Bus manufacturer Ebusco has announced it is restructuring its organisation to optimise its transition to an Original Equipment Designer (OED) model and streamline operations.
As part of this plan, the company will be dissolving its executive committee, shifting responsibilities to the management board.
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The company and Roald Dogge, current Ebusco COO, have mutually agreed that the COO role under the new OED structure requires different competencies.
Roald Dogge will retire from the company at the end of this year, with Michel van Maanen jumping onboard as COO.
Most recently, van Maanen served as CEO of Australian transport company Nexport, where he successfully managed a contract manufacturing model that is similar to the model that Ebusco is implementing.
In the new setup, the COO is fully responsible for the core process of the organisation from bus sale, engineering, production, to after sales, remaining heavily involved in the implementation of Ebusco’s turnaround plan.
“This will lead to clearer, more reliable processes and responsibilities and, ultimately, a stronger cooperation with all partners throughout the entire value chain,” an Ebusco statement reads.
Positions such as Chief Technology Officer, Chief HR Officer, and Chief Commercial Officer will be eliminated as part of the restructering, with their responsibilities redistributed. The changes will be finalised after shareholder approval at an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM).
“Ebusco appreciates the strong commitment of the departing Executive Committee members, during their time at the company and wants to thank them for their contributions,” the statement reads.
The manufacturer also announced it has come to agreements with various customers on the cancellation of 95 buses.
“These orders include buses not yet in production and complex configurations that are not part of the company’s current portfolio.”
“The discontinuation of these orders will contribute to a more realistic production plan”.
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