Lear Corporation

So we, we're quite excited and, uh, we're really extending the invite, uh, to, to, to, to three of our suppliers.

And, uh, uh, we're looking at, uh, the likes of Lear Corporation, who do our seats-

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... and Dana, uh, Spicer, who do our axles or what you call a diff, as well as, um, um, Continental Tires.

Mm.

So I, I, please, I invite you to join Team Isuzu, uh, on this, uh, 31st of October to walk with us, uh, to create this awareness and have the people have the right conversation.

So to Sumitomo, Lear Corporation-

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I'm Kellen Walker in downtown Detroit.

Moments ago here on stage at Automotive News Congress, GM President Mark Royce accepted the Automotive Hall of Fame's Industry Leader Award presented by Lear Corporation.

The award recognizing exceptional C-suite executives and transformative figures in the global auto industry.

Right after that, Roy sat down with automotive news publisher Casey Crane to talk about GM's partnerships with suppliers and dealers, the tension between demand for new technology and affordability, and when it makes more sense for GM to own tech integration outright versus partnering with outside companies.

and transitions in in your career

so three years uh done i was just uh i was not portuguese and i enjoyed the life there because i was right in front of the sea surfing every weekend working hard during the week in this automotive industry but i wanted to come back france and uh Then I came back and I worked for Lear Corporation, which is an American company, and I was in the wire harnesses division leading the innovation department dedicated to the French customers for creating new kind of wire harnesses for Peugeot and Renault.

I had this 7 to 12, depending on the project, 7 to 12 high skilled, very, very good engineers in my team.

In Portugal, I was working in the plants with workers, let's say, standard people.

Because in this industry, you need to have a lot of experience and the network as well, and I didn't have that.

So I said, Okay, I have to find a place where I can grow and where I can lead all by myself.

So I moved from these big corporations, Valeo, Lear Corporation, to a medium-sized company, I mean 50 people, where we were three directors.

There was the sales director, the HR finance director, and I was the one that was leading all the technical side, supply chain, manufacturing, designing.