Key results:

• Achieved efficiency and cost optimization in the indirect areas (especially maintenance, administration, logistics, quality assurance, facility management, purchasing)
• Identified and realized savings potentials
• Sustainably reduced costs for affected overhead areas by 25%
• Improved transparency of operational and financial key figures
• Achieved centralization and economies of scale in the indirect functions
• Implemented a sustainable organizational redesign (structural and process organization) in the indirect areas
• Established multi-project management for the follow-up of the individual measures
• The initial goal was to identify improvement potential of 2 M €. Jointly with the client, our team identified a potential of >3 M € relating to FTE and further >1 M € relating to purchasing spend
• Immediately kicked-off implementation due to a clearly defined roadmap and alignment of the management team how to transform to a white administration
• The project results supported by the workers’ council (traditionally strong in this industry)