A GOOD LISTENER

ABC: Hello, Julian. Firstly, well done for making a success for your current role thus far. Has it gone according to plan? How have you best adjusted to any changed dynamics over the past few years and why?

JG: Thanks Fabian, very much appreciate your kind words. It certainly is great to finally catch up with you again as last year was a little ‘tricky’ to plan any travel outside of your home state, so I appreciate the opportunity to update you on what has been happening with the Scania Bus and Coach department these past few years.

In terms of going ‘according to plan’, I’d say that’s a resounding ‘yes’. If I look back at the changing dynamics over the past 12 months or so, the team has done a brilliant job of transitioning to the ‘new way of working’. As we all know, we have had to be respectful of the customers’ needs for CovidSafe interaction with suppliers and therefore virtual meetings have been a good way to say G’day to the bus operators.

Of course, nothing beats personal interaction; it’s one of the main reasons we do what we do as all the team enjoys getting out and about chatting with their customers to see how the businesses are going and what we can do to make sure we continue to support them the best we can.

For me personally, the addition of the engine sales portfolio has meant that I have had the opportunity to learn about a whole new area of the business and, disappointingly, still waiting to go on a sea trial on some of the new Maritimo luxury pleasure boats that we are fitting our Scania engines to – but I am sure I’ll get a chance some stage this year!

ABC: What is the current Scania Australia executive hierarchy and how does that best meet the needs of the corporation from a global perspective to the benefit of its local bus customers, and why?

Scania Australia is very lucky to have Mikael Jansson at the helm. Mikael is extremely invested in the bus business and has attended every BIC