Incitec Pivot Ltd. (IPL), Southbank, Victoria, announced on July 13 that it is implementing changes in its manufacturing model from a global to a regional management structure, as foreshadowed by its fiscal first-half results announcement in May (GM May 21, p. 27).
IPL said the regional model will improve and drive delivery of the company’s manufacturing excellence strategy and ensure “appropriate oversight and support” is provided to its manufacturing operations, particularly while international travel restrictions remain in place.
As part of the transition, IPL Global Manufacturing & HSE President Tim Wall will be leaving IPL, and a global search for a manufacturing lead has begun. For the interim, Regional Manufacturing Vice Presidents will support Braden Lusk, Dyno Nobel Americas’ President, or Greg Hayne, Dyno Nobel Asia Pacific’s President.
The company said that over the past few months, additional resources have been added to the Americas Manufacturing Team to enable the transition to the regional model.