Karsten Schnake
Vorstandsmitglied Beschaffung
Skoda Auto a.s.
COMPASS- changing the perspective of semiconductor handling
Karsten Schnake was born in 1968 in Germany.
A graduate engineer in aerospace engineering, he began his professional development at Volkswagen AG in 1996 as an employee of Group Procurement in Project Management.
From 2004 to 2006, Karsten Schnake was responsible for regional procurement at Volkswagen Group Italy in Verona.
He then returned to Volkswagen AG in Wolfsburg, where he gained comprehensive experience in the areas of global series coordination as well as capacity, cost and process management in managerial positions until 2018. Between 2017 and 2018, he oversaw the entire Group procurement Global Series Coordination.
Karsten Schnake then moved to China, where, as Executive Vice President of Volkswagen Group China, he was responsible for the strategic procurement and sourcing of all Group brands in the People’s Republic.
In July 2020, Karsten Schnake was appointed as Board Member for Procurement at Škoda Auto a.s. in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic.
