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Marten Zieris

Partner

Germany

Marten combines broad, cross-sector expertise (transportation, consumer goods, construction, automotive, telecoms, energy) with extensive experience in organizational & operating model development, as well as process & performance management.

Areas of Focus

Education

University of Bayreuth
Dipl. Kaufmann
National University of Singapore
Business Administration

Marten is a Partner at Arthur D. Little’s Frankfurt office and part of the leadership team of the “Strategy & Organization Practice” in Central Europe. In his role, Marten is responsible for the Arthur D. Little Organizational Excellence Solution in Central Europe.

Marten gained extensive expertise in helping clients in multiple industries to reshape and optimize their operating models. Marten’s track record covers all dimensions to holistically address “organizational development” in a strategic context (strategy review & business requirements definition, organizational design, process management, steering & governance concepts, leadership, culture & change management). 
Marten has supported international clients in large-scale transformations (up to 20,000 employees) end to end, “from concept development to implementation”. He is well positioned to optimize organizations regarding their effectiveness (e.g., strategic consistency or market-/customer-centricity) and efficiency (e.g, scale-/performance-driven), with insight across all business functions as well as various industries (logistics, consumer goods, energy, telecoms, automotive/mobility). 

Marten holds a diploma in business administration from University of Bayreuth (Germany) and National University of Singapore. He is fluent in German and English.

Besides his international business activities, Marten enjoys family life with his wife and his son.

The people-centric lab of the future
The people-centric lab of the future
As the world grapples with global mega-challenges, innovation[1] has never been more necessary. We need breakthrough innovation to solve pressing issues around energy, the environment, and social and health challenges. At the same time, and equally importantly, companies have to deal with a business world typified by increased complexity and accelerated time frames. Together these mean innovation must deliver more breakthroughs, rather than only incremental improvements, with more flexibility and responsiveness and at greater speed.
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Strengthening resilience in food & beverage product development
Consumer Goods & Retail
Strengthening resilience in food & beverage product development
The food and beverage industry is experiencing rapid, unpredictable disruptions driven by supply scarcity and commodity price fluctuations. This presents an existential challenge in getting safe, consistent products to market. In this Viewpoint, we identify practical actions to strengthen resilience and build supply chain security through a combination of supply chain innovation and improved product development approaches.
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Insight: Organizational detoxing
Insight: Organizational detoxing
Marten Zieris, Wilhelm Lerner
ORGANIZATIONAL DETOXING TO ANSWER COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS The momentum of change is accelerating and is transforming markets, ecosystems, and organizations. Whether you call it VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous), RUPT (rapid, unpredictable, paradoxical, tangled), or something else, the world around us is becoming increasingly complex in an accelerating manner.
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Travel & transportation
Is tender excellence on your radar?
Michael Zintel, Marten Zieris
Tender management remains one of the most business-critical jobs for logistics companies. A significant share of revenue is generated from bids, with the aggregated value of tenders amounting up to billions of euros p.a. for large organizations.
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Ambidextrous Organizations – Build sustainable organizational advantage
Wilhelm Lerner, Marten Zieris
Today’s competitive and highly volatile environment calls for a new kind of flexibility that is not covered by conventional organizational wisdom. Corporate strategies specifically address implications of changing customer requirements, market developments, digitalization, etc., but most often lack tangible guidance on the organizational capabilities needed to address these challenges.
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Travel & transportation
Digital platforms in freight transportation
Ralf Baron, Michael Zintel, Marten Zieris
The wind of change is blowing strongly in transportation & logistics. Digitization is in full swing: it is opening a whole portfolio of new opportunities to reduce costs, differentiate product offerings and redefine business models. Digital freight platforms are driving the transformation. The narrow focus on clearly delineated market segments currently restricts their disruption potential. However, the longterm effect on the industry can be immense, as other sectors have shown.
Find out more
Ambidextrous organizations – How to embrace disruption and create organizational advantage
Wilhelm Lerner, Marten Zieris
In competitive markets businesses need to embrace two sets of capabilities that are often seen as complete opposites – they have to be fast & creative, while also being productive & scale driven. This article explores how businesses can become truly ambidextrous, providing an outline model that helps to create the right balance within the organization.
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Marten is a Partner at Arthur D. Little’s Frankfurt office and part of the leadership team of the “Strategy & Organization Practice” in Central Europe. In his role, Marten is responsible for the Arthur D. Little Organizational Excellence Solution in Central Europe.

