Situation

  • An $800M division of a $24B publicly traded Building Automation Products company had undergone leadership change to reset the business growth trajectory
  • Primary objectives were to drive growth in stagnant business, reduce bloated costs, and reposition innovation and technology leadership
  • Long-Range-Planning traditionally was a top-down process with no defined accountabilities
  • Lines of responsibility were blurred due to complex matrix structure within the parent company
  • SLKone was hired to establish, manage, and deliver a consolidated LRP

Bespoke Solutions

  • Developed standardized templates that were distributed to all key players; templates used underlying detail to quantitatively roll-up to a 6-line Profit & Loss
  • Designed qualitative input templates to identify key drivers of the global business at regional level as well as potential risks and opportunities
  • Worked iteratively with key players to understand and validate projections for credibility and robustness with risks and opportunities identified
  • Developed a dynamic consolidation model that allowed management to adjust key drivers and determine their global impact

Leading With Results

  • Designed and orchestrated LRP process. Developed a template to facilitate initial submissions by Regional and Functional Finance Leaders. Led working sessions to guide creation, consolidated individual submissions
  • Alignment of Strategic Goals. Independent review of individual and consolidated 5-year plan. Reviewed alignment to new management’s strategic goals; support the revision process as appropriate
  • Provided ongoing support during carve-out of division. Final LRP was used during diligence to support the business case to bidders. Facilitated all diligence related requests to future projections