Michael Dick, Senior Vice President, Operations & Purchasing of Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. has announced his retirement effective March 11, 2022. Rafael Basso, Vice President, Operations Planning and Business Development and Teresa van Niekerk, Vice President, Purchasing and Supplier Quality who currently report to Dick, will report directly to David S. Graziosi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Allison Transmission, following Dick’s retirement.
“Mike has been a significant contributor to our global manufacturing operations, supply chain, manufacturing engineering and facilities organization for the last 15 years,” said Graziosi. “His commitment to operational excellence and steadfast pursuit of global operating practices and systems have facilitated exceptional levels of performance and quality ensuring our ability to meet the evolving needs of Allison’s end markets.”
Dick began his career with Allison more than 15 years ago as Executive Director of Operations and Plant Manager for the 1000 Series™ and 2000 Series™ transmissions Indianapolis manufacturing facility, where his team significantly improved manufacturing cost per unit, hours per unit and customer quality metrics. He then served as Executive Director of Manufacturing Engineering where he successfully launched Allison’s Chennai, India manufacturing facility, relocated the 3000 Series™ and 4000 Series™ transmissions assembly operations to a new plant in Szentgotthárd, Hungary, and launched multiple new product architectures and variants. He was then promoted to the position of Vice President of Purchasing, Supplier Quality and Manufacturing Engineering and later to his current role of Senior Vice President of Operations and Purchasing. Under his leadership Allison saw improvements in procurement’s commercial performance, material cost reductions, supplier quality improvements and numerous management systems and oversight enhancements. Additionally, Dick championed investments in two facilities in order to improve our global manufacturing footprint and vertical integration, in India and the USA.
“Mike has been a dedicated leader and instrumental to the success of Allison Transmission,” said Graziosi. “He leaves a talented and capable team that is well-positioned to take the organization forward for continued success. I wish Mike and his family all the best in his well-earned retirement.”