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Pharma

Global Engineering & Facilities Consolidation

Building a single global Engineering & Facilities organization of ~8,500 staff from previously fragmented regional units.

Service & Vendor Consolidation Operational Excellence Change & Communication

At a glance

Period

2020 – 2023 (3 years)

Team

Aventario 2–15 people depending on phase; ~20 core client team, up to 100 in extended work packages

Client profile

Global pharma group headquartered in Germany. Engineering, Real Estate, Facility Management, Environmental Health, Sustainability and Security & Crisis Management were historically distributed across continental, national and local levels.

Challenge

Consolidate the previously fragmented units into a single, globally operating organization (Global Facilities & Engineering) with a direct reporting line to executive leadership. Complex change-management exercise across 8,500 affected employees with no prior unified governance.

What we did

  • Conceptual planning and program / project structuring
  • Goal definition and timeline planning
  • Assessment of service packages and organizational units for integration readiness
  • Definition of the target organizational structure
  • RFP support for selection of the program management provider
  • Bid evaluation and scoring
  • Membership in steering and sounding boards
  • Change & communication management
  • Process management methodology definition
  • Financial data analysis

Result

New global Engineering & Facilities organization established across all continents (~8,500 employees). Role descriptions, organization charts, steering mechanisms and accountability packages defined. Phased implementation delivered.

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