Nissan, which has its U.S. headquarters in Franklin, announced the company will be cutting 9,000 jobs following a challenging year. Officials have not announced if the Smyrna plant will be affected.

The Japanese automaker is carving deep cuts in its global operations as it struggles with a steep drop in sales.

Nissan Motor will cut 9,000 jobs and 20% of its global manufacturing capacity, the automaker said Thursday, as it scrambles to reduce costs by $2.6 billion in the current fiscal year amid a sales slump in China and the U.