Airbus reshuffles supply chain management in China amid delays: Report
Airbus is overhauling the management of its supply chain and speeding up assembly at a plant in China as it faces ongoing industrial problems at home in Germany, industry sources said.
Staff have been told that Klaus Richter, chief procurement officer, is stepping down from his post at the Franco-German-led company to “pursue other professional challenges,” they said.
The former BMW supply chain leader, who was credited with introducing carmaking strategies, will be replaced on an interim basis by the company’s operational head in China, Francois Mery.
Airbus declined to comment.
Richter, a former potential CEO candidate who was said by industry sources to have uneasy relations with then helicopters boss Guillaume Faury after his procurement role expanded to include the whole group in 2017, had seen his duties gradually reduced since Faury became CEO in April.
