Oliver Scheel

Head of Industrial & Automotive | APAC | Management Consulting | Business Growth & Supply Chain Transformation

Germany

About

With over 12 years as a Management Consultant specializing in operations, supply chain, and commercial performance across APAC, and Europe, including nearly a decade based in China. My background combines end-to-end responsibility for industry business portfolios with full-cycle business development, customer account ownership, and delivery leadership, creating measurable impact on cost, service, and profitability. I have worked across automotive, industrial, consumer goods, aviation, and chemical environments, combining strategic leadership with hands-on execution, organizational build-up, and cross-regional governance.

Experience

  • 4flow (12 yrs 3 mos)
    • Management Consulting - Head of Automotive & Industrial Business Group APAC
      Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

      Own the Industrial & Automotive business across APAC with full accountability for sales, delivery quality, pricing discipline, and profitability. Define and execute industry strategy, including customer portfolio development and pipeline growth. Hold end-to-end responsibility for full-cycle business development across multiple client engagements, from executive positioning and solution shaping through commercial negotiation, contract closing, project handover, and long-term account expansion. Build and lead industry-focused teams in China, scaling delivery and sales capabilities while industrializing sector-specific IP, benchmarks, and offerings. Act as the APAC interface to Europe and global leadership, driving cross-regional programs, joint business opportunities, and governance for multinational clients, and representing the firm at industry forums and executive events.

    • Managment Consulting Principal
      Jan 2022 - Dec 2023 · 2 yrs

      Progressive leadership role bridging senior project delivery and regional business ownership.

    • Management Consulting Manager
      Apr 2017 - Jan 2023 · 5 yrs 10 mos

      Led and delivered supply chain and logistics transformations across automotive, industrial, consumer goods, aviation, and chemical clients in China, APAC, and Europe. Built senior client relationships and repeatedly expanded engagements through delivery excellence, executive-level trust, and measurable business impact. Drove complex projects covering operations strategy, change management, supply chain design, process automation, digitalization, and cost reduction. Contributed to business development through proposal preparation and ownership of selected key accounts, as well as marketing and recruiting initiatives, while helping shape internal organizational structures supporting the rapid growth of the China business. Selected clients include: Airbus · BAT · Bergfreunde · BMW · Bosch · BroseSitech · BSH · Continental · Cummins · DAW · Deutsche Bahn · EAT HAPPY · EJOT · Elmos · EuroPapier · Knorr-Bremse · LAPP · LKQ · L’Oréal · LV · Medela · OTTO · PowerCo · Rehau · Schneider Electric · Siemens · Sika · STIHL · tesa · Volvo · VW · ZF

  • Logistics Researcher at Bosch China
    Aug 2013 - Mar 2014 · 8 mos

    Design and development of innovative logistics solutions.

  • Production Engineer at Andreas STIHL
    Aug 2011 - Jul 2013 · 2 yrs

    Assembly improvement and implementation projects.