Consulting in the Volkswagen Group

Sustainability is a complex transformation that companies must inevitably face. This is precisely where sustainability consulting comes in. We offer proven expertise and advisory skills on operational sustainability issues and create innovative synergies with the core areas of our extended consulting portfolio. Depending on the degree of complexity of your project, we work either as experts or as an interdisciplinary team, paving the way for successful implementation of the core objectives of the Volkswagen sustainability strategy. We guide our new consultants through challenges such as decarbonisation and the circular economy, for which we then develop solutions that address these specific issues. 

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We are the first point of contact for complex challenges, and we help our customers in management around the world achieve their ambitious goals, make far-reaching changes and effectively prepare for the future. Our consulting portfolio here currently focuses on strategy implementation, organisational development and change management.

In the area of strategy implementation, we manage complex projects throughout the Volkswagen Group, design and manage the implementation of strategic approaches and incorporate key stakeholders at all levels into the associated processes. With regard to organisational development, we utilise an integrated consulting approach with the aim of increasing the efficiency and performance of organisational structures and process organisations for our customers in the Group. For us, change management means supporting strategic initiatives at the Volkswagen Group, developing customised change strategies and implementing the associated measures together with our customers.

When it comes to controlling complex projects, we at Project Management Consulting are the key contact within the Volkswagen Group. With a strong focus on our customers, we work together to develop targeted and individual solutions for the challenges within the given project. With both standard and agile project solutions, we can offer advice to address specific needs. Our diverse consulting team has extensive experience in project management, PRINCE2, SCRUM and ITIL.

We train our employees on an ongoing basis to ensure that we always deliver a high level of quality. The PMO assists customers in the operational implementation of project management standards and the provision of additional PMO-related services. We also offer our customers (sub)project management, thereby reducing their workload, creating transparency and delivering detailed decision-making documents.

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In our capacity as an agile implementation partner, we are helping the Group develop a modern IT architecture that focuses on the SAP S/4HANA transformation. Our professional and tailored consulting services here serve as a guarantee that projects will be successful and completed on time.

With our vast expertise in a wide range of SAP modules, including supplementary system solutions such as SuccessFactors, we provide critical support for many different specialist areas and project initiatives. Our SAP consultants cover a wide range of issues for their customers, including process modelling with SAP SolMan, master data consolidation and data migration, change management and test management, and customising and rollout support. Our current focus is on finance, logistics, HR and production projects.

We are the internal experts for Salesforce at the Volkswagen Group. Our goal is to utilise the full potential of the Salesforce ecosystem together with our partners. Special expertise is ensured by employees with multiple certifications for sales and Tableau and Marketing Cloud software.

Our consultants employ an end-to-end approach and assist our customers with everything from initial analyses to maintenance. Our work here is always in line with relevant Group standards – and as trusted advisers we can also contribute inside knowledge about the Group. In our projects, we make use of the Group-wide network and our extensive experience in order to help make the Group’s transformation a success.

As a Centre of Excellence (CoE) within the consulting organisation at Volkswagen Group Services GmbH, we make a significant contribution to the digital transformation of the Volkswagen Group by standardising and automating business processes. Our experts analyse processes to uncover inefficiencies and identify their causes, and they also make use of the latest digital tools and technologies in order to make customer processes fit for the future.

Standardisation and automation not only save time and money; it also increases flexibility and improves the performance of entire departments and divisions. Through the use of various technologies, we not only provide a wide range of consulting services but can also offer the right solutions for the most diverse requirements. From holistic consulting to digital process transformation and the implementation of individual use cases – our services create high added value for our customers.

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Requirements, test and quality management play a major role in the success of IT projects. We use dynamic interdisciplinary teams to support exciting information technology projects at all Volkswagen Group brands and locations.

We act as an intermediary between all project participants and thus ensure that everyone has the same understanding of all project requirements. Our test management activities include the organisation of software tests that make it possible to detect errors at an early stage and thus avoid high follow-up costs. Our quality management system serves as the foundation for compliance with relevant laws and internal and external guidelines throughout the entire duration of a project. This is how we ensure the success of our customers’ conventional and agile IT projects.

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Efficiently designed processes are a key factor of success in the business world. Our process management services help our customers in the Volkswagen Group make their organisations more process-focused in order to improve their performance and ensure they are well prepared for the future.

We are the expert point of contact for systematic and professional process design. In this capacity we offer advice and support with the (further) development of a tailor-made process architecture that is aligned with corporate objectives, and we also help with the creation of standards that are appropriate for such an architecture. Here, our customers benefit from our extensive knowledge of relevant methods and our experience with applicable guidelines at the Volkswagen Group. We make the current process landscape transparent, establish the foundation for potential process optimisations and support continuous improvement processes.