Michèle Gschwend is a seasoned management consultant and supply chain executive with over 20 years’ experience. Having held numerous leadership roles, she combines her deep understanding of senior-level management with functional expertise to help clients fill complex roles. She is particularly astute in assessing potential, and takes a strategic approach to recruiting and developing talent.

Professional Focus

  • Over 20 years’ consulting and leadership experience, primarily executive roles in global supply chain management
  • Advises boards and executive management of multinational and small- to mid-size companies including family businesses
  • Specialised functional expertise in supply chain and procurement
  • Strong business expertise in transformation and change management, process optimization and organizational design, strategy and operations management
  • Broad industry background ranging from consumer (FMCG) to transportation and industrial
  • Published articles on strategic outsourcing, board governance and digitalization
  • Fluent in German, English, Spanish and French

Business Expertise

  • Senior Client Partner, Consumer and Area Leader, Supply Chain at another of the world’s top executive search firms; member of CEO succession and board practice
  • CEO and Owner of Ruoff Factory, a management consulting firm focused on strategy, leadership, supply chain, transformation and change management
  • Management Board Europe, Head of Supply Chain Operations at aluminium recycling company Novelis
  • Strategy Head, Integrated Supply Chain Europe for Kraft Foods International (now Mondelez International)
  • Vice President Europe, Head of Supply Chain at PepsiCo; prior role as Director of Procurement
  • Management Board Europe and Vice President, Supply Chain Europe/Asia & Pacific at airline catering firm Gate Gourmet; prior role as Head of Global Supply Chain
  • CEO of FutureLog, a procurement, logistics and online platform provider for hospitality services for Swissair Group and Mövenpick Group
  • Certified SAP Consultant and Project Lead at PwC
  • Marketing and Sales, Assistant to the CEO at Yellow Pages Switzerland

Additional Expertise

  • Consumer Products
  • Family Businesses
  • Food & Beverage
  • Industrial Manufacturing
  • Retail & Apparel
  • Supply Chain & Logistics
  • Transportation

Education & Certifications

  • Ph.D. in business administration & economics - strategic outsourcing from University of Zurich
  • CAS in Coaching for Leadership, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU)
  • Certified SAP Consultant, SAP Institute in Philadelphia, PA (U.S.)

Affiliations & Awards

  • Board Member, Eugster Frismag AG
  • Board Member, Motorex (former)
  • Acting Chair and Board Member for affiliate companies of Novelis and Gate Gourmet in Switzerland, Germany and Asia (former)
  • Advisory Board Member, MBA Supply Chain Management at ETH Zurich (former)
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