Project Scope

A large org which is the market leader in a fragmented Indian industry was looking for strategy consulting support to help shape the thinking on an international strategy

Key Deliverables

• Market sizing for ~10 countries
• Business Plan
• Revenue and margins
• Investments
• Operating costs
• Macro scenarios

Team Structure

• Team Lead: Ex McKinsey Expert in the Strategy, worked with various partners in the Financial Institutions Group of the firm, for nearly 5 years. In this time, he had the opportunity to counsel clients in large banks across strategy, business process reengineering, people development, change management, leadership development, digital transformation, etc.
• Business Analyst - more than 6 years in the Management and Strategy Consulting domain, with experience and knowledge gained across working on various projects, sectors, and with diverse organizations and clients. I believe brainstorming is a wonderful idea to generate ideas. So, let's connect and discuss how we can collaborate.

Project Scope

The firm wanted to develop an alternate revenue stream to grow the business. Next-generation entrepreneurs aspire to take the business in a 3X growth path.

Key Deliverables

• Exhaustive peer review, industry benchmarking, analysis of export – import databases, determination of capital investment required, potential market growth opportunities and business modelling to establish the margins

Team Structure

• Senior Consultant:
• Ex McKinsey Expert in the Strategy, Capital and Operations domain with 15 years of experience across manufacturing, infrastructure and service industries in over 16 countries
• Drove projects around lifecycle cost optimisation, capital cost reduction, contracting strategy and value engineering across various sectors
• Business Analyst : Seasoned analytics professional having undertaken over 50+ in-depth research-based consulting projects across Industry Research & Analysis, Due Diligence, Business Valuation, Market Opportunity and Size, Scoping and Demand assessment.
• Experts :Over 20 hours industry expert interviews were conducted to validate the hypothesis and carryout operational improvement at client site.

Project Scope Duration : 3 months

The internal strategy & innovation team was looking for a team of consultants to help support strategy development and deployment for the clients’ energy vertical

Key Deliverables

• Synthesized analysis on the Indian and Global Energy Outlook.
• Analysis of the current portfolio, including impact of technology, policy and landscape changes
• Proposed the energy strategy for the next 5 years

Team Structure

• Strategy Advisor - An Ex-McKinsey Consultant with 18 years’ experience in leading go to market strategies, and approaches to drive revenue growth and profitability in Energy Power & Utility (EPU) as well as Oil & Gas sectors
• Program Manager - An Energy Expert with 15 years of consulting experience; The consultant had prior experience in design & implementation of corporate strategies, business unit strategies and led strategic transformation initiatives with a deep focus on the Renewable Energy Market
• Associate Consultant 1 - An ex-BCG and Roland Berger Consultant with 5 years of experience ; previously supported the market entry strategy for a French renewable energy client
• Associate Consultant 2 - An ex- Booz & Co. consultant with 6 years of experience in strategy and implementation engagements in the infrastructure sector

Project Scope

Develop a business plan to assess the feasibility of setting up an independent, local entity. The new entity will be looking at creating content across platforms, designing digital services, providing strategic consultancy, implementing communication outputs, etc

Key Deliverables

• Detailed excel-based 3-5-years business plan and 10-15 slides presentation explaining structure of the business plan, key assumptions, business drivers, and risks

Team Structure

• Team Lead : An ex top-tier consultant with 20+ years of experience in healthcare and development/impact. Strategic and institutional Development specialist focused on delivery of services (health, education, media, telecom etc.)
• Financial Modeller and Primary Researcher : Ex- Deloitte consultant with 8 years of experience in financial modelling as well as primary and secondary research. Strong experience in economic growth & development sector assignments
• Secondary Research Analyst :An IT engineer and MBA finance professional with 5 years experience in strategy, market research, financial analysis, ratio comparison, consulting in various companies from BFSI, IT industry. An ex Analyst at KPMG Research

Project Scope

Deep dive in the interesting and innovative models in the HR ecosystem around the world- - What major competitors were doing in each category of HR offerings - Insights on the increasing role of technology in this industry - Different models within the HR industry (job boards, gig economy, outsourced HR, among others)

Key Deliverables

• Mapped HR Candidate journey end-to-end and classified into Pre & Post- onboarding.
• Ensured that the research and recommendations were built on a robust MECE framework.
• It supported in segregating business models and new-age / HR tech trends, thereby enabling identification of attractive areas for further deep-dive

