Sebastian is a partner in McKinsey’s Munich office who specializes with our Operations Practice, where he leads McKinsey’s product-development and procurement sector. Sebastian works with leading automotive OEM companies to efficiently apply cutting-edge technologies and efficiency-improvement processes, as well as project excellence and organizational setup.
Examples of Sebastian’s recent work include the following:
- leading a transformation program of the R&D function of a premium OEM, including the definition of a new organizational structure and governance model
- organizing the transformation of the R&D department for an automotive OEM toward systems-engineering principles
- reducing the product-development cycle for an automotive OEM
- developing R&D performance program for a Tier-1 supplier
- establishing R&D target cost in the early concept phase for a premium automotive OEM
- launching a performance management program for the powertrain organization of an automotive OEM
- spearheading the indirect cost-optimization program for the R&D department of an automotive OEM
- formulating a commercial vehicle OEM’s transformation program, which included footprint optimization
- creating the R&D capability review for an automotive OEM in China
- designing and implementing a steering model for an engineering service provider at an automotive OEM by addressing savings over five years