Dipl. Ing. Carsten Schütz

• Directed Operations functions (125 people - Procurement, Logistics, Manufacturing Engineering, Planning, Production, Quality, Health & Safety), optimizing cross-departmental collaboration lead-times by 40%.
• Scaled production of electrolyser systems by 50%, reducing manufacturing cycle times by 40% and establishing robust business processes that cut error rates by 70%
• Fostered a culture of continuous improvement and innovation, boosting employee productivity by 50%

• Established and managed the HR Portfolio of the Integration and Transformation Programme securing milestone achievement.
• Realized company leadership acceptance of the merger of PAG and Airbus team reducing overheads by 25%

• Led a 650-member production team across 6 teams, ensuring 100% on-time annual delivery of Single Aisle and A330 Vertical Tail Planes.
• Build and realized industrial strategy portfolio targeted at production ramp up and efficiency gains.
• Developed an industrial strategy for production ramp-up targeted to  increase output by 40%.

• Led a 275-person quality organization across 3 sites, ensuring compliance and audit score improvement with EASA Part21G and achieving 20-60% improvement in quality metrics across programs.
• Boosted customer satisfaction by 40%, reduced Cost-of-Non-Quality by 30%, and cut quality assurance costs by over 10%, supporting key Airbus quality objectives.

• Led 7 transnational teams across Europe and the USA, driving a 20% revenue growth (> $100M) in cabin upgrades for Airbus civil aircraft.
• Restored cabin upgrades to profitability, achieving a 30% turnover increase, boosting on-time delivery from 40% to >90%, and improving customer-perceived quality by 40%.

• Build and lead design department (max. 75 people, 4 Teams, 30m$) and excelled in implementation  of quality, lean and project management initiatives restoring delivery within cost targets (cost reduction >40%). 

• Led a 30-member multi-functional team (30 people) enhancing integration processes and reducing delivery lead-times by >50%
• Reduced supplier design rejection rate by 15%, improving efficiency and minimizing production delays.

• Defined and executed change management and quality gate processes for A380 electrical installation, achieving 100% alignment between design and production teams across multiple sites.
• Acted as interim Head of “A380 Electrics Front/Aft Fuselage,” leading a 120-person team and ensuring seamless project continuity and adherence to quality standards.

Delivered ambitious objectives, measurable improvement and business value in project assignments and line management positions as part of a structured leadership development programme. Developed and lead internal SIGMA Development Workshops. Assignments (reverse order):

• Airbus UK - Version Manager A380 Wings, Toulouse (4 months):  Led multi-functional team as Version Manager for A380 Wings in Toulouse, completing critical tasks ahead of final assembly resulting in improved component readiness..
• RO Defence - Programmes, Chief Engineer M777 Light Weight Howitzer, Barrow, UK (23 months): - Delivered reliability improvement and weight reduction program achieving system integration standards required for serial production contract award. Led Systems Engineering Maturity Audit Review Teams, ensuring adherence to quality and engineering standards..
• Eurofighter GmbH, Senior Project Leader - Air Vehicle Definition, Munich  (12 months): Lead international multi-functional project teams delivering reliability improvements of various Eurofighter systems. Defined production policy for the harmonization of major component assemblies.
• RO Defence Small Arms Ammunition - Project Engineer - Process Engineering/ Planning, Radway Green, UK (6 months): Developed production simulation for small arms ammunition lines, identifying 15% optimization potential and securing executive approval for the investment plan. 
  

Completed key international projects in Product Management, Regional Marketing South Africa - DaimlerChysler Aerospace, Programme Management A3XX Freighter - Airbus Toulouse and Fuselage Stress Department - EADS Hamburg achieving 100% client satisfaction and meeting project objectives in all roles.