WARRENVILLE, IL – James Hebe has rejoined the truck group of Navistar International Corporation
as senior vice president, North American sales operations. Hebe, 59, first
joined Navistar in 1971 in Boston as a management trainee, and later became a heavy truck salesman for
International trucks. He rejoins Navistar from his latest role as president and
dealer principal of Co-Van/Cascadia International, LLC.
In his
new role, Hebe will have responsibility for North American sales, dealer
operations, and central sales administration.
“The
integration of these three functions is critical to achieve alignment in
communication, planning and execution of both our short- and long-term
strategies,” said David Johanneson, group vice president, global sales and
marketing and distribution for Navistar’s truck group.
Hebe
served as chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Freightliner for
nine years. After leaving Freightliner in 2002, Hebe became head of Seagrave
Fire Apparatus, LLC in Clintonville,
Wis.
He returned to the trucking
industry in 2006 when he became dealer principal of Co-Van/Cascadia. A member
of the Automotive Hall of Fame and the Automotive News Hall of Fame, Hebe will
relocate to Warrenville, Ill.,
from his home in Portland, Ore.
