We are HR Consultants / China Experts Problem Solvers!

Skillfully leveraging China’s opportunities: Trust a partner who transforms complexity into clear advantages and long-term success with you.

8,000 kilometers distance, foreign culture, unknown rules: We support you in taking responsibility for a market you don’t intuitively understand.

Asiatischer Geschäftsmann unterhält sich selbstbewusst mit einer Geschäftspartnerin vor einem großen Panoramafenster

We translate Chinese business reality into European decision-making foundations.

Your China business requires decisions under uncertainty – a challenge that deserves respect. Twenty years on-site have taught us to solve problems before they arise.

Our team combines language competence with market intuition and strategic thinking. This minimizes costly risks in human resources and provides clarity on complex cultural and strategic issues.

We thus empower you for confident leadership and accompany you where support is crucial. In our success alliance, China Consulting becomes a true partnership. We share not only expertise but responsibility for the outcome.

More than Consulting: Three Strategic Pillars for Long-term Success in China

Your path to success in the complex Chinese market requires experienced guidance with high problem-solving competence. Our three service areas are carefully aligned to comprehensively and result-orientedly strengthen you in every critical phase of your engagement.

HR Consulting

Mittelalter Mann sitzt auf einer französischen Terrasse

Hand-picked Executives

We secure your goals in China through more than just impressive resumes. The proven Steinkellner Method identifies precisely fitting key personnel who drive your strategy forward.

Our European-Chinese selection process and active management guarantee quality and planning security for your most important personnel decision.

Cultural Consulting

Neuer Sommerpalast in Peking

Culture Compass China

Missteps due to cultural misunderstandings are costly. Our intercultural consulting provides you with crucial knowledge about business practices, negotiation techniques, and team management – beyond chopstick training.

This allows you to navigate confidently through the Chinese business environment and strengthen your company’s performance and reputation.

Strategy Consulting

Zwei glückliche multikulturelle Kollegen, die während der Pause im Büro sprechen und Kaffee trinken

Performance Check China

Uncertainty about your China subsidiary’s performance ties up resources and poses risks. Our Performance Check offers an indispensable external perspective.

We analyze your KPIs, leadership structure, and potentials, delivering clear, actionable recommendations for well-founded strategic decisions.

The Success Architect of Your China Business: Manfred Steinkellner

Manfred Steinkellner believes that people are at the core and that real problem-solving requires more than standard approaches. As a project manager in China, he learned through intensive “firefighting” how crucial active listening and intercultural sensitivity are. These experiences and his over 20 years of China expertise now flow into his consulting and executive search processes, offering tailored solutions and measurable successes with depth. He creates loyal, transparent partnerships to form leadership teams that truly make a difference.

Porträt von Manfred Steinkellner: Gründer, Erfolgsarchitekt und Leiter des Büros in Innsbruck

Customer reviews that speak for themselves:
Trust Results.

As problem solvers in the China context, our goal is clear: Lasting impact for your company. Our clients’ experiences demonstrate how we live up to this standard.

„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 von DewetronRaimund Trummer, Sales Manager China, DEWETRON GmbH
“Although the requirement profile changed several times, Steinkellner China Search responded quickly and presented us with very good plant manager candidates matching the requirement profile. 9 months after recruitment, I can say that I am very satisfied with the choice and performance of the candidate.”
Vice President for the Commercial Vehicles division at a leading German automotive supplier for interior systems with several factories in China.
“The intensive consultation from start to finish was very important to me. Not everyone can do that. I was also surprised by the speed with which we found the right candidate.”
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.
Lächende, vielfältige Gruppe von Firmenkollegen steht gemeinsam an einem Tisch in einem hellen, modernen Büro

Ready for the next step? Let’s talk.

We are ready to understand your specific challenges and develop tailored solutions.

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

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