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