Michael F. Strohmer is a member of A.T. Kearney's Operations Practice and leader of the European raw material competence team.

In his 14 years with the firm, he has led projects at a broad range of international clients, mainly in post-merger situations. His work encompasses the utilities sector, automotive, defense, consumer goods, packaging, and steel. He is an expert on raw material strategies, procurement transformation, post-merger management, and large-scale CAPEX projects. Michael is based in A.T. Kearney’s Vienna, Austria office.

Notable client engagements include:

Overall responsibility on several operations related projects for a leading insurance company
Expert for strategy definition for a leading financial institutions company (incl. offshore decisions)
Overall responsibility for a optimization project with focus on digital for a leading sports company
DACH lead for procurement operations benchmarking in the financial industries space
Setup of a new organization model and cost reduction program for a leading company in Oil & Gas
Large number of large scale procurement transformation projects in Europe, the US and Asia

He has published several books (including the Purchasing Chessboard, Agility in Procurement, The CPO—transforming procurement in the real world, SRM—Supplier Relationship Management) and articles, and is a frequent speaker at international conferences. He works as a Trainer for Purchasing Chessboard, raw material strategies and Holistic Procurement Transformation in the A.T. Kearney Academy.

Michael holds a doctorate degree in business administration and law. He lives in Austria's picturesque lake region near Salzburg.