The practice
Five pillars
Cost and margin, growth, operating rhythm, and applied technology — backed by Honos and its partners/network so the work scales past any one person.
Pillar 01
Procurement & Supply Chain Value Creation
Attack cost and free margin across the portfolio. The deepest credential in the practice.
Includes
- Indirect spend programs
- Category sourcing
- Vendor consolidation
- Group purchasing leverage
- Tail spend management
- Logistics & freight
- MRO & facilities sourcing
- SaaS & tech rationalization
- Working capital
- Cross-portfolio programs
- Commercial & procurement diligence
Procurement value-creation programs across 20+ portfolio companies, spanning category sourcing through commercial diligence.
Honos and its partners/network
Pillar 02
Benefits Design & Optimization
Employee benefits as a controllable cost category and EBITDA lever — licensed work most operating advisors do not hold. Tied to the cost-out thesis in procurement.
Includes
- Health & benefits plan design
- Cost containment
- Portfolio cost-out framing
- Licensed brokerage & carrier placement
Benefits treated as a controllable portfolio cost and EBITDA lever, with licensed brokerage behind the work.
Honos and its partners/network
Pillar 03
Commercial Transformation & Growth
The revenue side of value creation — go-to-market, commercial excellence, and PE channel build.
Includes
- Go-to-market strategy
- Revenue growth & commercial excellence
- Business development
- PE channel build-out
- Commercial due diligence
PE channel and commercial growth mandates across dozens of sponsor relationships.
Honos and its partners/network
Pillar 04
Operational Strategy & Value Creation
Make the business run better and hold the gains — operating model, rhythm, and accountability.
Includes
- Target operating model design
- 100-day planning
- Post-acquisition integration
- Operating rhythm
- Accountability & decision systems
- Org design
- P&L and margin diagnostics
- EBITDA improvement
Multi-year turnaround and operating-partner work that held gains past the plan.
Honos and its partners/network
Pillar 05
Applied AI, Data & Technology
Most companies scale poor process with AI. Fix the process first, then apply AI to something worth keeping. Order matters. Build-and-run, not slideware.
Includes
- Working AI agents & internal tooling
- Process automation
- Retrieval & knowledge systems
- Data visibility & operational intelligence
- Dashboards & decision support
- Technology assessment & modernization
- SaaS & tech rationalization
Working agents and internal data platforms shipped for finance and support workflows — build-and-run, not slideware.
Honos and its partners/network