Over the last years, Susanna Tusa has held many key positions within Nokian Tyres. Between 2008 and 2020, Tusa had worked as a general advisor of the group and afterwards was in charge of the activity of the global supply chain.
Since 2022, Susanna Tusa has been coordinating the start of activities of subcontracting the manufacturing of car tyres, including the selection of partners and the management of commercial agreements.
In her position of General Manager of the Romanian operations and also coordinator of the project for the construction of the plant, starting September 2023, Susanna Tusa is tasked with implementing the Nokian Tyres operations in Romania and leading the local management group.
The company also announced that Adorian Ioiart was appointed Plant Manager and will be tasked with overseeing the production operations and ensuring that the construction and development of the plant go according to plan, while considering the safety, quality, productivity, volume and cost objectives.
Gabriela Pontos was appointed HR Manager and will be resposible with end-to-end human resource processes, such as attracting talent at local level, handling aspects related to compensation, employee relations, their development and others.
Ciprian Vidican was appointed Procurement Manager. At first, Ciprian will support the project of the Oradea plant in the supply and procurement processes and will be developing at local level the policies and processes specific to acquisitions, together with the local management team.
In spring 2023, Nokian Tyres has inaugurated the start of the construction of the world’s first tyre plant with zero carbon dioxide emissions, in Oradea.
According to the company’s plans, the plant will start to produce the first tyres in the second half of 2024, and the commercial tyre production is scheduled to start in the first half of 2025.
The plant will employ some 550 people.