Martin leads the global Pharmaceutical Operations joint venture within McKinsey and our work in supply chain management in Europe. Based in Stuttgart, Martin helps his clients develop long-term operational strategies, redesign and improve their supply chains, increase manufacturing productivity in their plants, and address operational issues across the value chain.
Martin also led the development of POBOS, an innovative industry-wide benchmarking service for pharmaceutical-manufacturing productivity.
Published work
“German e-health offerings expand, but adoption remains uneven,” McKinsey & Company, December 2022
“Still feeling good: The US wellness market continues to boom,” McKinsey & Company, September 2022
“Feeling good: The future of the $1.5 trillion wellness market,” McKinsey & Company, April 2021
“At the heart of a crisis: How consumer-health companies can lead in the time of coronavirus,” McKinsey & Company, March 2020
“Light-footed operations: The virtues of agility in volatile times” (PDF–401 KB), Operations for the executive suite, McKinsey, 2011
“Outlook on pharma operations” (PDF–204 KB), “Lean and mean: How does your supply chain shape up?” (PDF–456 KB), and “Value-creating purchasing” (271 KB), Outpacing change in pharma operations, McKinsey, 2010
“Maximizing efficiency in pharma operations,” McKinsey Quarterly, 2009
Past experience
AFC Consulting Group
Senior consultant
1995–1996
MPC Consulting Group
Consultant
1994
Agromag
Agricultural consultant
1993
Education
University of Hohenheim, Germany
PhD in sciences
1996
University of Hohenheim, Germany
MS in engineering
1993
