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According to "Interface News" and other media reports, Ford China is undergoing organizational restructuring. The Ford Electric Horse team, which was originally separated from Ford Electric Mach Technology, will be integrated and returned to Ford China, and the independent electric car company will be cancelled later. So far, Ford officials have not responded to the news. Insiders
On February 24th, Ford China announced that Chen Anning, President and CEO of Ford China, has decided to retire. Wu Shengbo, current Managing Director and Chief operating Officer of Ford China, will officially take over as President and CEO of Ford China from March 1 to Jim ∙ Ji, President and CEO of Ford Motor Company.
On April 22, Ford China announced two senior personnel appointments. Mr. Liu Yuehai was appointed Vice President of Ford China Product Innovation. In addition, Mr. Liu Zongxin rejoined Ford China as Vice President of Marketing and sales for Ford Motor Greater China. Liu Rihai worked for Taiwan Ford Liuhe Motor Co., Ltd., joined GM in 2000, became GM's vice president of marketing in Asia-Pacific in 2008, became the executive director of planning, development and marketing of Shanghai GM in 2011, and joined Changan Ford in 2015 as vice president in charge of marketing, sales and service. Liu Rihai is the vice president of product innovation in China this time.
A few days ago, Ford Motor (China) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Ford China") has undergone an industrial and commercial change, changing its legal representative from ANNING CHEN (Chen Anning) to SHENGPO WU (Wu Shengbo). Meanwhile, SHENGPO WU (Wu Shengbo) became chairman of Ford China.
On August 1, Changan Ford announced that, in accordance with Ford's strategic transformation and business adjustment in the Chinese market, it would formally take over the operation of Ford Electric Horse in the Chinese market from today, and announced the first important measure after the business change. comprehensively upgrade Qualcomm's third-generation Snapdragon cockpit platform for all existing Ford electric horse owners
Ford has undergone personnel changes in China. According to Ford China, Yang Song, former vice president of marketing and service of Changan Ford and president of Changan Ford's global sales and service organization, will be transferred to deputy general manager of Ford's China brand passenger car division, reporting to Lyle Watters, general manager of Ford brand passenger car division. In addition, Lu Yi served as vice president of marketing, sales and service and president of national sales service organization of Changan Ford, and served as a member of the executive management committee of Changan Ford. On April 28, Ford China issued an important adjustment to its business management model in China, announcing the establishment of Ford China Ford brand passenger car division, led by Ford Automobile.
According to relevant media reports, Chen Anning, CEO of Ford Motor, revealed in an interview that the company has cancelled its plan to establish a unified national sales company in China. The plan has exacerbated distrust of the company by Ford's joint venture partners in China and led to a sharp drop in sales in the world's largest car market. In June last year, Ford announced that in order to improve channel efficiency, it had decided to unify the three sales networks of Ford China, Changan Ford and Jiangling Ford, so that consumers could buy all Ford products at any of Ford's 4S stores. This practice is also considered meaningful and can increase its losses.
"Ford China 2.0 Strategy" released, put forward the "Ford China Product 330 Plan", according to which Ford will launch more than 30 new Ford and Lincoln models specially built for China in the next three years, of which more than 10 are new energy models. and step up self-driving research and development. According to the new strategy released by Ford, Ford will mainly focus on five major plans: accelerating product research and development and delivery, developing intelligent technology, deepening strategic partnership, persisting in innovation and training local talents. As the primary goal of the plan, Ford put forward the Ford China Product 330 Plan.
Ford Motor Company released sales figures for the Chinese market, which fell 26.1% year-on-year to 567854 vehicles in 2019. Of these, Ford sold 146473 vehicles in China in the fourth quarter of 2019, down 14.7 per cent from a year earlier. There is no doubt that Ford's performance in the Chinese market is once again at a low ebb, with sales falling for three consecutive years since 2017. According to data, Ford's total sales in China reached 1.27 million in 2016, the highest since entering China. Ford missed the opportunity for sustained growth and fell for three years due to problems such as slow product updates.
According to several media reports, Ford China informed that Zhu Jiang, Chief operating Officer (COO) of Ford China Electric vehicle Division and head of Mustang Mach-E electric vehicle project, has officially resigned, and Mark Kaufman, general manager of Ford China Electric vehicle Division, is leading the team to carry out normal work. However, as of press time, Ford China did not disclose information about Zhu Jiang's departure. According to public information, before joining Ford China, Zhu Jiang served as vice president of user development and deputy general manager of Lexus China. In addition, he also served as Vice President of MINI China Brand Management and Yama.
Ford China official Xuan and Yang Song officially joined Ford's China leadership team and became president of the national sales and service organization with the approval of Changan Ford's board of directors. Yang Song will be responsible for leading the national sales and service organization team of Ford brand, and will be fully responsible for the marketing, sales and service of Ford brand passenger car products, focusing on sales growth, unifying brand image, optimizing consumer experience, and improving product marketability and dealer profitability. Ford China said that the addition of Yang Song will further accelerate the localization of Ford China's management team in marketing, sales and service, so as to better realize "more Ford, more medium."
