Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk has fired Omead Afshar, the automaker’s vice president of manufacturing and operations, CNBC confirmed. Afshar's departure comes after year-over-year declines in car sales in Tesla's key markets. Afshar reported directly to Musk and led a team of more than a half-dozen high level employees, according to internal organizational charts viewed by CNBC. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has fired Omead Afshar, the automaker's vice president of manufacturing and operations, CNBC has confirmed, following declines in car sales in key markets this year. Afshar, who reported directly to Musk, led a team of more than a half-dozen high level employees, according to internal organizational charts viewed by CNBC. Watch NBC 4 free wherever you are WATCH HERE Forbes first reported that Afshar was dismissed by Musk. Bloomberg reported earlier that Afshar had left the company. Executives on Afshar's team included Troy Jones, who is Tesla's vice president of North American sales, and Joe Ward, vice president of the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Also on his team was Karen Steakley, who now leads business development and policy for Tesla, and previously held the role of deputy director for legislative affairs for Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott. Get Tri-state area news delivered to your inbox with NBC New York's News Headlines newsletter. SIGN UP CNBC reached out to Afshar and to other Tesla executives as well as board members. They didn't immediately respond to requests for comment. Afshar was the subject of an internal investigation at Tesla in 2022, Bloomberg reported, which had focused on his orders of hard-to-get construction materials, including a special kind of glass for a secretive project for Musk. Money Report