Christian Heiss

Managing Director
29+ years of operations experience
Specializes in operations performance improvement and transformation
Expert in product performance and cost optimization, supply chain risk identification, and elimination and prevention
Zurich
@alvarezmarsal
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Dr. Christian Heiss is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Corporate Transformation Services in Zurich. He specializes in operations performance improvement and transformation. Dr. Heiss’ primary areas of concentration are product performance and cost optimization, operations improvement, supply chain risk identification, elimination and prevention.

With more than 29 years of operations experience, Dr. Heiss focuses on delivering tangible operations and product performance improvement in engineered products industries. His notable assignments include multinational as well as small and midsize local companies. Most recently, Dr. Heiss was responsible for technical, supply and final assembly launch problem solving for Germanies first H2 Train. 

Dr. Heiss has worked with clients in various industries, including aerospace and aircraft, rolling stock, automotive, manufacturing, wind turbines, plant engineering and telecommunication.

Prior to joining A&M, Dr. Heiss spent 18 years with Oliver Wyman, building and leading the performance improvement team for engineered products. 

Dr. Heiss earned a master’s degree (Dipl-Ing.) and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Technical University in Vienna.

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April 2026 is set to hit small UK retailers with a fresh wave of cost hikes, pilling pressure onto a sector many say is facing its toughest time since Covid. Rising wage, insurance, sick pay, business rates, energy standing charges, and reduced owner take‑home pay arrive as consumer demand softens and inflation fears persist amid geopolitical tensions. SMEs enter with limited resilience and mounting headwinds—including late payments, crime, and heavier admin/tax burdens—raising the risk of closures or contraction. The piece urges defensive cost control where necessary and, where possible, smarter pricing, operational efficiency, and targeted automation/analytics to protect margins and conserve working capital.