For Companies
Bickel & Company is the execution partner of choice for leading companies.
Impact
We realize substantial and sustainable value creation, turning underperforming businesses into top performers and elevating good businesses to excellence.
Adj. EBITDA increase
(engagement exit vs. entry)
Over an average of 3 years
entry EBITDA
Average revenue CAGR
Above market &
historic CAGRs
Secured jobs
> 200 k
Average adj. EBITDA margin uplift
> 10 ppts
Completed refinancing volume
> € 10 bn
Scope
We cover the full transformation spectrum from strategic repositioning to operational transformation ultimately leading to high performance organizations.
Target operating model
Designing organizational footprint, leadership models and governance structures for effective company steering
Liquidity management
Safeguarding liquidity and refinancing through tight cash flow control and proactive lender management
Growth excellence
Driving topline growth through commercial initiatives, disciplined pricing and improved sales-force effectiveness
Portfolio mix
Optimizing the portfolio mix through targeted investments (R&D, M&A) and divestments (ramp-down, M&A)
Production set-up
Optimizing footprint and improving site capacity utilization, efficiency and throughput, including production set-up
Project management
Improving margins through effective project steering and renegotiation of underperforming projects
Purchasing excellence
Improving production / non-production material costs through purchasing & material-group renegotiation
SG&A structure
Right-sizing corporate and site functions & overhead structures in alignment with the target operating model
IT backbone
Implementing and harmonizing steering & management systems for performance transparency and operational control
Approach
Bickel & Company becomes an additive force inside the management structure. We create executive capacity, focus teams on their strongest capabilities and drive the transformation agenda from a C-level role inside the line. Management keeps the business running. We set the pace. The organization delivers.
How we do it
Strategic expertise paired with hands-on execution in executive roles.
We assess and design comprehensive VCPs
/ Holistic assessment of key value levers
/ VCP design ready for immediate execution
/ Design of a 100-day plan for rapid implementation
We take over leadership in executive roles (CTO, CFO etc.) accompanied by a transformation-tested Bickel & Company team to quickly & sustainably implement the transformation from day 1
/ Strategic repositioning
/ Reshaping the operating model
/ Cost reduction programs (Purchasing, SG&A, Operations)
/ Works council negotiations
/ Portfolio Management and M&A
/ Growth initiatives across products and regions
/ Cash and working capital initiatives
/ Refinancing / adjustment of capital structure
We serve in governance roles to accelerate the transformation and safeguard long-term success
/ Supervisory / Advisory Board positions, ideally in addition to C-level accelerate the transformation
/ Developing and shaping a well balanced and stable organization
Engagements
Results from operational execution with line responsibility
Machinery
6.0 k
€ 1.4 bn
5%
Clients
Trusted by industry-leading companies
