Company
600 Consulting provides services to organisations to manage M&A Transition, PMO Services to Transformation programmes, and Project Management.
Services are tailored for the delivery setting, integrated with the management of change and benefits realisation.
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Experience
John Bennett is Director and owner, providing contracted services directly to clients. Over 20 years of delivery experience across all sectors of the economy, including 11 years with PwC consulting.
Experienced working with senior leadership teams to drive accountability, with a structured and pragmatic approach.
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Services provided:
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M&A Transition Management
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Transformation consulting and PMO
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Heavyweight Project Management
M&A Transition Management services have supported M&A deals from £20m to £3.9 billion, incl. the transition of 20 functions and 18,000 employees. Delivery of Day-1 plan, 100-day plan and Transitional Service Agreements to realise synergies.
Transformation consulting and PMO services have supported large investment programmes from £5m to c.£400m, affecting 120,000 operational employees. Set-up and management of PMO services, and end-to-end benefits realisation management.
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Heavyweight Project Management services for several large and strategically sensitive one-off projects. Working with the senior leadership team to scope, plan, and deliver the agreed objectives.
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A broad professional background whose experience further includes strategic planning, Lean for service value-chains, six-sigma black belt, operational disaster recovery, relocation, and Industrial design.
Approach
A contracted resource providing skills typically not within the organisation, swiftly onboarded to deliver ‘temporary’ work packages, and exit the delivery team on successful delivery / completion of the contracted obligations.
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Working with the senior leadership team to drive accountability. The approach is structured, considered and pragmatic, ensuring the programme governance and pace is appropriate for the organisational culture and change maturity.
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Delivery focus is on the "how", to realise the identified synergies and benefits, while managing the delivery risk and maintaining continuity of operations.
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At programme close, remaining activities and benefits are assigned to the appropriate functions, and the contract for services are concluded.
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Engagement values:
Trust, Transparency, Integrity, Reliability.
Rates
Hybrid and local working ensures 600 Consulting rates are significantly lower than consulting firms and strategy houses. Experienced working these larger firms enables a collaborative working approach to drive value for the client.