On the evening of August 22, 2019, Ford China announced an important personnel appointment: Ford Motor Company will appoint Stephen Armstrong, chairman of its European operations, to succeed he Junjie as president of its joint venture in China, in order to deepen cooperation between the two sides and launch more models, thereby curbing the continued decline in sales in the Chinese market. The appointment will take effect on October 1. He Junjie, the current president of Changan Ford, will retire at the end of 2019 after 34 years of service with the Ford Motor Company. Mr. he Junjie, the current president of Changan Ford, has served as marketing, sales, and so on in more than 30 years for Ford.
Ford China launched an internal purchase of electric horse Mustang Mach E models for internal employees with a discount of up to 40%, according to auto blogger Sun Shaojun 09. Judging from the pictures shared by the blogger, the event is aimed at all employees of Jiangling Co., Ltd and Ford.
On January 28th, Ford China officially released a Weibo with the words "China, We are coming", accompanied by a publicity poster. Soon after the release of the Weibo, it sparked a heated debate among netizens because the copy of the poster was "2021 Chinese year of the Horse". Many people find it strange to see here. Isn't 2021 the year of the Ox? how did it become the year of the Horse? Could it be Ford's copywriting error and the emergence of typos? As a result, many netizens complained about such a low-level mistake in Ford China under the Weibo. Some netizens even joked directly, "in ancient times, Zhao Gao referred to deer as horses, but now Ford does not know cattle and horses." In the face of netizens' complaints.
On August 11, the public information on simple cases of operator concentration released by the second Department of Anti-monopoly Law Enforcement of the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration showed that Changan Ford Motor Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Changan Ford") intends to sign an agreement with Chongqing Changan Automobile Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Changan Automobile") to establish a new joint venture, a joint venture.
In less than a month, Changan Ford's National sales and Service Agency (NDSD) replaced two executives. On August 21, Changan Ford officially reported that Gu Jiaying succeeded Xiong Yi as vice president and marketing director of Changan Ford's national sales and service organization, reporting to Yang Song, president of Changan Ford's national sales and service organization. Xiong Yi, who has joined for only one year, will be transferred to Jiangling Ford to take charge of related business in the passenger car market. At the beginning of this month, Changan Ford's national sales and service organization also had a senior executive change. According to news, Chen Xiaobo succeeded Yuan Jianrong as vice president, director of sales and director of operations of Changan Ford National sales and Service Organization.
Ford has removed dozens of foreign executives from its China operations and vacated positions to be replaced by local managers, speeding up the localization of senior executives in China to reverse the decline in sales in the world's largest car market, according to the Financial Times. Earlier, Ford China shouted the slogan "more Ford, more China". In fact, after suffering a Waterloo in China, Ford began to pay more attention to localization and set up a new business leadership team in China. At the beginning of Chen Anning's appointment as president and CEO of Ford China, Ford's China business is fully in charge of Chen Anning, recruiting two Bowo executives, including the former Bowo Marketing Department.
According to media reports, Xiang Dongping has joined Ford China as general manager of Jiangling Ford passenger car Marketing Company, with overall responsibility for brand, marketing, sales and service. Data show that since 1998, Xiang Dongping has successively entered SAIC-Volkswagen, Skoda, Volvo and the new car-building force Skyline Automobile, serving as SAIC-Volkswagen brand executive director, Volvo China sales company executive deputy general manager, Skyline automobile director, chief marketing officer and other positions. On March 22, 2020, Xiang Dongping served as Vice President of Hyundai Motor Group (China), deputy general manager of Beijing Hyundai, sales headquarters.
Ford welcomes another marketing veteran! According to media reports, Yang Song will take up the post of president of Ford Motor (China) National sales and Service Organization on April 8. Yang Song joined Dongfeng Nissan in 2005, serving as Assistant Minister of Marketing, Deputy Minister of Marketing, Minister of Marketing, Minister of sales and Deputy General Minister of Marketing headquarters. in 2014, he was promoted to the ranks of global executives of Nissan as General Manager of Nissan North America West. And Yang Song was known again recently when he joined Bowo Automobile. In December 2018, China officially took over Baowo, and the former executive team, including Yang Song, was basically dismissed, while Yang Song at this time.
Changan Ford reported November sales of 18802 vehicles, down 23 per cent from a year earlier, and a cumulative sales of 166078 vehicles in the first 11 months, down 53.9 per cent from a year earlier. Both monthly and full-year declines have narrowed, but Changan Ford still faces greater difficulties. Ford's sales in China have fallen for three years in a row due to problems such as slow product updates. In 2019, Ford accelerated the progress of new product launches, reorganized its Chinese executive team and sought to restore its business in China. Ford launched this year, including the new Fox Active, the new sharp world ST/ST-Line two SUV, the new Taurus.
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