Built with the people who run it.
Cost programmes designed in a back room tend to come back within two budgets. We design yours with the managers who will deliver it, track every saving to the ledger and hand over a way of working, not a slide.
We benchmark your cost base and processes against peers, then walk the floor to see where the work actually happens. The result is a sized savings range and the three moves worth making first.
In delivery, we work inside your teams: redesigning processes, rewriting KPIs and reporting savings monthly, confirmed by your finance team.
Typical triggers
- The board wants 10–15% out of SG&A without hurting service
- Regions or business units each run things their own way
- Dashboards are full of KPIs that nobody acts on
Everything you need to take cost out.
- Cost & process benchmarks Your spend, headcount and cycle times compared with relevant peers.
- Operating-model design Roles, spans, layers and decision rights that fit your strategy.
- Zero-based budgeting Budgets rebuilt from activity, not from last year plus inflation.
- Procurement & supply chain Category plans, supplier renegotiation and resilience checks.
- KPI design A short set of measures with owners and a monthly review rhythm.
- Savings tracker Every initiative tracked to the ledger and signed off by finance.
Five stages from scan to sustained savings.
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Scan
Weeks 1–4Benchmarks, site visits and interviews produce a sized savings range and priorities.
Deliverable: Cost & performance scan -
Design
Months 2–3Managers and our advisors design the new processes, structures and budgets together.
Deliverable: Target operating model -
Pilot
Months 3–4Changes are tested in one site, region or function before they are rolled out.
Deliverable: Pilot results -
Roll out
Months 4–10Wave-by-wave implementation with savings tracked monthly against the plan.
Deliverable: Monthly savings report -
Sustain
Months 10–12KPIs, reviews and budget rules are handed over so the savings stay in the P&L.
Deliverable: Performance playbook
Fees linked to the savings.
Cost & Performance Scan
Benchmarks, a sized savings range and the three moves worth making first.
- Benchmarks & site visits
- Sized savings range
- Top-3 priorities
Transformation Programme
Design and delivery alongside your teams, with savings tracked monthly.
- Everything in Scan
- Design, pilot & roll-out
- Monthly savings tracking
Interim Leadership
An experienced COO or transformation lead placed while you hire.
- Placed within 3 weeks
- Partner oversight
- Handover to your hire
Fees exclude VAT and travel. The success share is capped and paid only on savings confirmed by your finance team.
Questions COOs ask first.
Will this mean job cuts?
How do you prove the savings are real?
Can you work across several countries?
What if the savings don’t materialise?
Tell us where the margin is going.
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