听The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced that Don Metzelaar has been named senior vice president, Global Manufacturing and Supply Chain, reporting to Chief Executive Officer and President Mark Stewart, effective January 13. 鈥淢anufacturing is at the core of our business, and the transformation of our manufacturing operations is central to our go-forward strategy,鈥� said Stewart. 鈥淲ith Don鈥檚 proven record of developing, enhancing and leading global footprints, I鈥檓 confident his leadership will accelerate our manufacturing transformation and leverage our scale for operational efficiency and customer impact. I鈥檓 happy to welcome him to Team Goodyear.鈥�听
Metzelaar brings more than 30 years of experience leading complex, world-class manufacturing operations. He most recently served as Chief Manufacturing Officer and Global Vice President for Johnson Controls International, where he was instrumental in transforming manufacturing processes with a focus on factory flows and systems integration. 听Prior to Johnson Controls, he served in operations leadership roles at Whirlpool Corporation, Honeywell International and Motorola.听
As senior vice president, Global Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Metzelaar will lead Goodyear鈥檚 Global Operations, which includes global and regional Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Environmental, Health & Safety, Business Continuity, Manufacturing Engineering and Quality, optimizing product planning, enabling product lifecycle management and maintaining our high standards of quality and safety.