnel changes, also effective
1) Changes in areas of responsibility for Operating Officers, effective
| | Current | New |
| | Chief Monozukuri Officer Chief Human Resources Officer | Chief Monozukuri Officer
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| | (
| Chief Human Resources Officer ( |
Operating Officer, effective
| | Title |
| | Chief Executive Officer |
| | Chief Monozukuri Officer |
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| | Chief Competitive Officer Chief Project Officer Toyota System Supply |
| Shigeki Tomoyama | Chief Information & Security Officer Chief Production Officer |
| | Chief Financial Officer Accounting Group ( |
| | Chief Technology Officer Powertrain Management Div. (concurrent General Manager) |
| | (Chief Executive Officer) |
| | Chief Human Resources Officer |
2) Changes in areas of responsibility for senior professionals/senior management
(Senior General Manager level and above), effective
| | Current | New | |
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| | Purchasing Group (Deputy Chief Officer) Purchasing Management Div. (concurrent General Manager) | Purchasing Group (
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| | ( Purchasing Group ( | (
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| ☆
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Secretarial Div. (Project General Manager)
| CEO Office (General Manager) |
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