Automotive consulting for a successful transformation
The automotive industry faces far-reaching change. Pressure to innovate, new customer expectations and market requirements are challenging manufacturers and suppliers alike. Future readiness takes more than adjustments — it calls for a consistent transformation towards efficient structures and processes, and that makes professional change support decisive. We help you implement transformations quickly and successfully, for lasting competitiveness and a strong market position.
Our Clients
Our solutions for you
Our decades of experience in the automotive industry, spanning more than 700 projects, make us a strong partner for automotive consulting. With us at your side, the strategic realignment of your company succeeds — with clear structures, efficient processes and lasting change.
1. Holistic automotive consulting for your transformation
From change initiation to implementation, we guide your change projects with our proven methodology, hands-on measures and innovative formats — for a future-proof organisational structure. Our automotive consulting approach combines strategic foresight with pragmatic delivery, turning change from something merely to be managed into a deliberate driver of growth.
1. Holistic automotive consulting for your transformation
Change takes more than new processes — it calls for a shift in thinking at every level. As a consultancy for the automotive industry, we don't just support our clients technically in redesigning their structures; we bring our change management expertise to bear precisely where it counts. That way we make sure your organisation doesn't merely cope with change, but actively shapes it.
2. Deep industry expertise that makes the difference
For three decades we have worked as an automotive consultancy, shaping change successfully. With deep industry understanding, a feel for market demands and field-tested methods, we develop tailored solutions for a future-ready strategic direction. Our expertise ranges from digital transformation in after-sales and the realignment of HR IT to the design of innovative sales structures.
2. Deep industry expertise that makes the difference
Organisational realignments in the automotive industry often come with intense pressure to change. In such situations, a compelling change story is decisive — one that provides orientation and creates a shared vision of the future. Together with our clients, we develop a clear vision that acts as a guardrail throughout the entire project. This strengthens transparency, fosters buy-in and turns those affected into active co-creators of the transformation.
3. Involving employees to build strong commitment
Involving the employees affected matters greatly to us, because lasting change only succeeds when people actively help shape it. Through professional virtual formats we enable efficient collaboration, encourage exchange and achieve fast, measurable results. In this way our clients have realised efficiency gains of up to 50% in their processes.
3. Involving employees to build strong commitment
Another key success factor of our automotive consulting is involving the leadership team. Winning over leaders as sponsors and role models for change is essential to lasting transformation. With a well-considered design, consistent execution and targeted impact measurement, we create a solid foundation for change. Continuous communication and the early involvement of teams in shaping new processes and structures lead to a high-performing organisation.
4. Hands-on support for successful implementation
Change doesn't end with the strategy — it has to be firmly anchored in the company to remain effective over the long term. That is why we don't just provide impulses; we actively support the implementation, so that new structures and processes take hold efficiently and deliver lasting results.
4. Hands-on support for successful implementation
Our automotive consulting supports you not only during implementation: in your change projects we also put robust structures in place that enable a smooth transformation. Depending on your needs, we support you both in the operational delivery of projects and change processes and in the redesign of your processes and organisational structures. Our goal is to shape change so that it doesn't just exist on paper but works sustainably in practice. The result: your company doesn't merely cope with change, but actively shapes it — with employees who embrace new processes and roles with conviction and enthusiasm.
“Our automotive experience across more than 700 projects makes us a strong partner for successful transformations in the industry.”
Michael Kempf, Partner at CPC
Your advantages
Focused
Our automotive consulting ensures that your sponsors and leaders stay focused on the change project from start to finish, so the transformation succeeds.
Reliable and secure
We are the dependable partner for change management and transformation. Our automotive consulting approach gives your employees the confidence to learn and to change.
Goal-oriented
Together we define a clear, compelling goal for your organisation to work towards, with progress you can measure. That way you never lose sight of your strong market position.
Visibly successful
The Change Architecture is a central part of our consulting for the automotive industry. It makes the successes of the transformation visible early on — and motivates everyone involved.
People-focused
We actively involve your employees and shape the change together with them. Because for us, people are at the heart of every change project.
Industry-experienced
The automotive industry has its own particularities. That is why the change experience we have gained through our automotive consulting is especially valuable to you.
“Change only succeeds when people help shape it. That is why our automotive consulting actively involves employees in the transformation.”
Oliver Stypa, Manager at CPC
About us
Consultants working for you worldwide.
Projects successfully delivered for our clients.
Focus on change management.
of DAX40 companies trust us.
1. We understand business
Advising organisations on change projects takes an entrepreneurial eye and a feel for business. For us, change management is never an end in itself — it is always grounded in commercial value.
2. We work globally
Unless we are already on site, we go wherever our clients need us — designing our concepts to work internationally from the very start.
3. We think change digitally
We have a strong affinity for digital topics. Since our founding, we have supported many change projects in IT environments — because we are curious about the technology that moves companies forward and benefits their business.
4. We strengthen everyone on the team
A company where people enjoy their work — that is what we work hard for every day. Because for us, people are at the centre of every transformation.
We're grateful for these awards
- CPC is a five-time No. 1 Hidden Champion for change management
- Year after year, brandeins/thema names us Germany's best management consultancy for change management
- We have been a Focus Top Consultant for many years
- Winner of the HR Excellence Award and the European Training Prize together with Deutsche Telekom and Lufthansa Technik
- We are No. 1 Great Place to Work in the 51–100 employees category and a Kununu Top Company.
Let's discuss
your project with us!
The first step is easy — and don't worry: we won't send you dull newsletters or annoying promotional emails. Instead, we focus on what matters: your change goals and how we can move your business forward.
Step 1
Call back or email.
Within 24 hours we get in touch with you, capture your requirements and arrange an appointment with one of our experts.
Step 2
Free initial consultation.
In a video call you explain your project and discuss possible solution scenarios together with our expert.
Step 3
You decide how to proceed.
Proposal, pitch or project kickoff? You set the next steps.
Questions and Answers
CPC is the leading change management consultancy in Germany. For more than 30 years, we have guided international corporations and large mid-sized companies through over 2,500 change projects. Automotive consulting has been one of our core areas from the very beginning — and a successful one. Our clients value us highly, as shown by countless positive responses and prestigious awards.
Yes. We have extensive experience as a consultancy for the automotive industry. We work for major carmakers and mid-sized suppliers alike. Our experience spans the entire organisation — from vehicle development and production through sales and after-sales to the cross-functional areas of IT, HR, procurement and finance & controlling. We would be glad to show you relevant references and concrete examples. Get in touch — we look forward to convincing you in person.
Yes, it takes time and your commitment. But we deliver everything from a single source: from concept to worldwide rollout. From the change story through change initiation to implementation — exactly what you should expect from a consultancy specialising in change and transformation for the automotive industry.
To meet this need, we work with you to develop a structured way of measuring impact. For many years, our automotive consulting has evaluated the success of transformations and employees' commitment to change using proven methods.
Every transformation is unique. That is why we assemble the right change building blocks together with you. At the same time, more than 30 years of change management and automotive consulting have given us an extensive methodological toolkit. And because we trust our best practices, we don't have to reinvent everything for your project. That saves time, money and nerves.