Mark Stewart, 60, had been vice president of operations for Amazon, and will take over as chief operations officer for FCA in North America, a job held at the beginning of this year by Sergio Marchionne.

After nearly a decade of developing and renewing its leadership team internally, Fiat Chrysler has hired a pair of outsiders #8212; including a high-ranking Amazon executive #8212; for leading roles in its most profitable region.