Our People

Our continuously growing team consists of a broad mix of experienced industry consultants and functional experts who can hit the ground running from day 1. We understand our clients' issues because we are specialized on the industry.

The following provides an experience overview of some of our people.

Joachim Klein

Managing Director

Mr. Klein is of German-Swedish origin and holds a master's degree in business administration. Over the past 9 years he has worked with global companies in the sector to define strategies, improve performance, transform supply chains and integrate acquired companies. Prior to founding StepChange, he worked for 10 years as a management consultant with a large international management consulting and technology firm, where he was operationally responsible for building the pulp and paper consulting practice. In addition to his specialization in the forest, pulp & paper industry, Mr. Klein has consulting experience from a wide range of other industries.

Harald Schmid

Senior Expert

Harald studied paper engineering and has worked for global corporations in the paper industry as R&D-Manager, Operational Manager, Managing Director and Director of the Board for various mills producing coated, uncoated and packaging grades. Harald concentrates on productivity improvements and turnaround management. Additionally Harald specializes on mergers and acquisitions supporting our clients from target identification via due diligence to acquisition execution and post merger integration.

Ralf Möbus

Senior Project Manager

Ralf holds a degree in industrial management and marketing. He has expertise in sales & performance management, supply chain, turnaround and operational improvement projects.

Before joining StepChange Consulting, Ralf worked for six years as a management consultant to the pulp & paper industry. Additionally, he has five years experience working in different sales functions for a French chemicals company.

Mario Resch

Senior Project Manager

Mario holds a degree in business administration and has extensive experience in supply chain management, finance and controlling and operational excellence.

Mario has a family background in timber operations and trading and has additional seven years of professional experience working for a mid-sized timber company and an international management consultancy focusing on the pulp and paper industry and supply chain strategy.

Stefan Schönberger

Project Manager

Stefan has extensive consulting experience in operational improvement, turnaround management and post merger integration projects. Before joining StepChange Consulting, Stefan worked for an international management consultancy focusing on the pulp and paper industry. He holds a Master's degree in business administration from University of Applied Sciences, Wiener Neustadt, Austria.

Stefanie Jungmann

Consultant

Stefanie holds a BS in International Business and an MBA in Management from Webber, International University, Florida. Stefanie joined StepChange Consulting in late 2006 and has experience in working capital reduction, operational performance improvement, procurement and logistics.