The Renault-Nissan Alliance has announced that Jérôme Olive has been appointed Alliance Executive Vice President, Alliance Manufacturing Engineering & Supply Chain Management (SCM), effective August 1.

Olive, currently Senior Vice President, Manufacturing and Logistics Europe, Renault s.a.s., replaces Shohei Kimura who will move to a new leadership position in manufacturing within the Nissan group. His new position will be announced at a later date. Kimura has been head of the converged Alliance Manufacturing Engineering & Supply Chain Management function since its creation on April 1, 2014.

In his new position, Olive, 57, will be in charge of further accelerating integration within the function. The Alliance Manufacturing Engineering & Supply Chain Management function is one of four key converged Renault and Nissan units.

The others are Purchasing, Engineering and Human Resources, which were also set up on April 1, 2014. Purchasing is led by Yasuhiro Yamauchi, Engineering by Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi and Human Resources by Marie-Francoise Damesin.

Jose-Vicente de los Mozos will add Olive's current responsibilities to his duties as Executive Vice President for Manufacturing & Supply Chain at Renault.

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