AUTOBACS SEVEN : announces Changes in the Management Structure, Organizational & Personnel Changes

NEWS RELEASE

December 26, 2023

AUTOBACS SEVEN announces Changes in the Management Structure, Organizational &

Personnel Changes

(Translation of Major Points of Japanese Release)

December 26, 2023 (Tokyo, Japan) - AUTOBACS SEVEN Co., Ltd. ("the Company," Representative Director & Chief Executive Officer: Yugo Horii) announces that its Board of Directors resolved at the meeting held today, the changes in its management structure as follows. The Company also announces its organizational and personnel changes as follows.

1. Purpose of the changes
2. 
   The current business environment is undergoing a paradigm shift and customers' choices and values are becoming increasingly diverse. To respond to these changes and ensure medium- to long-term growth and sustainable competitiveness, we recognize that is necessary to further speed up management and improve execution results. For this purpose, we are making the following organizational changes.
3. Changes in the Management Structure (Effective April 1, 2024)
4. 1. Newly establish Executive General Manager of AUTOBACS Business Strategies that takes charge of AUTOBACS Business Strategy Department, A PIT Planning & Enhancement Department, ASM Enhancement Department and Sales Promotion Department.
   2. Consolidate Executive General Manager of Eastern Japan Sales Operations and Executive General Manager of Western Japan Sales Operations into Executive General Manager of Sales Operations.

No.		New Structure		Current Structure		Description
		Executive General Manager of
1		AUTOBACS Business		－		New Establishment
		Strategies
				Executive General Manager of
				Sales Operations
				Executive General Manager of
2		Executive General Manager of		Eastern Japan Sales		Consolidate
	Sales Operations		Operations
				Executive General Manager of
				Western Japan Sales
				Operations

3. Organizational Changes (Effective April 1, 2024)

1. Name change A PIT AUTOBACS Enhancement Department to A PIT Planning & Enhancement Department.
2. Consolidate Eastern Japan Sales Planning Department and Western Japan Sales Planning Department and rename as Sales Planning Department.
3. Name change Western Hyogo, Kyoto and Shiga Area Sales Department to Kyoto, Shiga & Western Hyogo Area Sales Department.
4. Transfer the motorsports goods dealing function from Tires, Wheels and Motor Sports Goods Department to Car Electronics Department and rename each as Tires & Wheels Department and Car Electronics & Motor Sports Goods Department.
5. Consolidate Brand Business Merchandise Department and Brand Business Sales Department and rename as Brand Business Enhancement Department.

							NEWS RELEASE
	No.		New department		Current department		Description
	1		A PIT Planning &		A PIT AUTOBACS		Name change
		Enhancement Department		Enhancement Department
					Eastern Japan Sales
	2		Sales Planning Department		Planning Department		Consolidate & name change
			Western Japan Sales
					Planning Department
			Kyoto, Shiga & Western		Western Hyogo, Kyoto and
	3		Hyogo Area Sales		Shiga Area Sales		Name change
			Department		Department
			Tires & Wheels Department,		Tires, Wheels and Motor		Transfer part of function &
				Sports Goods Department
	4		Car Electronics & Motor
					name change
			Sports Goods Department		Car Electronics Department
					Brand Business
	5		Brand Business		Merchandise Department		Consolidate & name change
		Enhancement Department		Brand Business Sales
					Department

4. Changes in Personnel (Effective April 1, 2024)

Name		New position		Current position
		Senior Managing Director &		Senior Managing Director &
			Executive General Manager
Shinichi Fujiwara		Executive General Manager
		Sales Operations & Eastern Japan
		AUTOBACS Business Strategies
			Sales Operations
Masahiro Nishikawa		Executive General Manager		Executive General Manager
	Sales Operations		Western Japan Sales Operations
		General Manager		General Manager
Noritaka Hiraga		Corporate		Corporate Management
	Department Manager of PR & IR		Department Manager of Corporate
		Department		Planning Department
				Director of AUTOBACS Higashi-
		General Manager		Nihon Sales Ltd. & President of
Kosuke Mastuki			Chiba Company /
	Fleet Business
			Representative Director of
				AUTOBACS Tsukuba Ltd.
		Division Manager		Director of AUTOBACS Higashi-
Ryuta Takeuchi		Northern Japan Regional		Nihon Sales Ltd. & President of
		Headquarters		Tokyo Company
		Division Manager		Division Manager
Hiroyuki Furuta			Northern Japan Regional
	Chubu Regional Headquarters
			Headquarters
		Department Manager		Department Manager
Ryotaro Yamazoe		A PIT Planning & Enhancement		A PIT AUTOBACS Enhancement
		Department		Department
		Department Manager		Department Manager
Akira Kido			Brand Business Merchandise
	Sales Promotion Department
			Department
		Department Manager		Department Manager
Masayoshi Hirai			Western Japan Sales Planning
	Sales Planning Department
			Department
		Department Manager		Manager
Ryo Shigeyama			AUTOBACS Business Strategy
	Tohoku Area Sales Department
			Department

					NEWS RELEASE
	Name		New position		Current position
			Department Manager		Department Manager
	Takao Togashi		Nagano & Niigata Area Sales		Eastern Japan Sales Planning
			Department		Department
			Department Manager		Manager
	Takeki Sato		Northern Kanto Area Sales		Tokyo and Chiba Area Sales
			Department		Department
	Naoya Kubo		Department Manager		Manager
		Hokuriku Area Sales Department		Hokkaido Area Sales Department
			Department Manager		Department Manager
	Youichi Kawaguchi		Kyoto, Shiga & Western Hyogo
			Wholesale Business Department
			Area Sales Department
	Takahiro Azuma		Department Manager		Manager
		Kyushu Area Sales Department		Kyushu Area Sales Department
			Department Manager		Department Manager
	Tomohito Habata		Merchandising Planning
			Sales Promotion Department
			Department
			Department Manager		Department Manager
	Kosaku Suzuki			Tires, Wheels and Motor Sports
		Tires & Wheels Department
				Goods Department
			Department Manager		Department Manager
	Kazuki Ushizawa		Car Electronics & Motor Sports
			Car Electronics Department
			Goods Department
			Department Manager		Department Manager
	Ryo Kondo			Merchandising Planning
		Wholesale Business Department
				Department
	Jun Nakano		Department Manager		Department Manager
		Fleet Business Department		PR & IR Department
			Department Manager		Department Manager
	Jo Miyata		Brand Business Enhancement
			Brand Business Sales Department
			Department
	Hironori Suzuki		Department Manager		Manager
		Corporate Planning Department		Corporate Planning Department
	Mitsuya Minatogawa		Department Manager		Division Manager
		Diversity & Inclusion Department		Chubu Regional Headquarters

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