Dr. Lars Placke

About

- C-Level management experience in international medium-sized firms – Automotive electronic field - Management experience in Global Player organization - International business and market development - Strategy development - Restructuring, reframing and international business expansion - Process improvement and cost reduction - Merger & Acquisition - Automotive electronics - Car multimedia - OEM, OES and aftermarket / retail business - Engineering services - International project management - Lean Management and Lean Manufacturing - Hardware and software engineering - Customer service - Logistics

Experience

• Chief Financial Officer at Huf Group
  Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

• Chief Executive Officer at SaarGummi Group
  Apr 2023 - Dec 2025 · 2 yrs 9 mos

• Interim C-Level, Manager & Consultant at Self-employed
  Jan 2023 - Apr 2023 · 4 mos

• Huf Group (6 yrs 1 mo)
  • CPO - Chief Performance Officer
    Mar 2021 - Dec 2022 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Senior Vice President ppa. (Head of Business Unit & Lead PMO/CRO)
    Dec 2016 - Mar 2021 · 4 yrs 4 mos

    Design and Set-up of a Business Unit (full PnL responsibility - Sales, Engineering, Project Management, Purchasing, Operations/Production) - Turn-Around - Business Development - M&A PMO: Restructuring, Transformation (cost savings, performance improvement, production footprint, lean initiatives, digitalization, product portfolio adjustment, M&A, re-organization)

• Co Chairman at BHsens Group
  Jan 2019 - Dec 2022 · 4 yrs

  Co Chairman of the Joint Venture by the companies Huf - Hülsbeck & Fürst and Shanghai Baolong Automotive Cooperation. Joining their TPMS Business Units (Tire Pressure Monitoring System) Turn-around and business development, carve-out and transformation/integration activities