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Strategy and Business
Development

International expansion - leading Asian education & publishing company

Client Description:

A Japanese education and publishing business, with language schools and ESL centres, required a go-to-market strategy for their expansion in a new geography

Project Context:

To assess the Indian market for a pre-school, subscription-based, home-delivery package

Market assessments and developing market entry strategies

Consultant Profiles:

Project Lead Ex McKinsey consultant with 14+ years experience in product strategy and marketing. Presently running a start-up gamifying maths for K-5

Jr. Consultant with 8 years of experience in strategy consulting

Timelines:

2 month project with part-time capacity

Deliverables/Output:

Oversaw and drove basic research of the Indian landscape

Developed a business case outlining potential for the business over 3-5 years

Strategic road map for tech based food start-up

Client Description:

Tech based food start-up offering a first-of-its kind automated retail marketplace connecting consumers and fresh food providers

Project Context:

Build a strategic road map for aggressive expansion in Indian cities

Market assessment and market research; utilizing project based resources to fuel growth in target cities

Consultant Profiles:

Team Lead: Harvard Business School Graduate and ex-McKinsey Consultant with 25 years of experience in strategy planning and designing roadmaps with global industrial/ technology companies

Financial Modelling and Research Analyst: Columbia MBA, ex-EY Consultant with strategy consulting, due diligence, financial modelling and market research expertise

Timelines:

6 weeks onsite and remote project, with part-time support from Team Lead and full-time support from the analyst

Deliverables/Output:

Developed a detailed road-map for 3-5 years with a city-wide scale-up plan and financials

Defined key objectives based on drivers and key players identified in target cities

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Marketing &
Sales

Construction material manufacturer building a new business

Client Description:

A construction material manufacturer with a strong presence in the government projects sector

They were looking to build a new private sector business

Project Context:

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 and private developers

Consultant Profiles:

Lead Consultant: An Ex- INSEAD Marketing professional with more than 16 years of experience across Telecom, Chemicals, FMCG Packaged foods and BFSI industry. Previously developed and spearheaded the India entry strategy from scratch for an international telecom company

Industry Specific Experts: 10+ hours of calls with marketing and sales experts of home furnishing companies and end users, ie. interior design and architecture firms, were instrumental in formulate the segmentation strategy

Timelines:

2 months project with both remote and onsite support for a capacity of 4 days per week

Deliverables/Output:

Defined contours of loyalty and engagement programs for customer acquisition and retention

Designed marketing initiatives across offline and online channels

Senior sales specialist for a funded Ed-tech start-up

Client Description:

An Ed-tech start-up, funded by a leading global foundation; operates 73 learning centres and has school partners in 11 states in India, offering classroom courses, online training programs for foundations (Class VIII-X) and IIT JEE and NEET classes

Looking for a Senior Sales Consultant to support their sales team

Project Context:

Evaluate the overall B2C sales strategy for different offline channels and identify what's working and what needs attention - assess trends over time, by channel and by region

Refine the overall sales strategy as needed to achieve the targets set, based on discussions with the CEO and senior management

Consultant Profiles:

Ex CMO, Business and Product / Innovation Head; now an entrepreneur & growth consultant, with experience in Financial Services & FinTech, Kids & Education, Food & Beverages, helping start-ups and large enterprises with their Marketing, Growth, Sales and Product Strategy and execution

Timelines:

6 months project with full time support from the consultant

Deliverables/Output:

Identified new opportunities (including events & partnerships) to drive performance and market share expansion across markets

Developed new sales aids and materials needed to support the sales team

Established an effective tracking mechanism to review performance along key metrics

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Supply chain/
Operations

Warehouse best practices for a high-growth logistics start-up

Client Description:

A tech based and skill development focussed intra-city logistics start-up that connects logistics consumers with providers

They are focused on organising the mini-truck transportation market in India

Project Context:

Explore best practices in setting up warehouses and micro-warehouses with a special focus on opportunity sizing, operational excellence and technology set-up

Conduct secondary research with insights on micro-warehousing trends in last mile deliveries in emerging markets in Asia

Consultant Profiles:

Senior professional with 25+ years in consulting (ex-Accenture) and execution of customer initiatives within several multicultural start-ups and established business climates (U.S.A., Europe, India)

Had experience of delivering a large greenfield warehouse, process transformation, logistics automation and WMS software for automobile manufacturers

Timelines:

1 month project with a capacity of 2-3 days per week with both remote and on-site support in Bangalore

Deliverables/Output:

Built the journey map, meta use cases and the SOP

Implemented best practices , safety and security, pilferage control, technology, metrics and measurement for warehouse set up

Local integration roadmap for a multinational pharma company

Client Description:

A multinational pharmaceutical company focused on providing high-quality and affordable medicines in Europe and beyond

Project Context:

The client had recently acquired a manufacturing asset in India and was looking to successfully integrate it

Looking to get a detailed local integration roadmap and strategy designed and to have it implemented

Consultant Profiles:

An ISB and IIT graduate and supply chain professional with 20 years+ experience across Pharma, FMCG, Chemicals and Consulting. Experience of developing business processes around supply planning, demand planning and inventory norms across multiple projects while working for a Fortune 500 professional services company

Timelines:

6 months project with onsite support in Delhi and full-time capacity

Deliverables/Output:

Designed a local integration roadmap with clearly defining timelines, milestones and resources

Successful execution of integration and deal value creation plan, including strategic, operational and financial initiatives | Identified areas of risk and defined response strategy

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Human
Resources

Talent Acquisition for a top-tier consulting firm client

Client Description:

