Building a Future-ready Organization for Automotive

CLIENT

Global Automotive Company

INDUSTRY

Automotive

CONSULTANT ROLE

Organizational Design Consultant

LOCATION

Germany

The Challenge: Reshaping a Lagging Software Organization

The client, an international automotive company, wanted to redesign an internal software organization to increase its efficiency. They sought an organizational design consultant who could review the current structure and formulate a strategic plan to build a future-proof organization.

Role of Consultport

Consultport proposed 3 strong candidates within 48 hours. The client interviewed 2 candidates and selected an ex-Kearney Senior Consultant with rich project experience in organizational design. The consultant started working with the client 4 days after the initial request.

The Approach

The consultant initiated process analysis to evaluate existing workflows. From the analysis, several bottlenecks were identified, including siloed teams, outdated technology stacks, and a lack of agile processes.

The consultant also deep dived into employee attrition data to assess turnover of highly-skilled employees and conducted skills gap analysis to identify missing organizational skills.

The Results

The reorganization plan earned strong leadership endorsement, validated by pilot programs, and positioned the client to build a scalable, future-ready organizational model.

Comprehensive Evaluation

The consultant’s thorough assessment of the organization provided leaders with a clear, fact-based view of current inefficiencies and opportunities. This evaluation served as the foundation for shaping a long-term strategic roadmap.

Robust Reorganization Plan

The plan introduced a new organizational structure with redesigned roles, agile cross-functional teams, and competency-based hiring strategies. Together, these changes aimed to foster collaboration, reduce attrition, and enhance workforce performance.

Prolonged Engagement

Given the success of the initial initiatives, the client decided to extend the consultant’s engagement to oversee pilot programs, ensuring continuity and momentum in the implementation of the strategy.

Future-Ready Capabilities

By combining organizational redesign, technology modernization, and talent development initiatives, the client began building a more adaptable, scalable, and high-performing structure, better aligned with its long-term growth ambitions.