Volkswagen: Stefan Sommer becomes Director of Purchasing

The Volkswagen group has found a new purchasing manager according to a newspaper article. Former ZF boss Stefan Sommer is expected to resume the vacant post in Wolfsburg earlier this year, the "Handelsblatt" reported on Monday, citing group circles.

At a meeting of the VW Group Supervisory Board Monday evening be. Summer will succeed Francisco Garcia Sanz, who had already retired as a result of Volkswagen's mbadive restructuring in April. Initially, no opinion was received from VW

In December, Sommer resigned from ZF because of a dispute with his most important representative of shareholders – the mayor of the city of Friedrichshafen. The summer of 55 years had created a group with a relatively small auto supplier global presence, more recently with the resumption of its competitor TRW.

luk, Reuters