Matthias Braun
Senior Vice-President Logistics
PowerCo

Matthias Braun is responsible for developing the end-to-end logistics and supply chain network for PowerCo, the battery cell production subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group, which is establishing gigafactories across Europe and in other regions, with production ramp-up underway in Salzgitter, Germany, and at upcoming factories in St Thomas, Ontario, Canada and Sagunto, near Valencia, Spain.

Braun took on the role in January 2022 shortly after the company was formed, and has since then been responsible for the logistics across battery cell production, including planning, network design, organisation and operational material flow and defining the digital support for manufacturing and logistics.

Prior to this, Matthias Braun was head of digitalisation and new concept development at Volkswagen Konzernlogistik (Group Logistics), which manages logistics across group brands, where he was responsible for implementing new technologies in supply chain management, including artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles.

He joined Volkswagen in 1999 and has worked within different logistic organisations of the VW Group in areas including pre-series logistics, order management, inbound logistics and network planning.