Downturn Diagnostic Offering
Lead with Precision. Act with Urgency. Capture Opportunity.
How can you immediately respond to the current turbulence in a structured manner with actions that optimise your costs, but also improve the positioning of your strategic priorities to support the longer term?
Renoir has put together a Diagnostic Offering for clients that will quickly identify your company’s exposure and opportunities across 3 strategic areas to inform a 90-day action plan and long-term resilience strategy.
This approach allows companies to move swiftly and receive a high-level implementation roadmap with practical, proven actions that leaders can take today to deliver a quantified upside.
Our approach is informed, shaped and proven by hundreds of projects over a 30-year period with global multinational companies across all industries. With confidence, we offer you the following Diagnostic to get your business moving fast.
Don’t wait for stability – take bold action today to thrive. Let’s talk.
SCOPE
Duration:
3-4 weeks
Deliverables:
Opportunity Heatmap
Quantified Upside
Recommended Initiatives
High-level Implementation Road map
ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK
1. Cost Optimisation
Focus Dimensions:
- Direct labour productivity
- SG&A efficiency
- Contractor management
- Procurement savings
- Process automation
- Best-fit digital solutions
Example Questions:
- Are we overstaffed relative to workload?
- Are contractors delivering value for cost?
- Where can we automate for quick wins?
- Where are we overpaying or duplicating effort?
2. Revenue Protection & Growth​
Focus Dimensions:​
- Salesforce effectiveness
- Customer retention
- Share Capture
- Channel strategy
- Innovation & disruption
Example Questions:​
- Are we defending our key accounts?
- Are sales reps focusing on the right customers?
- Can we take customers from weaker competitors?
- Are we leaving money on the table with pricing?
3. Supply Chain Risk & Resilience​
​Focus Dimensions:​
- Purchasing strategy
- Supplier diversification
- Forecasting accuracy​
- Vendor Performance
- Technology Enablers
​Example Questions:​
- What happens if our top 3 vendors fail?
- Where are we exposed on lead times or single sourcing?
- Are we holding too much or too little inventory?
- Are we missing savings through renegotiation or consolidation?
3 PHASE DIAGNOSTIC PROCESS
Discovery & BaseLine
Week 1
Understand performance and internal constraints
Activities:
- Kick-off with leadership and key stakeholders
- Targeted data request: P&L breakdown, org charts, supplier spend, sales activity, fulfilment data
- Process walkthroughs and team interviews (ops, procurement, commercial, finance)
- Internal performance baselining
Outputs:
- Internal performance profile
- “Heat spots” — where effort, cost, or failure is concentrated
- Areas for deeper investigation in Phase 2
Opportunity Analysis
Week 2 – 3
Identify root causes and quantify value leakage
Activities:
- Deep dives into strategic levers:
- Cost: SG&A efficiency, contractor use, procurement fragmentation
- Revenue: salesforce time usage, leakage points, conversion bottlenecks
- Supply Chain: stockouts, vendor reliability, purchasing logic
- Mapping of current vs. optimal performance ranges
- Validation workshops with stakeholders to challenge assumptions and align on gaps
Outputs:
- Opportunity Heatmap — by lever, function, and urgency
- Quantified upside (cost out, revenue protected, service restored)
Roadmap Development
Week 4
Package into a prioritised action plan
Activities:
- Draft and refine initiative charters (owner, problem, action, upside)
- Align on sequencing: quick wins vs. structural shifts
- Define governance model changes required for success (ownership, cadence, tracking)
- Stakeholder working session to agree on next steps and resource model
Outputs:
- Internal performance profile
- “Heat spots” — where effort, cost, or failure is concentrated
- Areas for deeper investigation in Phase 2
Renoir’s Downturn Diagnostic is not theory—it’s a proven methodology built on 30 years of frontline execution across every major industry. We’ve worked shoulder-to-shoulder with executive teams through multiple cycles of volatility, consistently uncovering real opportunities to strip out waste, protect margins, and strengthen delivery.
Our diagnostics don’t just generate insight—they deliver a practical roadmap backed by quantified upside and fast results.
In times of turbulence, doing nothing is the biggest risk. The businesses that act with speed and precision will outperform those that hesitate. This diagnostic equips you to do exactly that—with a clear view of where to act, what it unlocks, and how to move quickly. It’s common sense to act now—and with our proven track record, it’s low risk.
Contact us here and let’s get started.
Why Renoir Consulting
Focus on real outcomes
At Renoir, we have over 30 years of experience in transformation programmes for our clients. We work with businesses to ensure they identify the biggest opportunities for transformation in alignment with their business goals.
Measurable Results
Our methodology is focused on tangible results. We commit to delivering real business outcomes and build a practical program with you to implement practical, sustainable solutions for measurable impact.
Experts in Adoption
Renoir’s goal is to ensure business and digital transformation solutions are fully adopted with early cross-functional buy-in using our behavioural and cultural change methodologies. This approach guarantees that we leave the organisation and your people with the ability to continue growing value long after the project is delivered.
