Florian Bauer

Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company; Transforming companies through Technology & AI; Leader of McKinsey’s Technology & AI Practice in Germany/Austria; Global Leader Technology Platforms (ERP, CRM, Data, Automation)

Vienna, Vienna, Austria

About

I’m leading McKinsey’s Technology and AI (QuantumBlack) practice in Germany & Austria, with 20+ years experience on client impact across sectors, with a focus on travel & logistics, high-tech, chemicals & energy, and industrial/manufacturing companies. Within McKinsey's Travel, Logistics, and Infrastructure sector I am globally co-leading our Technology and AI practice, supporting some of the largest Tech & AI transformations in the world as well as building new software businesses in the LogTech space. Within McKinsey Technology, I’m building McKinsey's global capabilities in the technology platforms area (including service lines around SAP, Workday, Salesforce and various industry platforms like TMS, WMS, etc.) which is one of our fastest growing practices with 100s of experts per platform and a track record of 2-3x annual growths over the last few years. Digital and AI is at the heart of the future of work and business, and I enjoy working with my clients to unlock value in their digital initiatives. Over the last 15 years I've helped companies transform their business models, modernize their technology and win in the digital era. Before joining McKinsey, I held finance, operations and IT roles in the private equity industry (McNally Capital in Chicago, IL) and at consumer goods companies (Amer Sports, Swarovski). Outside of work I enjoy time with my family (3 kids, 2 dogs), and various sports (e.g., skiing, climbing, golfing)

Experience

  • McKinsey & Company (13 yrs 6 mos)
    • Senior Partner / Leader Technology & AI
      Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr

      Transforming companies through Technology & AI - Leader of McKinsey’s Technology & AI Practice in Germany/Austria - Global Leader Technology Platforms (SAP, Workday, Salesforce, ServiceNow, etc.) - Experienced technology advisor for Executives in Europe, North America, and Middle East

    • Partner
      2017 - Jul 2025 · 8 yrs 7 mos

      Partner at Management Consulting firm McKinsey & Company located in Vienna, Austria. Client leader for digital strategy, innovations, and transformations across private and public sector. A strong focus in recent years has been in the Transportation/Logistics industries, High Tech and Software sector, as well as Energy and Industrial sectors. Leader of McKinsey Digital in Austria and Co-Leader of McKinsey's Technology Platforms practice and ERP/SAP serviceline.

    • Associate Partner
      2016 - 2017 · 1 yr

      Associate Partner at Management Consulting firm McKinsey & Company located in Vienna, Austria. Client leader for digital strategy, innovations, and transformations in the Travel, Transportation, and Logistics industries, High Tech and Industrial Sector, and Public Sector. Co-Leader of McKinsey's global Technology Value Assurance and ERP practice.

  • Private Equity Associate Intern at McNally Capital
    2012 - 2012 · Less than a year

    Private Equity Associate as part of Kellogg's Buyout Lab program Work streams included deal execution (financial valuation and modeling, strategic due diligence) as well as strategic and operational turnaround of portfolio company

  • Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company
    2010 - 2012 · 2 yrs

    Business Analyst at Management Consulting firm McKinsey & Company located in Munich, Germany. Broad experience with Strategy and Technology projects across a variety of sectors (Consumer Goods, Logistics & Transportation, Healthcare, Insurance, Public Sector, Industrial)

  • SAP & Business Consultant - Sales & Operations at Amer Sports
    2009 - 2010 · 1 yr

    Member of the global Inhouse Consulting team with focus on operational improvements and support of logistics and sales business processes across the Amer Sports brands (Salomon, Wilson, Atomic, Precor, Suunto, Arc'teryx, Mavic, ...). Actitivities included: - Rollout of global SAP solution and business process standardization within several European countries - Management of business process related interaction and communication between Inhouse Consulting team and external Consultants during post-merger integration of Salomon business processes (e.g. implementation of global template for major sales processes) - Design of new pricing scheme for Ski-sets

  • Inhouse Consultant - SAP Sales & Logistics at D. Swarovski & Co
    2006 - 2009 · 3 yrs

    Inhouse consultant with focus on operational improvements and support of SAP logistics and sales processes (e.g. modules SD, LE and all ALE related topics). Key projects included: - Rollout and implementation of SAP template in European countries, transforming scattered business processes into standardized template processes - Various process redesign projects to improve operations and logistics processes