A top tier consulting firm working with a manufacturing giant and were looking for a Talent Acquisition Consultant to recruit multiple teams of front end salesmen across the country

Project Context:

Source candidates through network, searches and referrals | Drive and manage conversions including screening and interviews | working on key policies and process excellence to ensure internal controls and systems are in place

Consultant Profiles:

A Talent Acquisition Specialist with 12 years of experience with firms like Wipro, Reliance Retail and Springboard. Expertise across talent acquisition, on-boarding, performance management, employee management, recruitment and HR policies

Timelines:

3 months engagement with both onsite and remote support in across different locations

Deliverables/Output:

Hired 400+ sales professionals across India for 30 distributors and 120 locations

Set up the recruitment process for the firm's future needs

Establishing HR processes for leading renewable energy company

Client Description:

An independent energy company exclusively focused developing, operating and scaling wind energy projects in India (with a project pipeline of circa 900MW) required support from a sr. HR specialist

Project Context:

Identifying & helping establish the key HR practices & organisational structure needed for a high-growth company with a start-up culture

Identifying the right partners to help the company hire and structuring an effective recruitment process for the next 6 months - 1 year

Consultant Profiles:

MBA in Strategy and an M.A. in Human Resource Management, with 15 years of managerial and leadership experience in designing and implementing people strategies. Experienced in organisation redesigning, organisation restructure, compensation & benefits, recruitment and HR processes

Timelines:

6 month project with both onsite and remote support of 15-18 hours per week in Delhi

Deliverables/Output:

Reviewed and refined HR policies and processes

Worked closely with CEO and top management to address people issues and assist in other HR related matters e.g. annual objectives, performance reviews etc. | Built the hiring process, including formalizing the hiring partners, from the ground up

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Information
Technology

Technological assessment for a leading management consultancy

Client Description:

A leading management consultancy was looking for an expereinced consultant to help them with a technology assessment of an online/omni-channel retail company

Project Context:

Driving a comparison and scalability assessment; analysing warehouse technology and systems including design optimization, inventory and SKU management

Customer analytics assessing price elasticity capabilities, customer cohorts analysis, targeting and retention

Consultant Profiles:

A digital transformation & product development expert with 16+ years of experience (former Sr. product manager at Amazon)

Extensive international experience of building high performance teams & intellectual property; expertise in digital transformation, product management, e-commerce and tech due diligence

Timelines:

3 weeks project with a mix of onsite and remote support across Bangalore and Mumbai

Deliverables/Output:

Scalability assessment for the company along with a competitor platform comparison and analysis

Streamlined the entire delivery analytics; oder allocation to service providers, route planning, SLA/KPI management etc

Digital Platform for a leading Indian healthcare company

Client Description:

A leading Indian healthcare organisation was looking to engage with a technology consultant to build a new digital platform

Project Context:

Spearhead planning of the project, decide scope of software product, schedule tasks and event

Undertake End-to-end project planning including estimation, resource planning, etc

Consultant Profiles:

A tech entrepreneur and experienced product management professional with 14+ years of experience in the technology sector and proven skills in building and managing high performance teams, intellectual property, product management, ecosystem development, machine learning and data sciences

Timelines:

3 months project with fulltime onsite support in Hyderabad

Deliverables/Output:

Supported the client with delivery and overall project management

Managed stakeholders and ensured timeliness and quality of deliverables

Resolved conflict and interfaced problems within the project

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Finance

New business plan for an international development organization

Client Description:

An international development charity in the media and communications space

Project Context:

Develop a business plan to assess the feasibility of setting up an independent, local entity in the health, sanitation, financial literacy and education sectors, focussed on creating content across platforms, designing digital services, providing strategic consultancy etc

Consultant Profiles:

Team Lead: An ex top-tier Strategic and Institutional Development consultant with 20+ years of experience in healthcare and development focused on delivery of services (health, education, media, telecom etc.)

Financial Modeller: 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 consulting, research, financial analysis. An ex Analyst at KPMG Research

Timelines:

6 weeks remote and onsite project with full-time support from the Financial Modeller and part-time capacity from Team Lead and Analyst

Deliverables/Output:

Detailed 3-5-years business plan based on key assumptions, business drivers and risks

Presentation of synthesis of research & analysis, explaining structure of the business plan

Financial modeling & data analysis for an international social enterprise

Client Description:

A Brazil based company that specialises in Land Regularization in illegally occupied urban areas

They were looking for support in the form of analysis, data modelling and structuring of a Social Bond

Project Context:

Review, test and validate the key assumptions underlying the financial modelling

Compare target returns over different time frames with competing financial products

Consultant Profiles:

An Ex- KPMG Consultant with global experience in Assurance and Corporate Finance; previously led the Chief Strategy Office for an award-winning tech start-up HQ-ed in California

Timelines:

6 weeks project with full time remote support

Deliverables/Output:

External benchmarking from similar products in other parts of the world, other sectors and pressure testing assumptions as also return expectation

Validated and tested the underlying model and business logic

Financial model for the Investor Deck

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Top project use cases

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International expansion - leading Asian education & publishing company

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Strategic road map for tech based food start-up

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Construction material manufacturer building a new business

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Senior sales specialist for a funded Ed-tech start-up

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Warehouse best practices for a high-growth logistics start-up

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Local integration roadmap for a multinational pharma company

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Talent Acquisition for a top-tier consulting firm client

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Establishing HR processes for leading renewable energy company

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Technological assessment for a leading management consultancy

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Digital Platform for a leading Indian healthcare company

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New business plan for an international development organization

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Financial modeling & data analysis for an international social enterprise

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