SODERTAJE, SWEDEN — The chief of Volkswagen’s truck division, Andreas Renschler, has been appointed as the new chairman of the truck and bus manufacturer Scania.

Germany’s VW holds a controlling share in the Sweden-based Scania.

Last February, Renschler began his role as the head of VW’s truck division, after previously serving as the leader of rival manufacturer Daimler’s global truck business until April 2013.

The news comes amid published reports that the German truck maker MAN, majority owned by Volkswagen, will cut 1,800 jobs at its main commercial vehicles division, according to Truckinginfo.com

The Wall Street Journal reports, the company will save about hundreds of millions of dollars by realigning operations at its German plants in Munich and Salzgitter and plants in Austria and Poland.

The revamp is reportedly part of a broader restructuring within Volkswagen, which is integrating the truck businesses of MAN and Scania to create a commercial vehicles unit under Renschler’s leadership.

The goal for Volkswagen is to combine Scania and MAN with VW’s commercial vehicles operations in order to better compete in global markets against rivals Volvo and Daimler, according to Truckinginfo.com.

There is also speculation that at some point that will result in VW entering the North American market in some form.