Salary Report 2025: This is how much purchasing professionals earn in Switzerland
Press release Lucerne, 13.11.2025 - The largest buyer salary report 2025 in the DACH region from purchasing and supply chain consultancy Kloepfel by EPSA sheds light on developments in the Swiss purchasing world and which factors pay off financially. In close cooperation with procure.ch, the Swiss professional association for purchasing and supply management, extensive data from Switzerland was collected for the first time. 718 specialists [...]
Sustainable Growth 2025: EPSA Maintains EcoVadis Platinum Ranking
Press release Düsseldorf/Paris, 19 November 2025 EPSA Group, European specialist in the operational, financial and environmental performance of organisations, announces the renewal of its EcoVadis platinum medal for the second consecutive year. This rating places EPSA in the top one per cent of companies in its sector in terms of CSR. The award emphasises the solid consistent impact strategy [...]
Economic expert: Swiss high-tech needs political foresight
The recent Swissmem Symposium provided a lot of impetus. For Dr oec. HSG Stephan Hofstetter, Partner DACH and Managing Director Switzerland of the supply chain consultancy Kloepfel Consulting, this is an opportunity to categorise the prospects for technology, the defence industry and trade policy. What technological prospects are opening up? „The look into the future showed exciting perspectives - from mobility to robotics. Practical contributions made [...]
Exploiting Trump's Achilles' heel: psychology over numbers
„In negotiations with Donald Trump, psychology is often more decisive than numbers,“ explains Dr Stephan Hofstetter, negotiation expert and Partner Switzerland at Kloepfel Consulting. „Trump is less persuaded by economic arguments than by personal recognition, symbolic gestures and narratives that confirm his self-image. If you meet him at eye level and understand his mechanisms, you can open doors where [...]
Best Business Consultants 2025 in Procurement & Supply Chain Management
Kloepfel Group has been honoured as „Best Management Consultants“ for the tenth year in a row. Since 2014, the „Best Management Consultants“ award from brand eins and Statista has emphasised how important specialist consultancies are for the economy. Management consultancies with a special focus and outstanding expertise for special cases are increasingly being considered by consulting clients in the selection process and are receiving greater recognition. [...]
Buyer survey: Resilient supply chains and AI as top priorities for purchasing managers
A recent international survey by the Kloepfel Group shows that buyers consider supply chain resilience and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to be top priorities for procurement managers. As part of the LinkedIn survey initiated by Marc Kloepfel, CEO of the Kloepfel Group, 143 purchasing managers worldwide were surveyed from 23 to 29 October 2024. Survey results The participants were asked [...]
Kloepfel Group features on Forbes„ “World's Best Management Consulting Firms" list for the third consecutive time“
The American business magazine Forbes has once again published its list of the „World's Best Management Consulting Firms“ this year. The Kloepfel Group, which operates in the DACH region, is delighted to be included in this exclusive group of the world's best consultants for the third time in a row. 232 management consulting firms and networks made it onto the 2024 Forbes list „World's Best [...]
Best consultants 2024
Specialist consultants have arrived in the industry: Kloepfel Consulting named „Best Consultants“ for the ninth year in a row Düsseldorf, 14.03.2024 - Since 2014, the „Best Consultants“ award from brand eins and Statista has highlighted how important specialist consultancies are for the economy. Management consultancies with a special focus and outstanding expertise for special cases are increasingly being recognised by [...]
New headquarters of Kloepfel (EPSA Group) in Düsseldorf
Relocation near the Rhine The year 2023 is a year full of events for the procurement consultancy Kloepfel Consulting, an EPSA Group company. We were once again honoured as Best Consultants and included in the Forbes list „World's Best Management Consulting Firms“. At the same time, the management of Kloepfel Consulting GmbH was expanded to include Thanh Duy Tran and Alexander Hornikel. Now [...]
Forbes World's Best Management Consulting Firms 2023
Kloepfel Consulting once again on the Forbes list „World's Best Management Consulting Firms“ Düsseldorf, 16 August 2023 - The American business magazine Forbes has once again published its list of the „World's Best Management Consulting Firms“ this year. Kloepfel Consulting is delighted to be included in this exclusive group of the world's best consultants for the second [...]