General Motors has announced that Bo Andersson, the company’s group vice president of Global Purchasing and Supply Chain, has resigned from the company, effective immediately. GM says Andersson stepped down to “pursue other career opportunities.”
Andersson, 53, started his career with GM in 1987 with SAAB AB in Sweden. He later moved to GM Europe to head up its purchasing operations before taking his most recent position with the company in 2001. Andersson has been credited with saving GM $2 billion per year in parts costs, according to Automotive News.
“Bo has made tremendous contributions to the development of our global purchasing and supply chain strategy as we’ve globalized our product line portfolios and manufacturing footprint,” GM CEO Fritz Henderson said in a statement.
GM has yet to name Andersson’s successor, but plans to do so “in the near future”.
