Dr. Carsten Franke

Director Industrial Operations Member of the Board of Management Direct report to: President South America Responsibility for Joyson Safety System´s Brazilian and Uruguayan manufacturing plants for airbags, steering wheels, seat belts, textiles, plastics parts and components. Production, Quality Management, Industrial & Automation Engineering, Innovation Management, Continuous Improvement, Corporate S&OP, Production Planning & Control, Customer Care, Logistics. (2.000+ employees)

Senior Manager Industrial Operations (direct report to: President) Responsability for Takata's Brazilian (São Paulo and Minas Gerais) and Uruguayan manufacturing plants for airbags, steering wheels, seatbelts, plastics parts and components. Corporate S&OP, PPC, Customer Care, Warehousing, Outbound (1600+ employees)

Executive Logistics Manager for Takata South America (direct report to: President). Corporate S&OP, Global & Local Supply Chain Management, Production Planning and Control, Customer Care, Production Logistics, Warehouse Management, Shipping and Distribution, Packaging Management. Responsible for 100+ employees. Excecutive Operations Manager Takata Uruguay (since 05/2015, direct report to: President), responsible for plant operation, manufacturing of airbag cushions. Responsible for 600+ employees.

Takata-Petri S.A. Development of the corporate airbag manufacturing expansion and components localization plan. Direct report to: Industrial & Commercial Director, Takata-Petri S.A.

Production Manager for Wooden Steering Wheels Plant Interim Production Manager responsible for stabilization of sourcing, production and supply, reorganization and adequation of plant capacity and layout as well as for the recruitment and training of a local production manager. Direct report to: Director Steering Wheels & Airbags, EMEA. Responsible for +100 employees.

Innovation Management in Steering Wheels Manufacturing

Planning and implementation of airbag manufacturing cells, lead planning for global manufacturing lines, responsible for organizing global workshops.

Manager of Research Center on Sustainable Manufacturing (Sonderforschungsbereich 281)

Central Logistics Department at São Bernardo do Campo plant, assistant to logistics manager, supply chain analysis of power train components manufacturing, KPI definition according to Daimler Supply System, supplier Kaizen.

Assistant to deputy general manager, tracking & documentation of gas turbine overhaul

Assistant to deputy general manager, productivity and inventory analysis

Production Management, Logistics Management, Business Administration