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Organizational restructuring and blueprint organization design for a global chemical company with overall headcount reduced by 10%

Business Challenge

The global and local support organizations, including areas like Engineering, R&D, Technology, Projects, and Digital support, were re-designed to streamline processes and improve efficiency. This re-design aimed at achieving an overall reduction in fixed costs by lowering the total headcount in supporting functions, ensuring a leaner, more cost-effective structure. Additionally, the organizational set-up was enhanced to foster the development of capabilities and expertise, ensuring that resources were readily available for both the current and future needs of the Sites.

Approach

  • Assessment of current organization & engagement with key stakeholders
  • Agreed design principles & top-down targets for the To Be organization aligned with client’s Strategy and business imperatives
  • Conducted in-depth activity analysis & rationalization
  • With top leadership developed the overall high level org design. Followed by detailed/blueprint co-design with management.
  • Local gap analysis (against blueprint) and roadmap development (incl people selection process).
  • Developed overall roadmap & implementation/communication plan. Facilitation of implementation roll-out.

Results

  • Reduced the overall headcount with -10%
  • Macro & micro design of all functions (incl. Blueprint org charts & job descriptions)
  • Implementation Roadmap (including Change management, training & communication)
  • Successful launch of new organizational structure in all regions