LONDON -- Jaguar Land Rover has hired former BMW executive Barbara Bergmeier for a newly created role overseeing supply chains and industrial operations, at a time when the industry faces persistent supply shortages.
Bergmeier will become executive director of industrial operations, a new division at JLR merging responsibilities across its manufacturing, purchasing and supply chain teams, the company said in a statement on Friday.
"This change consolidates accountability for the complete ecosystem of how the company produces vehicles, in one place," the company, which was the UK's largest automaker by production last year, said.