{"id":40269,"date":"2020-08-04T18:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ford-taps-jim-farley-as-ceo-replacing-jim-hackett\/"},"modified":"2020-08-04T18:55:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T15:55:00","slug":"ford-taps-jim-farley-as-ceo-replacing-jim-hackett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ford-taps-jim-farley-as-ceo-replacing-jim-hackett\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ford taps Jim Farley as CEO, replacing Jim Hackett"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Ford taps Jim Farley as CEO, replacing Jim Hackett<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n Jim Farley will lead Ford Motor into the future as the global auto industry faces a new era of autonomous and electric vehicles.<\/p>\n

The company named Farley, 58, as its new CEO effective Oct. 1, replacing Jim Hackett, who will retire after three years at the helm. Farley, who has been with Ford for more than a decade, had been chief operating officer since February and clearly was being groomed for the top position.<\/p>\n

He faces tough challenges as the industry emerges from the coronavirus pandemic. Ford is losing money and is transitioning from an aging model lineup to new vehicles, including those powered by electricity. It\u2019s also in the midst of an $11 billion restructuring plan to cut costs and bureaucracy and make money off its autonomous vehicle unit.<\/p>\n

Executive Chairman Bill Ford, the great grandson of founder Henry Ford, said the board briefly discussed looking outside the company for a new leader, but was inspired by Farley\u2019s leadership and felt the company is moving in the right direction. \u201cWe talked about it and we did throw some names around,\u201d he said on a conference call Tuesday. \u201cEvery time we did that, we always felt that Jim Farley rose to the top.\u201d<\/p>\n

As COO, Farley led the company\u2019s global markets and product development. He was in charge as Ford rolled out a revamped F-150 pickup, the new Bronco off-road SUV brand and the electric Mustang Mach-E SUV.<\/p>\n

Farley, who was hired away from Toyota by then-CEO Alan Mulally in November of 2007 to run Ford\u2019s marketing operations, said Tuesday that his main goal is for a smooth transition, but he has plans for the future that will be announced later.<\/p>\n

The company, he said, would accelerate priorities including a 10 percent profit margin in North America, seek immedia<\/a>te material and warranty cost improvements, restructure under-performing businesses, maximize opportunities in commercial vehicles and outperform the industry in rolling out new models.<\/p>\n

The 117-year-old company, he said, would grow and expand where it is strong, like making the transition from internal combustion engines to electric powered commercial vehicles.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m inspired by the positive momentum that we are now building,\u201d Farley said.<\/p>\n

In a nod to the changing future of the auto industry, Farley left out traditional rivals General<\/a> Motors and Fiat Chrysler when naming Ford\u2019s competitors. Instead, he identified them as retail giant Amazon, Chinese search engine Baidu, electric car maker Tesla, iPhone maker App<\/a>le, and Japanese automaker Toyota.<\/p>\n

The 65-year-old Hackett took over for the ousted Mark Fields in May of 2017. Almost immediately he began reviewing Ford\u2019s management structure and flattened the organization so it could move faster. But his often lengthy directives confused employees who weren\u2019t clear on where the company was headed. In 2018, an analyst asked Hackett how much longer he expected to be with the company.<\/p>\n

Hackett, a retired Steelcase CEO who had run Ford\u2019s mobility efforts, will stay on as an adviser to Farley through March of 2021. Bill Ford praised Hackett for taking difficult steps to modernize the company, reducing bureaucracy, and preparing it for the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe now have compelling plans for electric and autonomous vehicles, as well as full vehicle connectivity. And we are becoming much more nimble,\u201d Ford said. He cited Ford\u2019s quick shift to make ventilators, face shields and other protective equipment to help alleviate shortages at the start of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

Hackett also made the difficult decision to move Ford out of the sedan business in the US as the market shifted dramatically to SUVs and trucks.<\/p>\n

It was apparent that Farley would take over as CEO in February, when Ford announced a management shakeup after a poor fourth-quarter financial performance and the botched launch of the Explorer SUV.<\/p>\n

Farley\u2019s chief rival, automotive President Joe Hinrichs was pushed out and retired effective March 1, and Farley was named COO.<\/p>\n

Ford\u2019s full-year profit plunged last year by more than $3.6 billion. It lost nearly $2 billion in the first quarter this year, and made just over $1 billion in the second quarter only because of an increase in the value of its autonomous vehicle unit.<\/p>\n

Hackett said the company fell short of expectations for last year, and he blamed the performance largely on the flubbed launch of the new Explorer at a factory in Chicago.<\/p>\n

New Explorers came off the assembly line with multiple problems and had to be shipped to a Detroit-area factory for repairs, delaying deliveries to customers and costing the company sales.<\/p>\n

Since then the company has focused on making its new product changes simpler and easier to manufacture.<\/p>\n

Just after the change was announced Tuesday morning, Ford shares rose 1.5 percent, to $6.79, in midday trading.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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