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Steven |
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Based in Beijing, Steven Veldhoen is a Booz & Company Partner with over 20 years at the firm. He specializes in improving corporate innovation and operations capabilities together with clients. Steven has done most of his work with clients in the Automotive and Consumer Goods industries. He also leads the joint research with INSEAD on Global Innovation Networks.
Mr. Veldhoen’s key functional expertise centers on:
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Product development
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Process improvement
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Innovation organization redesign
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Product cost reduction
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Asian market entry strategies
Examples of his engagements at Booz & Company include:
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Supporting a global automotive original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to significantly improve product development, resulting in a 35% expansion of product development capacity in two years; scope of work included aspects from process improvement, organizational redesign, and product cost reduction
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Assisting the Japanese subsidiary of a global automotive Tier 1 organization to improve operations capabilities; scope of work included supply chain management (SCM), sourcing, and elements of product development
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Supporting the shareholders of a major Japanese automotive OEM in reviewing the company’s turnaround plan and its Asian position to improve operations and pursue growth; scope of work included the entire value chain
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Assisting the Japanese subsidiary of a major global branded goods and services company to review the potential for Japan market entry for a new communications service; the scope included all elements from market review to operations set-up and organization
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Helping a major European chemical company recreate its Japan market entry plan; work focused on creating innovation capability in Japan to enable market entry
He has co-authored a number of articles on industry topics, such as “The Well-Designed Global R&D Network,” which was published in strategy+business.
Mr. Veldhoen holds an MBA from IESE in Barcelona, and a B.A. from Nijenrode in The Netherlands. He is fluent in Dutch and English.