Markus Hammer

Markus Hammer is a Senior Knowledge Expert in McKinsey & Company’s Global Operations Practice and is currently based in the Vienna office in Austria. Markus leads our Advanced Analytics Service line for Yield, Energy, Throughput optimization in manufacturing and manages the global Resource Productive (a.k.a. Green) Operations service line linking Operations and Sustainability & Resource Productivity.

As a seasoned, internationally experienced operations consultant, he helps clients with his deep knowledge of lean and green operations paired with his passion for capability building and scaling up advanced analytics for operations. He has delivered significant impact in large-scale operations-transformation programs and proven both his functional and his project leadership skills.

Markus is co-author of the book “Unlocking Industrial Resource Productivity: 5 core beliefs to increase profits through energy, material, and water efficiency”. He is core faculty in McKinsey’s global Capability Center network and has a strong track record of designing and delivering distinctive trainings. Recent initiatives include establishing the “Executive Operations Experience.” a joint program with the Kellogg School of Management, and serving as lecturer at Graz University of Technology.

Prior to McKinsey, Markus worked as the site integrated working system leader (productivity improvements, TPM, and organizational excellence) and a process and project engineer at Procter & Gamble. Markus holds a master of science degree in process engineering and environmental technologies and studied at Graz University of Technology and Strathclyde University in Glasgow. He conducted research on "Corporate Sustainability Performance Evaluation” at the Instituto Nacional de Engenharia, Tecnologia e Inovação in Lisbon. Markus can speak German, English and Portuguese.