Who engage us

We work for the market - being Buyers, Sellers and Private Equity firm

We deliver structured and packed services in pragmatic ways

Typical engagement

We work with clients in most recognised industries including banking and financial services, insurance, private equity, energy and utilities, life sciences, manufacturing, retail, communications, media and entertainment, travel and logistics, and central and local government.

Through the course of our engagements we advise C-level executives to help develop their strategy to improve business operations and performance. We also work intimately with other senior management and operational personnel across the various business functions including IT and networks, finance, procurement and human resources to deliver tangible, long lasting value.

01. CONTRACT RENEWAL – GLOBAL ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURER

Burnt Oak Partners was asked to review and renew an existing contract with a global service provider based on changed requirements towards scope, service levels and flexibility. As the client was basically happy with their existing provider, they didn’t want a cumbersome and time consuming RfI/RfP process, so they were delighted that we were able […]

02. SOURCING OPTIMISATION – EUROPEAN PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY

Burnt Oak Partners was invited to suggest cost-savings to the board, delivering bottom-line results. We came up with a realistic sourcing strategy, focusing on maximizing the benefits of the existing outsourcing contracts, including refinancing some of the assets. Key activities included transferring European back office activities to a Shared Service Center sourced from a third […]

03. IT SOURCING – RIGHTS & ROYALTIES ORGANIZATION

This client had signed a long term full outsourcing contract for both applications and IT infrastructure. They wanted to reduce the dependency of their incumbent supplier and engage a service provider which could help them define and implement an effective cloud strategy. Burnt Oak Partners conducted a fast-track sourcing project resulting in the selection of […]

04. MARKET STUDY – GLOBAL IT SERVICES PROVIDER

Burnt Oak Partners helped this client define their regional market approach and focus, by conducting a market study and selecting areas where the specific strengths of client’s service portfolio could be leveraged. As a follow-up we became involved in qualifying specific opportunities and providing deal coaching to optimize the win-chances for selected deals.

05. M&A – REGIONAL IT SERVICE PROVIDER

This client was aiming to strengthen and expand its regional footprint through acquisitions and strategic partnerships. Burnt Oak supported this strategy by identifying acquisition targets, supporting the engagement with these targets, providing management consulting and perform market studies focused ion regional expansion.

06. M&A – REGIONAL IT SERVICE PROVIDER

Burnt Oak helped the Client to execute a new Technology Strategy. The support involved setting up a Technology Partnership contract, setting up a proper governance structure, a Joint Go to market plan and developing Growth plans for key markets.

07. M&A, IT DUE DILIGENCE – GLOBAL MANUFACTURER OF CAPITAL EQUIPMENT

This global manufacturing company was acquiring a competitor with the aim to strengthen its global market position by adding competences, products and services to its own portfolio. ICT and in particular software development were seen as strategic assets of the target company. Burnt Oak Partners was asked to lead the IT work-stream in the DD […]

08. IT SOURCING STRATEGY – HIGH TECH MANUFACTURER

This long term client asked Burnt Oak Partners to support developing the IT Sourcing Strategy for this global, highly regulated manufacturer who had the demand of making the provisioning of IT more agile, scalable and cost effective. The scope was all global IT Spend and all IT services – Infrastructure and Application. Contract renewal Sourcing […]

09. IT SOURCING – LEADING RENTAL EQUIPMENT GROUP

Burnt Oak Partners was asked to support the client in soucing for a new IT Service Provider as their contract was coming to an end. The client was in high demand of improving quality in provided services as well as capabilities in digitalization to support growing the business. Burnt Oak supported the client in a […]

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