With over 30 years as a consultant, I have gained extensive experience in the wholesale, retail, consumer goods, and manufacturing industries. I have successfully supported leading national and international companies in the sustainable optimization and implementation of strategies, structures, processes, and IT systems.

Since 2007, I have been a Partner at BearingPoint, responsible for the retail and consumer goods industry in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Since 2019, I have been leading the Operations service line at the global level, and in 2024, I became a member of the Management Committee and the global leader for our Consulting portfolio, overseeing all service lines and focusing on developing new offerings and consultant expertise. Additionally I am responsible for the generation and management of innovations and regional leader of North America.

I have completed many projects for leading companies in the following areas:

  • IT strategy and harmonization
  • Selection, design, and implementation of ERP systems
  • Optimization of processes and organizational structures
  • Cross-channel commerce
  • Due diligence & post-merger integration
  • After-sales service management

Before joining BearingPoint, I worked for five years in the management team of the Retail & Consumer Products sector and the Strategy & Business Architecture practice of Accenture. I gained five years of consulting experience in national and international projects at another leading management consultancy.

I gained operational experience in retail marketing and product management for specialty catalogs at Otto-Versand after completing my Master of Economics in Germany and France.

Experience

  • Partner, Global Leader Consulting Portfolio and Innovation, Regional Leader North America, BearingPoint

    2024
  • Partner, Global Leader Service Line Operations, BearingPoint

    2019 – 2024
  • Partner, Leader Consumer Goods & Retail GSA, BearingPoint

    2007 – 2019
    Hamburg
  • Accenture

    2001 – 2007
  • Arthur Andersen Business Consulting

    1995 – 2000
    Hamburg
  • Otto Versand Hamburg

    1993 – 1995
    Hamburg

If you want something, you find a way. If you do not want something, you find excuses.

Kay Manke