Project example: Value Creation - Food Retail Supplier

Situation

• Global Food Retail supplier expanded rapidly via acquisitions from a single country to operating in multiple countries and exporting globally
• Food Company organizes 2-day Strategic off-site with top-management of all countries to discuss 5-year strategic and financial plan to be presented to lending bank syndicate

Actions Proost Ventures

• Consolidate and challenge financial projections by country management into both consolidated 5-year financial projections and individual country summary projections
• Compare competitors’ business models, growth, cost position, and margins in order to assess competitive positioning of client
• Lay-out the market trends, pricing evolution, market attractiveness and key drivers by segment for the core markets in Europe, the Americas, and Asia
• Facilitate 2-day Strategic off-site with top-management of all countries to discuss 5-year strategic and financial plan
• Converge on action steps following discussion with management of content materials (financial projections, competitor benchmarking, and industry analysis)

Results

• Create sense of urgency with the management of the Global Food company to accelerate integration and restructure operational footprint
• 5-year financial and strategic plan including operational restructuring measures endorsed by syndicate of lending banks

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