Performance Check China

Clear analysis, sustainable optimization – Strategy consulting with foresight.

Unclear figures from China, stalled projects, and the feeling of not knowing what’s really happening on-site. Without an external perspective, critical problems often remain undiscovered.

Our analysis identifies untapped potential and tackles problems at the root. Together, we gain strategic clarity for well-founded decisions and sustainable success.

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Is it the person, the country, or the system?

The basis of our expertise at Steinkellner China Search is personnel consulting for handpicked executives. From years of collaboration with our clients, we know: Often the problem seems to lie with a person, but the true causes are structural in nature.

Before you make an expensive personnel decision, the “Performance Check China” provides clarity. As a strategic diagnostic tool, it identifies the actual causes of stagnating performance – whether personal, structural, or strategic. This gives you an objective basis for the right decision and concrete options for action instead of costly misjudgments.

Security before the next step: Objectively evaluate and manage performance in China.

Many companies with China activities know the feeling of uncertainty:

  • Is the performance really optimal or are there hidden inefficiencies?
  • Are our executives on-site acting in line with the overall strategy?
  • Do the structures and processes still meet current market requirements?
  • Are there cultural or communicative hurdles that are hindering success?

Distance, cultural filters, and often opaque information make objective assessment from afar difficult. This is where our experience and consulting services come in.

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Tailored analysis: Our approach for your specific China questions.

The “China Performance Check” is not a standard product, but a flexible analytical tool developed from the concrete, individual challenges of our clients. As your interculturally versed partner, we precisely adapt this systematic, in-depth process for each specific issue and every company situation.

Core components of our approach typically include:

  • Analysis of performance indicators: Evaluation of the most important KPIs in the context of the local market and your company goals.
  • Evaluation of leadership structures & key personnel: Objective assessment of the competencies, potential, and cultural fit of your management team on-site.
  • Identification of efficiency brakes & untapped potentials: Uncovering weaknesses in processes, structures, and collaboration.
  • Risk analysis: Identification of hidden operational, personnel, or compliance risks.
  • Well-founded presentation of results: We provide you with a direct, unsparing, but always constructive analysis with clear, prioritized recommendations for action.

Your added value: Well-founded decisions, optimized performance.

Through the “Performance Check China”, you receive:

  • Objective clarity about your current situation: You make decisions based on facts, not assumptions, and regain control over your China business.
  • Identification of concrete problem causes: You invest resources specifically in solving the actual problems and avoid ineffective individual measures.
  • Reliable foundations for strategic decisions: You minimize investment risks and can implement growth or restructuring strategies with a higher probability of success.
  • Differentiated evaluation of your executives on-site: You optimize your most important resource – the local management – and ensure that your leadership team can really support your goals.
  • Avoidance of pseudo-solutions: You stop ineffective ad-hoc repairs and instead implement sustainable solutions that work long-term.
  • Strengthened control of your China branch: More transparency and influence on performance on-site, even from a distance, lead to better overall results.
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Deepen your knowledge: Strategic insights for China.

Client testimonials that speak for themselves:
Trust Results.

„Steinkellner China Search ist ein mittlerweile langjähriger Kooperationspartner von DEWETRON GmbH – dies auch mit vollem Erfolg und großer Zufriedenheit.

Dies Zusammenarbeit erfolgte vonBeginn an mit umfangreicher Vorbereitung, dem ausgeprägten Verständnis für die Anforderungen unseres Business – es wurden uns Kandidat/innen mit optimalen Anforderungsprofil vorgestellt – als auch die hervorragende Zusatzkomponente, sich in das Gegenüber rein denken zu können und daraus resultierend, entsprechend zu Handeln.
Auch in dieser herausfordernden Zeit mit COVID-19, war das Rekrutieren in Zusammenarbeit mit Steinkellner China Search sehr professionell. Anstatt persönlicher Gespräche, wurden sehr zeitnah sowie flexibel Video-Calls für ein Erstinterview durchgeführt.“

Raimund Trummer, Global Head of Sales, DEWETRON GmbH

„Obwohl sich das Anforderungsprofil mehrmals geändert hat, hat Steinkellner China Search schnell darauf reagiert und uns dem Anforderungsprofil entsprechend sehr gute Werksleiter-Kandidaten präsentiert. 9 Monate nach Rekrutierung kann ich sagen, dass ich mit der Wahl und der Performance des Kandidaten sehr zufrieden bin.“

Vice President for the Commercial Vehicles division at a leading German automotive supplier for interior systems with several factories in China.

„Die intensive Beratung vom Anfang bis zum Ende war für mich sehr wichtig. Das kann nicht jeder. Außerdem war ich von der Geschwindigkeit überrascht, mit der wir den richtigen Kandidaten gefunden haben.“

CFO of a technology company in the German energy transition, whose supply chains were reaching their limits due to the doubling of business.

„Wir haben jetzt endlich einen unschlagbaren Mann vor Ort, mit dem wir wirklich vorankommen – und das obwohl wir ihn trotz Corona nie persönlich kennen lernen konnten.

Der neue Werksleiter war die beste Personalentscheidung des Jahres 2021!“

CFO of a traditional German manufacturer who maintains strategically important production in China as a leading supplier of specialty lighting for the home appliance industry.

„Sie haben uns zwei perfekte Kandidaten für die finale Auswahl geliefert und einen davon konnte unser Joint Venture Partner auswählen. Genau wie wir es vorab geplant hatten.“

CFO of a large European kitchen manufacturer with over 5,000 employees at the home location and a substantial joint venture investment in China.
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Ready for clarity and sustainable optimization in China?

Create the foundation for future-proof success and a high-performing China organization now.

As a boutique consultancy, we ensure the highest quality through intense focus and close guidance by Manfred Steinkellner personally – our capacities are therefore limited.

If you’re ready for a sustainable solution, let’s begin the dialogue: