Kay Manke is the Global Leader of the Consulting Portfolio and Innovation, as well as the Regional Leader for North America at BearingPoint. With over 30 years as a consultant, he has gained extensive experience in the wholesale, retail, consumer goods, and manufacturing industries. He has successfully supported leading national and international companies in the sustainable optimization and implementation of strategies, structures, processes, and IT systems.
Since 2007, Manke has been a Partner at BearingPoint, responsible for the retail and consumer goods industry in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Since 2019, he has led the operations service line at the global level, and in 2024, he became a member of the management committee and the global leader for the consulting portfolio, overseeing all service lines and focusing on developing new offerings and consultant expertise. Additionally, he is responsible for the generation and management of innovations and serves as the regional leader for North America.
He has completed numerous projects for leading companies in areas such as IT strategy and harmonization, the selection, design, and implementation of ERP systems, optimization of processes and organizational structures, cross-channel commerce, due diligence and post-merger integration, and after-sales service management.
Before joining BearingPoint, he worked for five years in the management team of the Retail and Consumer Products sector and the Strategy and Business Architecture practice of Accenture. He gained five years of consulting experience in national and international projects at another leading management consultancy. He holds a master’s degree in economics from universities in Germany and France.
BearingPoint is an independent management and technology consultancy with European roots and a global reach. The company operates through three business units: Consulting, Products, and Capital. Consulting focuses on the advisory business with an emphasis on selected business areas. Products offers IP-driven digital assets and managed services for business-critical processes. Capital provides M&A and transaction services.
BearingPoint serves many of the world’s leading companies and organizations. With a global consulting network of more than 10,000 professionals, the firm supports clients in over 70 countries, working with them to achieve measurable and sustainable success.
BearingPoint is a certified B Corporation, reflecting its commitment to high standards of social and environmental impact.
