Opel plant in Rüsselsheim
His career in the auto industry Selzer began in 1993 at Opel as a product manager for the models Corsa and Tigra.
Ruesselsheim The car maker Opel gets a new Germany boss on April 1st: VolkswagenManager Ulrich Selzer (54) takes over the post of Jürgen Keller (53) as the Rüsselsheim carmaker announced on Wednesday. Keller left the company after more than 26 years at his own request. Apparently Keller should become Germany’s boss of Hyundai, reports the online portal Autohaus.de.
Selzer has been in executive sales positions in the automotive industry for more than 15 years, currently as sales director Germany at VW, Previously, the graduated economist worked among others Toyota and BMW, Now Selzer returns to his roots: his career in the auto industry began in 1993 at Opel as product manager for the models Corsa and Tigra.
Under the leadership of the French PeugeotMother PSA, which has had its say at Opel since August 2017, drives a drastic austerity program for the traditional manufacturer. Because of falling demand The production at the Rüsselsheim headquarters is to be almost halved, In the Rüsselsheim Development Center in 2000, about 7,000 jobs are to be outsourced to the external engineering service provider Segula.