Team Structure

• Senior Consultant:
• Ex- McKinsey Engagement Manager (London) with years of international business experience
• Strong focus on strategy, digital topics & innovation
• Extensively worked with multiple series A-D funded startups on strategy & finance projects
• Consultant 1 :
• Ex- Accenture Strategy Analyst with 6 years of strong experience of managing International Projects across geographies and industries
• Solid research and analytical skills. Ability to develop perspectives backed by data-driven solutions
• Worked on projects around leveraging digital technology to optimise costs
• Consultant 2 :
• Ex BCG Consultant with a strong background in Data Analytics and Financial Operations
• Prior experience in designing frameworks to address gaps in org structure, technology and operations
• Holds credibility of executing 200+ initiatives across Finance and Technology in a Banking merger

Project Scope

To drive tech solutions for converting offline data into an online format

• Analysing and interpreting the converted data on parameters;
• Forecasting behaviour trends and identifying opportunities
• Implementing analytical and tech solutions across the retail stores to improve accuracy and feedback collection

Key Deliverables

• Led and executed e Retail Analytics and physical stores digitisation strategy nationally
• Improved offline data collection by 20% that contributed to uptick in average transaction value

Team Structure

• Analytics and Data Science Consultant with 14+ years of Global experience across India and US
• Founder of an advanced SaaS platform to automate and digitise retail and warehousing processes
• First hand exposure of working with tech leaders to develop Analytics strategy and Business Intelligence Roadmaps for large organisations
• Built a lead scoring model to profile high propensity buyers based on historical buying patterns for an Ed-Tech firm As a Market Insights Analysis specialist, he has led revenue opportunities in new geographies based on Data Insights from Marketing spend

Project Scope

A top-tier management consulting firm, is looking to engage with a Consultant. They are currently working with an IT services organisation ($10B+ revenue) to build an MVP for them over a 4-month duration

Key Deliverables

• Build out the data collection/ingestion engine (PowerApps), processing, and visualization (on PowerBI) for this engagement
• Building some form-based apps and piping them to a dashboard

Team Structure

• Lead Developer - Consultant with 13+ years of experience in Software Development, Analysis, Design, Development, Unit Testing, Microsoft Power BI, Coding & Database Programming
• Jr. Developer - 4+ years of experience with highly skilled and dedicated in designing, developing, and implementing Power Platform solutions

Project Scope

• To Build a structured Brand Strategy and Execution Model to accelerate their growth journey - Run a diagnostic to identify the customers’ wants; develop a compelling Customer Value Proposition
• Work with the tech team to build an exceptional platform and online presence for the brand

Key Deliverables

Undertook a research into business model, operating levers, consumer insights, competitive landscape

• Defined customer segment; structured the Consumer Value Developed a Brand playbook for online and offline efforts
• Set up an appropriate marketing mix to maximize effectiveness and efficiency

Team Structure

• Consultant 1 : Global Consumer and Pharma Marketing and Sales Expert with Johnson & Johnson and an Ex McKinsey Practice Advisor, FMCG Domain. Strong Expertise in Consumer thinking, Route to Market entry, Sales & Channel Strategy, Shopper Solutions and Brand Management
• Consultant 2 :Former Global corporate executive with large MNCs like GSK, Coca-Cola, having expertise in marketing, growth strategies & integrated implementation\in consumer product, consumer-digital, health & tech-based sectors.

Project Scope

• Identify the best marketing approaches being leveraged by leading firms in the building and construction space
• Understand the planning and execution stages in the universe of architects, interior designers

Key Deliverables

• Define contours of loyalty and engagement programs for customer acquisition and retention
• Design marketing initiatives across offline and online channels, media partnerships

Team Structure

• Lead Consultant:
• An Ex- INSEAD Marketing professional with more than 16 years of experience across industries such as Telecom , Chemicals, FMCG Packaged foods and BFSI
• Developed and spearheaded the India entry strategy from scratch for an international telecommunications company; Also helped structure and launch a huge strategic partnership for a food tech start-up
• Previously worked with AIG to build a bottom-up corporate marketing strategy which oversaw 10 businesses in the country
• Industry Specific Experts :
• 10+ hours of calls with senior industry experts across home furnishing and interior designers to develop perspective on driving sales strategically

Project Scope

Project Scope

• Develop core intervention recommendations based on high level landscape analysis Drive conversations to determine entity type, registration plan and set up timelines
• Understanding the competitive advantage of product and service offered

Key Deliverables

• Structured a three year financial plan for the organization, including business set up costs
• Developed a detailed start-up plan on the basis of legal, performance and geographic recommendations

Team Structure

• Senior Strategy Consultant : Professional with strong background in finance, strategy consulting and public policy space Previously managed Surgo Foundation portfolio in India and developed new investments in the region to catalyze the global development sector Drove data management of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's portfolio in Uttar Pradesh, India and evaluated the investment opportunities in Health and Agriculture sectors
• Financial Analyst: Management Consultant with prior experience of working in the healthcare, real estate and social sectors Expert in Operational Performance improvement, Market entry strategy, Market Research and Business continuity planning with strong skills in market research and financial modeling