Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private Limited has officially announced Naomi Ishii to be its new Managing Director. The legend will be replacing the current Head Hiroshi Nakagawa, who will be moving back to Japan. Naomi Ishii will be formally appointed on his new stature at the meeting of Board of Directors of Toyota India, scheduled to be held on 6th January 2014. Ishii is currently serving as the the General Manager at Toyota Motor Corporation.
Naomi Ishii has been an indispensable part of Toyota Motor Corporation and has been associated with the company since past 20 years. Most of his obligations have been confined to Human Resource and Business Planning Division and at present he is supervising the Business and Product Planning Division. In his complete tenure, Ishii has showed utmost allegiance towards the Motor Group with his innovative mind. He was concerned with the global management system, stabilising environmental hazards and constantly increasing global demand of automobiles.
Being in the network of multinational corporations like Johnson & Johnson, Boeing, UTC, Microsoft, CISCO, Volkswagen and Mitsubishi, Ishii got an insight on how these big companies maintain competition levels among all business problems. Astonished by the impacts of these companies on human development, with their unique management style, Ishii implemented the same alterations in his departments and played a vital role in upbringing the brand genre.
Hiroshi Nakagawa, the former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company was no less a visionary. Notably, he was in the exclusive league of innovators, which Toyota has seen. The company saw a drastic change in the domestic auto market, under his presence. Innumerable cars were unveiled and refurbished with his acute supervision and Toyota saw a radical change in its brand image. In an interview during the launch of Etios and Liva, Nakagawa had made it clear that the intention of the company are to linger in the Indian auto market. The company wants to be acclaimed as a reliable auto manufacturing group, and constantly want to participate in the new developments of automobiles. All are aware that the Japanese auto giant has an intuitive mind and always keeps up with the modern requirements of consumers. These are the reasons contributing to the success of Toyota in our country.
Interestingly, Toyota's decision to appoint him as the new Head came soon after Volkswagen announced a management change in its group. Experts are of a view that this aggressive and astute marketing strategy will be beneficial for the company's upcoming models in the domestic market. It will be of interest as to how the abovementioned car companies compete when the main rivalry begins.
