Fixing a bloated and ineffective structure
Screen corporate departments
Streamline the corporate center
Corporate headcount down almost 70%

A dated corporate center gets a lean, new look
Problem:

A building-supply manufacturer needed to update and rationalize the role of its corporate center.

  • HomeCorp was a large industrial company, whose corporate structure had evolved over the past 30 years, consisting of 9 divisions and 83 departments and centralized finance, technology, IT and administration
  • HomeCorp's corporate staffing levels were 3x its competitors. Yet decision-making was cumbersome. Everyone was involved but nobody was accountable, so HomeCorp had fewer new product breakthroughs and longer lead times.
  • Bain was asked to advise the company on a new corporate structure