Enno is the global head of the firm’s manufacturing work. He leads McKinsey’s collaboration with the World Economic Forum around technology adoption and the ecosystem required to build large-scale transformations. This partnership has also included the publication of several collaborative whitepapers, identifying the world’s leading manufacturers and their adoption of digital manufacturing technologies.
Enno serves clients on digital manufacturing strategies and transformation across many industries. He supports several Fortune 500 and small- and medium-size-enterprise clients across industries in their pursuit of competitive advantage through operational excellence. He has a passion for disruptive business models and start-ups, with a track record for innovation, business building, large scale transformations, scaling businesses, and value enhancing strategies. His industry expertise spans across pharmaceutical, medical devices, automotive, advanced electronics, private equity, food and beverage, and fast-moving-consumer-goods.
Enno is the founder of the McKinsey Capability Center network, a system of 13 training centers, including five Digital Capability Centers that train 15,000 managers from over 300 organizations every year in the latest operations-transformation approaches.
Before joining McKinsey, Enno was a project manager at a global automotive company. He relocated to McKinsey’s New Jersey location in 2010, after spending more than ten years in the Munich office.
Published work
“The manufacturers lighting a path to sustainable growth,” McKinsey & Company, March 2021
“A manufacturer’s guide to scaling Industrial IoT,” McKinsey & Company, February 2021
"The Fourth Industrial Revolution and manufacturing’s great reset,” McKinsey & Company, September 2020
"Industry's fast mover advantage: Enterprise value from digital factories,” McKinsey & Company, January 2020
"‘Lighthouse’ manufacturers lead the way—can the rest of the world keep up?,” McKinsey & Company, January 2019
Fourth Industrial Revolution: Beacons of Technology and Innovation in Manufacturing, McKinsey & Company and World Economic Forum, January 2019
“The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the factories of the future,” World Economic Forum, August 10, 2018
Leadership & Organization Blog, “Avoid pilot purgatory in 7 steps,” McKinsey & Company, April 2018
Operations Blog, “Industrial revolution or evolution?,” McKinsey & Company, March 2018
The Next Economic Growth Engine: Scaling Fourth Industrial Revolution Ttechnologies in Production, McKinsey & Company and World Economic Forum, January 2018
“Procurement-driven synergies in mergers: Landmine or goldmine?,” McKinsey & Company, August 2017
“Don't let these 2 quality nightmares keep you up at night,” McKinsey & Company, December 2015
Past experience
BMW
Project manager
Education
Dresden University of Technical
PhD, mechanical engineering
RWTH Aachen University
MS, mechanical engineering