Flexible Low-Risk Business Solutions - for SMEs and Managers/Owners of SMEs, in the Midlands and beyond. Consultancy, Business Advice & Mentoring. Also available as Non-Exec & Part-Time Executive. Independent Views, Collaborative, Diplomatic, Problem-Solving. Broad Senior Experience in SMEs, Charity & Global/Corporate. Cambridge Law Degree, Management Accounting Diploma.
1. Increasing profitabili
ty and growth - through support and business analysis, eg customer/business segmentation, customer/prospect pipeline management, costing/margin analysis, pricing models.
2. Taking pressure off the owner-manager, reducing their worries, and releasing their time to better utilise their main skills in managing and developing the business - eg by being an independent sounding board/mentor; or dealing with short-term issues, filling a skills gap, supporting a project.
3. Building the Management Team - support on recruitment and selection; mentoring and developing managers into successful managers who enjoy their job.
4. Facilitating and encouraging strategic discussions - eg Growth, Investment, Acquisition, Succession Planning, Exit.
5. Supporting integration/change - logistics, locations, business systems, IT software applications.
6. Supply Chain optimisation - supporting the development of a cost effective solution to meet and exceed customer needs, especially balancing between in-house and outsourced options.
