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Restructuring and Digital Transformation of a Traditional Media Group

Interim Mandate Objective as Restructuring and Organization Consultant
 

Strategic realignment of a print media group through digital transformation into a 360-degree media group (one-stop shop) and development of new business areas while simultaneously adapting print production capacities and organized succession planning.

Company from the Media Sector

Media group for print, radio, TV, agency, courier-express and parcel services (CEP)
 
Identified Intervention Areas

  • Disruptive change in consumer behavior in the print sector

  • Declining subscriber numbers for newspapers and magazines

  • Overcapacities in traditional printing processes

  • Unprofitable rotary printing systems

  • Outdated organizational structures

  • Pending leadership change in critical transformation phase

  • Lack of digital business models

  • Inefficient logistics structures

  • Inadequate adaptation to market changes

  • Need for strategic repositioning
     

Implemented Measures

  • Development and implementation of Roadmap 2025

  • Implementation of necessary restructuring measures

  • Reorganization into sustainable business areas

  • Conducting management audits

  • Preparation and support of CEO transition

  • Development of new business areas for revenue compensation

  • Optimization of CEP services and logistics structures

  • Development of integrated packaging solutions

  • Establishment of contract logistics

  • Strategic realignment of business areas
     

Results

  • Successful capacity adjustment in rotary printing

  • Establishment of a 360-degree agency

  • Optimized CEP services and logistics structures

  • Successful implementation of contract logistics

  • Finalized Roadmap 2025 with growth perspective

  • Board approval of financial structure for strategic realignment

  • Differentiated business area strategies

  • Achieved loss compensation with growth potential

  • Successful confirmation of the new CEO

  • Transformation into future-viable fluid organizational structure
     

Applied Competencies

  • Extensive experience in transforming media companies

  • Expertise in digital transformation of traditional business models

  • Competence in implementing restructuring processes

  • Experience in supporting leadership transitions

  • Know-how in developing new business areas

  • Expertise in optimizing logistics structures

  • Ability for strategic realignment

  • Competence in change management

  • Experience in conducting management audits

  • Expertise in developing sustainable business models

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