Sat, May 03, 2003
Lay-offs At SAS Part Of The Plan
A new Scandinavian Airlines organization was
established Friday, hoping showcase that SAS Airlines' Improvement
Program (Plan C), which was presented in conjunction with the
Group's Year-end Report earlier this spring. Plan C is based on the
SAS Group's requirement that each operation within the Group
achieve sustainable profitability and competitiveness.
Reorganization In Aviation's New Reality
As a result of the implementation of the new organization, a
surplus of administrative personnel will arise. This surplus is
included in the figure of 4,000 excess employees announced earlier
in conjunction with Plan C.
The new organization is based on regional earnings
responsibility, with strategic guidelines. The new organization has
eight functions, all of which report directly to the COO and
Airline President, Soren Belin.
"I am satisfied that the new organization has been established
and find that we now have an effective management that can lead
Scandinavian Airlines in the direction required to offer our
markets competitive prices and products," said Belin.
The eight functions and new managers are:
Central Functions:
-
CFO/Administration - Rolf Andersson.
Responsibility for Scandinavian Airlines' business and strategy
processes, implementing Scandinavian Airlines' improvement programs
(Plans B and C), and providing proactive support for the COO in
ensuring the fulfillment of Scandinavian Airlines' overall
goals.
- Accountable Manager and Operations Management - Lars Mydland.
Responsibility for operation of Scandinavian Airlines and ensuring
that this complies with official regulations. The functions within
the current organization that are subject to official regulation
will not be changed and are therefore being transferred unaltered
into the organization.
- Network and Revenue strategies - Jan Lundborg. Responsibility
for defining and optimizing a profitable and long-term competitive
traffic system.
- Marketing and Channel Management - Jens Willumsen.
Responsibility for developing and securing competitive strategies
and concepts for brand, product and marketing channels.
- Regional functions with earnings responsibility for the local
units within the framework of policies and guidelines, as well as
allocated resources in the budget and business plan.
- Copenhagen - Susanne Larsen Oslo - Stein Nilsen Stockholm -
Anders Ehrling
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