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Csaba PatakiOperations · HU

Manufacturing complexity,
engineered into precision.

Senior Operations & Quality Leader with 20+ years of international manufacturing experience — fluent in the structured quality systems (FMEA, staged quality-gate reviews, 8D) that underpin complex, high-volume production, with full ownership of new-product introduction, distribution, and service-parts networks at scale.

Years in Ops
20+
Team Led
490ppl
P&L Responsibility
€200M+
Facility Transformed
100K sqm
SKUs Managed
2.5K+
New Products / Year
300+
Distribution Center
42K pallets
Spare Parts Network
7K+ SKUs
01 Service Record
2024—Now
Value Stream Owner
Robert Bosch Power Tool
Leading the Postponement project (40% of 100,000 sqm consolidation program), a division-level operations blueprint, and functional support for North American operations. Owns a distribution network spanning thousands of finished-good SKUs and a multi-thousand-SKU spare-parts service supplying customers across Europe, alongside budget and culture-transformation ownership.
Active
2017—2024
Value Stream Manager
Robert Bosch Power Tool
Ran high-mix, low-volume production and postponement operations with full P&L accountability for €200M+ output — 350 shopfloor and 120 physical logistics associates, 50% of site PPC output.
Closed
2011—2018
Plant Quality Manager
Robert Bosch Power Tool
Led a 90-person quality organization across project and serial production; owned project-phase quality for new hand tool launches, from concept through production ramp-up, using FMEA and staged quality-gate reviews. Served as Bosch Production System Mentor and certified Problem Solving Coach.
Closed
2007—2011
Plant Quality Manager
National Instruments
Led quality across high-mix, low-volume SMT and electronics manufacturing; supported the EFQM framework rollout that earned a 5-star "Recognized for Excellence" rating.
Closed
2004—2007
Program Manager
National Instruments
Completed a strategic international assignment in Austin, Texas, leading acquisition and manufacturing integration projects across several product lines.
Closed
2002—2004
Workcell Quality Groupleader
Jabil Circuit Ltd.
Led quality for a set-top box manufacturing workcell, driving root cause analysis and defect reduction through 8D, 5 Why, and FMEA.
Closed
1999—2002
Quality Engineer
Newell Rubbermaid Curver
Promoted from machine operator after a probation period; coordinated international packaging and scrap-reuse projects with teams in the UK and Spain.
Closed
02 Approach

People in focus

Talent care, succession planning, and coaching aren't side projects — they're how a value stream keeps running when the org chart changes.

Structured problem-solving

8D, 5 Why, and FMEA over guesswork, backed by staged quality-gate reviews at every launch. Trace an issue to its root cause and close it in a way that holds up under audit.

Blueprints that scale

A working solution at one site should travel. Document the operating model so it can be handed to the next plant, region, or leader.

03 Credentials

Mechanical Engineer

Degree, Technical Higher Education

Quality Engineer

Qualification, Executive Engineering Framework

ISO 9000 Lead Auditor

Certification

Product Liability

Training, University of Wisconsin, USA

Bosch Leadership

Trainings & Executive Development Frameworks

Problem Solving Coach

Certified, Bosch Division Level & BPS Mentor

PT Marketing & Sales

Training, Bosch Professional Portfolio Framework