Organization
Establishing Efficient Organization Structure And Processes To Drive $100MM In EBITDA Uplift
Conducted 12-week operations diagnostic to identify opportunities to streamline and reduce cost of client’s operations. To this end, Gotham: redesigned the corporate organization; surveyed 300+ front-line employees to understand their activities; visited multiple local markets and toured homes; mapped all processes front-to-back; and conducted deep-dive analyses of the client's operational performance to establish and quantify savings opportunities. Gotham identified opportunities to increase the client’s EBITDA by $100MM and developed project charters, role-specific KPIS, and a technology plan to jumpstart the capture of identified opportunities. The client launched the implementation effort immediately, with organizational restructuring implemented within 4 weeks.
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Establishing “One Company” Organization and Operations to Realize Cost Synergies at Direct Marketing Services Company
Conducted a 5-week operations diagnostic of a recently acquired portfolio company to identify cost reduction opportunities and establish organizational and operations end-visions. Gotham undertook an extensive analytic effort to reconcile and align data from 3 separate, independently operating systems corresponding to each business unit and create in-depth profiles of purchasing spend and labor efficiency. We also identified opportunities to improve salesforce effectiveness, including salesforce restructuring and a new compensation system. Finally, working with management, Gotham developed a “One Company” organizational structure to eliminate disconnect and facilitate savings opportunity capture within and among the 3 business units. Following the diagnostic, management launched efforts to capture these opportunities, which were expected to improve the company’s EBITDA margins by 6+ percentage points.
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Improving Profitability and Revenue Performance at Multi-disciplinary Engineering Services Firm
Conducted a 6-week operations assessment to turn around the company’s margin performance and position it for a successful exit in 2-3 years’ time. Analyzed historical project and employee utilization performance; developed target staffing leverage model; and created target business development model to improve efficiency of business development effort while driving profitable revenue growth. Our detailed assessment gave our client a solid understanding and roadmap of the levers to achieve the target margin performance (5-7% points growth); client requested Gotham to provide ongoing support through quarterly performance audits.
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Rapid Inventory and Supply Chain Cost Structure Diagnostic at Niche Apparel Producer
Conducted an inventory and cost structure diagnostic and created a plan for capture of opportunities at a recently acquired private equity portfolio company. Identified $11+MM in inventory reduction, $1.2–1.9+MM in overhead expense reduction, and $0.4–1.2MM in freight cost reduction opportunities.
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Post-merger Integration Planning for Tech-enabled Compliance Services Providers
Developed a detailed post-merger integration and communication plan that identified and prioritized post-merger integration requirements as pre-deal, 100-day, and post-100-day, and identified the integration team with assigned responsibilities for key integration priorities. The effort included establishing the target end-vision of the combined company and determining post-merger integration requirements through a thorough assessment of current situation at both companies.
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Uncovering Cost and Inventory Savings Opportunities and Assessing Operational Capabilities at Licensed Brands Household Goods Company
Conducted 1-week opportunity assessment for inventory, labor, material, freight, distribution, and overhead costs from both standalone and synergistic perspective. Identified $3-4MM in cost reduction opportunities and $4-5MM in inventory reduction opportunities. Client acquired the company and merged it with a portfolio consumer goods company. Subsequently, assisted in capturing $4-5MM in inventory and $2MM in freight savings at this growing company which became one of the largest suppliers to big box retailers.
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