Sample Engagement: Program & Project Management
Client Business Challenge
With its internal team overburdened, a leading manufacturer and marketer of consumer food products looked to M² for a senior-level project manager with expertise in forecasting who could help handle a short-term increase in workload.
M² Approach
M² worked with the client to determine the precise skills and experience required for the engagement, including:
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Background in the consumer packaged-goods industry
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Experience in financial forecasting or volume forecasting in a mid- to large-sized company
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Experience in managing complex projects and expert teams
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Ability to develop method- and data-based strategies and approaches
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Ability to develop an effective project plan that can deliver an accurate overall company financial forecast to stakeholders on time and on budget
The M² consultant needed to integrate quickly into an entrepreneurial-minded organization to help refine the critical outcomes, define the project scope, and manage a team of internal experts to drive the project to completion. From our proprietary consultant community, M² quickly identified a former vice president of finance with more than a decade of project management experience in the food products industry. Because he had worked on M² engagements for this client in the past, he was extremely knowledgeable about the company's business and culture.
Deliverables
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Develop a detailed project plan.
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Create a financial forecasting model.
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Generate a transition plan report.
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Present projections to the board of directors
Results
The M² consultant enabled the client's leadership team to build an accurate business plan for the new project initiative while remaining focused on critical operational objectives.