SMC. Living Strategies.
siemens.com/smc
The best ideas
turn more
than just heads.
Strategic advice shapes the future.
Siemens Management Consulting (SMC) is
the top management strategy consultancy
of Siemens. We support Siemens ­businesses
in developing solutions to meet twenty-first
century challenges.
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As a strategy consultancy, our challenge
is to prepare Siemens for future market
developments, societal changes, and new
competitive situations. We identify and
analyze market and technology trends,
competitor behavior, new customer
demands, innovative business models,
and go on to determine the most effective
strategies.
Our consultants, across our offices in Beijing, Mumbai and
Munich, assist Siemens businesses in finding answers to
strategic challenges.
SMC develops trendsetting strategies in areas ranging from
renewable energy to healthcare, pioneering new business
­initiatives such as digital factories, infrastructure solutions,
and emerging market entries.
For us, strategy consulting means helping our clients for­
mulate high-impact strategies that they can realistically
implement. Our in-depth knowledge of Siemens industries
and our business expertise enable us to thoroughly understand our clients’ needs.
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SMC is a strategy consultancy that exclusively serves Siemens. Being part of S
­ iemens
means that we have an intimate knowledge of its practices and processes. Our clients
freely decide which consulting firm they wish to use. However, very often it is SMC
that provides strategic recommendations on the key issues relevant to Siemens
businesses and plays an important role in the development of strategies for the
entire company.
Our goals are designed
for impact.
As an internal consultancy, we have the unique ability to
stay close to our clients. This allows us to see the impact
of our projects over time. While the approaches we take
to strategy consulting vary, they share several common
characteristics. We always strive to achieve ­measurable
results and to ensure long-term benefits. It is our goal to
deliver high-quality work, while at the same time ensuring
the sustainability of our strategies.
Being close to our clients means that we take responsibility
for our strategic advice. Our solutions must be realistically
implementable. Since our customers are also our c­ olleagues,
we develop long-term partnerships built on trust. We believe
that successful collaboration is made possible only when
teams work together on equal terms and provide frank and
honest feedback in an atmosphere of mutual respect. As
employees of the same company, we view the success of our
customers as a success for us.
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The whole world
is our workplace.
SMC has a global presence, with locations in Asia and
Europe. Our consultants are present on-site wherever our
clients are, or plan to operate.
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We think and act globally. Our consultants use their experience and knowledge of local market dynamics to develop
globally successful strategies together with our client. Our
corporate culture is characterized by teamwork and open
exchange. Given our global orientation, it forms an ideal
basis for intercultural cooperation. We are willing to adopt
unusual perspectives and are open to fresh ideas. Indeed,
we consider different viewpoints and exposure to other
cultures as personally and professionally enriching.
The intercultural diversity within our teams gives us an
opportunity to learn something new each day. We believe
that the composition of our teams and our appreciation of
others contribute significantly to our outstanding results.
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We believe that meaningful
interaction with the local
setting is critical to a project’s
success. It also enhances our
consultants’ global mind-set.
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We value individuality, ­personality,
character, and a sense of humor.
While these characteristics
are shared by all SMC consultants,
our team is a diverse group of
people who cover a wide s­ pectrum
in terms of each ­individual’s academic
­qualifications, business ­experience,
culture, and nationality.
“Nobody is perfect,
but a team can be.”
Our motto encapsulates
the SMC culture and is
­reflected in our day-to-day
work, especially in how we
­interact with one another.
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Our consultants are well-rounded individuals. Almost
half hold multiple degrees and many have joined us
after gaining several years of professional experience.
SMC consultants are characterized by their strong sense
of responsibility, their diversity, their openness, their
excellent qualifications – and above all by their team
spirit.
Our teams work very closely together on consulting
projects. The wide range of professional and academic
experience of each team member contributes to overall
team performance. The SMC team as a whole benefits
from the strength of each individual. And our clients
benefit by getting the best possible results.
Maintaining an open and non-hierarchical feedback culture
underlies the cooperative atmosphere we value so highly.
Working with one another in a spirit of mutual respect and
open partnership allows everyone in the team to learn from
both their own work and that of the group. We believe that
both individual and team experiences enrich our community.
This contributes to a corporate culture that welcomes open
exchange.
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We offer individual careers
for individual people.
We attach great importance to the professional development of each and every one of our employees. We want
to help our top talents develop into great managers.
Personal growth is seen as a key part of the SMC mission,
and this is why we strive to provide a platform to help our
consultants succeed. In strategy consulting, each project is
unique, both in terms of the tasks involved and because of
the special geographical and cultural features of each case.
We therefore have high expectations for our consultants’
professional expertise and personalities. A new project
always means a challenge. But it should also be seen as an
opportunity to learn something new, to grow personally,
and to acquire new experience in an unfamiliar field. SMC
provides an ideal framework for professional and personal
development.
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We let you grow.
That is our training philosophy. On your career path,
we provide you with a systematic training curriculum
specifically tailored to your needs. Our training courses
thoroughly equip you for the tasks you’ll encounter
during projects.
The SMC training courses are a form of applied learning,
offering comprehensive preparation for your work as a
strategy consultant. Methods and tools for day-to-day
consulting work, useful techniques for handling conflict
situations, and strategic communication skills are just
some examples of the very practical subjects covered in
our training program.
Our mission is to develop management talent.
The transfer of SMC consultants to management positions within Siemens is part of our mission. SMC trains
you to be not only a strategy consultant, but also a
future manager. This is why we equip you with a varied
range of skills geared to the special requirements of the
global corporation that is Siemens.
You can switch from any position at SMC to a line position in Siemens. The vast majority of our employees
remain with Siemens after leaving SMC. Some continue
their career in management positions outside Siemens,
while others set up their own businesses.
Just as a standard project is a rarity at SMC, there is
­seldom a standard career path. SMC helps all employees
make the most of their talents.
The SMC story.
Munich
Beijing
Mumbai
Siemens Management Consulting was established in April
1996 as the strategy consulting unit of Siemens. This move
­represented uncharted territory for Siemens, as the con­
cept of “internal consulting” had never been explored
before, neither within Siemens nor at other corporations.
SMC pursued a two-fold mission from the outset. The
first was to provide the best possible support to Siemens
through first-class strategy consulting services. The ­second
was to train top talent for the multifaceted demands of
line ­management work at Siemens.
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SMC proved to be a success story from the very beginning.
Thanks to the opportunities for individual development,
professional teamwork, a culture of open feedback, and the
enormous motivation shared by all SMC employees, over
100 successful strategy projects are now implemented every
year. Would you like to find out just what you can achieve
with SMC, professionally and personally? Dare to ask.
We’re always looking for new talent to join our team.
Visit our web site or take part in the discussion on Facebook:
www.siemens.com/smc
www.facebook.com/SiemensManagementConsulting
We’re always looking for new talent to join our team.
Visit our web site or take part in the discussion on Facebook:
www.siemens.com/smc
www.facebook.com/SiemensManagementConsulting
siemens.com/smc
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Siemens Management Consulting (SMC)
Otto-Hahn-Ring 6
81739 Munich
Germany
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