Business Transformation
BIE supports you at each stage of your business transformation journey.
Business transformation is the process of fundamentally changing a company’s systems, processes, people and technology across an entire business.
BIE supports clients with the best proven transformation talent in the market. We place the right leadership talent to create the roadmap required to navigate the challenging journey of change thereby driving efficiencies and productivity, reducing costs and improving performance across your entire business.
Our clients include internationally owned, FTSE100, FTSE250, AIM-listed, private equity backed businesses and early-stage growth companies with VC support.
We support companies in the following areas:
- Strategic plan design and implementation– building, articulating and implementing strategic plans as well as go-to-market roadmaps
- Organisational design
- Programme design, road map planning, leadership and mobilisation of a transformation team
- Planning and delivery of communication, engagement and training plans
- Target operating model (TOM) - design and implementation approach
- TOM process architecture and taxonomy to level 1 to 4, end-to-end business-wide
- TOM alignment
- TOM roadmap and high-level plan
- Resource requirements and team composition
- Recommendation and list of functional requirements for business process mapping (BPM)
Transforming and stabilising global finance systems
Our client, a FTSE100 multinational automotive company, transformed its finance function by streamlining and simplifying its practices and introducing more stabilisation on controls and standardising processes.
BIE appointed a Global Finance Transformation Director to oversee the transformation and set up a strategy for a single Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system and shared global service.
News and Case Studies
Transforming and stabilising global business systems for a multinational automotive company
Our client was a multinational automotive distribution, retail and...
Scholl Wellness: Supporting a business carve out and delivering results against the clock
Scholl is the category leader in footcare in France, Italy, Germany,...
The ultimate ERP transformation programme - Heathrow Airport
Heathrow Airport is the UK’s largest airport, handling 80...
Delivering a cloud-based ERP solution against the clock in a high-security environment for AWE
For more than 70 years, AWE has supported the UK...
Transforming customer facing operations and achieving a double-digit sales growth at Biffa
The Biffa commercial waste collection business is the largest and...
Delivering a £130m annual synergy target at GVC holdings
The GVC Group has a workforce of over 25,000 people and with a...
Record breaking Oracle programme
One of the world’s leading customer data specialists was...
A short guide for Chief Transformation Officers starting a new role
As explored in our recent series on the emergence of the Chief...
A short guide for organisations looking to hire a Chief Transformation Officer
As explored in our recent article, rather than simply bringing in...
Insights from the Deputy CFO’s Sponsoring Transformation Masterclass
Transformation is a critical point on a Board’s agenda and has become...
The core elements of a successful Target Operating Model design
Designing a new Target Operating Model (TOM) is about aligning the...
Driving change with data. Part five: Time spent with your customers
Ways of working are in a constant state of flux, and the upheaval of...
Attracting the best talent for your transformation programme
In today’s market, businesses are constantly looking to streamline...
Driving change with data. Part four: Making meetings work
Ways of working are in a constant state of flux, and the upheaval of...
Defining, performing and positioning. What makes a Chief Transformation Officer successful?
Change may always have been part of business life but in an economy...
The emergence of the Chief Transformation Officer
Change may always have been part of business life but in an economy...
In the Business of Change: The case for hiring permanent transformation leadership
Change may always have been part of business life but in today’s...
Driving change with data. Part three: Collaborative working practices
Ways of working are in a constant state of flux, and the upheaval of...
Driving change with data. Part two: Autonomy in the workplace
Ways of working are in a constant state of flux, and the upheaval of...
Driving change with data. Part one: The working week
Ways of working are in a constant state of flux, and the upheaval of...
Transformation insider insights: A roundtable with John Ashworth
John Ashworth - a notable figure in finance transformation and shared...
How to build more resilient organisations. Part one: What is business resilience?
Business resilience is an organisation’s ability to adapt to and...
How to build more resilient organisations. Part two: How is resilience achieved?
Business resilience is an organisation’s ability to adapt to and...
How to build more resilient organisations. Part three: The role of leadership in building resilience
Business resilience is an organisation’s ability to adapt to and...
The changing world of HR transformation – an interview with Robbie Whitfield
The past few years have acted as a crucible for HR functions around...
Meet the operations team: Nicola Peters, Business Support Manager
Nicola Peters is a Business Support Manager for BIE’s transformation...
Insider insights: The challenges of business transformation
The benefits of business transformation are many, ranging from...
Meet the team
The BIE transformation team is comprised of gifted and insightful individuals, from a range of backgrounds, who harness a wealth of experience, skillsets and ideas.
