Speakers: Sarah Black-Smith and Carl German

How we achieved a step change in productivity through innovation.
Our success is built upon our amazing culture of Ownership and making sure our People are at the heart of everything we do.
Building on our Lean heritage and avoiding the mistake of digitalising and automating waste.

Sarah Black-Smith is passionate about Manufacturing and heads the Factory Operations at the Siemens Digital Industries factory in Congleton since December 2016, having previously been Head of Manufacturing. Sarah has worked for Siemens for 17 years and prior to working in Congleton, held a number of Operational positions within the Siemens Energy business in Lincoln.

Celebrating 25 years at Siemens, Carl German currently holds the position of Advanced Manufacturing Strategic Lead at the Congleton Industrial Drives R&D and Manufacturing facility.

Carl is passionate on how digitalisation and automation can be a positive disrupting influence on the life-cycle of the company’s product portfolio and also how innovation complements their historical classical Lean manufacturing heritage, to provide a sustainable productive and flexible foundation for the future.