Marten gained extensive expertise in helping clients in multiple industries to reshape and optimize their operating models. Marten’s track record covers all dimensions to holistically address “organizational development” in a strategic context (strategy review & business requirements definition, organizational design, process management, steering & governance concepts, leadership, culture & change management). 
Marten has supported international clients in large-scale transformations (up to 20,000 employees) end to end, “from concept development to implementation”. He is well positioned to optimize organizations regarding their effectiveness (e.g., strategic consistency or market-/customer-centricity) and efficiency (e.g, scale-/performance-driven), with insight across all business functions as well as various industries (logistics, consumer goods, energy, telecoms, automotive/mobility). 

Marten holds a diploma in business administration from University of Bayreuth (Germany) and National University of Singapore. He is fluent in German and English.

Besides his international business activities, Marten enjoys family life with his wife and his son.

The people-centric lab of the future
The people-centric lab of the future
As the world grapples with global mega-challenges, innovation[1] has never been more necessary. We need breakthrough innovation to solve pressing issues around energy, the environment, and social and health challenges. At the same time, and equally importantly, companies have to deal with a business world typified by increased complexity and accelerated time frames. Together these mean innovation must deliver more breakthroughs, rather than only incremental improvements, with more flexibility and responsiveness and at greater speed.
Find out more
Strengthening resilience in food & beverage product development
Consumer Goods & Retail
Strengthening resilience in food & beverage product development
The food and beverage industry is experiencing rapid, unpredictable disruptions driven by supply scarcity and commodity price fluctuations. This presents an existential challenge in getting safe, consistent products to market. In this Viewpoint, we identify practical actions to strengthen resilience and build supply chain security through a combination of supply chain innovation and improved product development approaches.
Find out more
Insight: Organizational detoxing
Insight: Organizational detoxing
Marten Zieris, Wilhelm Lerner
ORGANIZATIONAL DETOXING TO ANSWER COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS The momentum of change is accelerating and is transforming markets, ecosystems, and organizations. Whether you call it VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous), RUPT (rapid, unpredictable, paradoxical, tangled), or something else, the world around us is becoming increasingly complex in an accelerating manner.
Find out more
Travel & transportation
Is tender excellence on your radar?
Michael Zintel, Marten Zieris
Tender management remains one of the most business-critical jobs for logistics companies. A significant share of revenue is generated from bids, with the aggregated value of tenders amounting up to billions of euros p.a. for large organizations.
Find out more
Ambidextrous Organizations – Build sustainable organizational advantage
Wilhelm Lerner, Marten Zieris
Today’s competitive and highly volatile environment calls for a new kind of flexibility that is not covered by conventional organizational wisdom. Corporate strategies specifically address implications of changing customer requirements, market developments, digitalization, etc., but most often lack tangible guidance on the organizational capabilities needed to address these challenges.
Find out more
Travel & transportation
Digital platforms in freight transportation
Ralf Baron, Michael Zintel, Marten Zieris
The wind of change is blowing strongly in transportation & logistics. Digitization is in full swing: it is opening a whole portfolio of new opportunities to reduce costs, differentiate product offerings and redefine business models. Digital freight platforms are driving the transformation. The narrow focus on clearly delineated market segments currently restricts their disruption potential. However, the longterm effect on the industry can be immense, as other sectors have shown.
Find out more
Ambidextrous organizations – How to embrace disruption and create organizational advantage
Wilhelm Lerner, Marten Zieris
In competitive markets businesses need to embrace two sets of capabilities that are often seen as complete opposites – they have to be fast & creative, while also being productive & scale driven. This article explores how businesses can become truly ambidextrous, providing an outline model that helps to create the right balance within the organization.
Find out more

More About Marten
  • University of Bayreuth
    Dipl. Kaufmann
  • National University of Singapore
    Business Administration