Clemens Gassner

Strategic advisory to industrial, engineering, and IT services companies with a focus on engineering organizations, product and technology development, and the build-up of capabilities, processes, and tool landscapes to enable the successful acquisition and execution of automotive OEM projects.

Areas of expertise:

Product & Technology Development

-Acceleration of development processes

-Reduction of product and process costs

Business Development & Sales

-Acquisition of new (major) projects

-Winning new clients

Entry into the automotive business

-For industrial, engineering, and IT companies

-OEM requirements · Processes and tools

Restructuring

-Turnaround · Efficiency programs · Automation

-Establishment of best-cost locations

-Post-merger integration

External Advisor to Bain & Company with focus on automotive business development, sales enablement and project acquisition. I support teams and clients in identifying, shaping and winning automotive projects, including client access, stakeholder management, proposal strategy and OEM/Tier-1 requirements.

Support also includes enabling IT providers and industrial companies to successfully approach and acquire automotive projects by clarifying market expectations, customer requirements and effective acquisition processes.

Held various executive positions, including of Magna Engineering & Infotainment GmbH of Magna Steyr Engineering Germany GmbH

• • Responsible for all areas of complete vehicle engineering — including vehicle architecture, body, chassis, exterior, interior, vehicle safety, electronics (e.g. infotainment, connectivity, ADAS and software engineering) — as well as for the integration of complete vehicle programs into OEM production plants. This included close coordination with OEM production teams and local suppliers to ensure manufacturing feasibility, launch readiness and seamless alignment between engineering, the supply base and production processes across global sites (e.g. Germany, UK, China, USA).

• • Expanded Magna Steyr Germany from 60 to >2,000 employees, creating a multi-site engineering network in Germany (Munich, Ingolstadt, Wolfsburg, Stutgart, Cologne) as well as in India, Morocco and the US.

• • Launched the Magna test center in Munich for E/E system integration and the Magna competence center for ADAS integration including the manufacturing of prototype fleets with autonomous functions.