Daimler Truck AG board member and Mercedes-Benz Trucks head Stefan Buchner is announcing his retirement after 35 years at the company.
He will be leaving on September 30 after serving in a number of management positions over the years and leading Mercedes-Benz Trucks worldwide since January 2013.
Buchner, 60, says now is the right time to move on.
“At the beginning of a new decade in my life, I have made the personal decision to retire,” he says.
“I would like to thank all of my colleagues for the excellent collaboration and many special moments in more than three decades – above all the successful premiere of the new Actros at the IAA Commercial Vehicles Show in 2018.
“We at Mercedes-Benz Trucks have achieved a lot in recent years, but there is still a lot to do. The latest structural measures have laid the foundation stone,” Buchner says.
Buchner served as a communications equipment mechanic apprentice with German Federal Railways and went on to study industrial engineering at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences.
He has held various management positions at Daimler-Benz AG in the areas of procurement and strategy since 1986.
He gained international experience as head of global procurement and supply at Mitsubishi Motors Corporation in Japan.
Upon his return to Germany, he was made head of procurement for Daimler Trucks and Daimler Buses. Since 2010, he has also been responsible for global powertrain (worldwide production of major components) and production planning.
He joined the Daimler Truck AG board on November 2019 and has also been responsible for Mercedes-Benz Trucks Region Europe and Latin America since 2013.
Daimler Truck AG board chairman Martin Daum says Buchner has made significant contributions to the company over his longstanding career.
“This includes the creation of a worldwide organisation for the powertrain of our trucks, which is so important for our competitive advantage, as well as important structural and strategic changes at Mercedes-Benz Trucks.
“On behalf of the board of management and the supervisory board, I would like to thank Stefan Buchner very much for his many years of service to our company.
“We wish him all the best for his time after Daimler,” Daum says.
