Industries
Large groups, funds and consulting firms rely more on consulting than on interim management. The banking and insurance sector is historically the leading consumer sector for consulting.
Mid-sized companies are the main consumers of interim management support. Manufacturing industries are today the most open to high value-added temporary resources in this segment.
Our industries
Having worked with insurance professionals and mutual funds since our inception, BlueBirds supports a sector undergoing a significant overhaul driven by changes in consumer behaviour and the need to increase equity capital.
BlueBirds supports several Tier-1 and Tier-2 automotive manufacturers and suppliers. The industry is typical of this time. Previously acquired knowledge is no longer accurate; innovation calls into question the principal balances, and competition is growing where no-one imagined it would. Major players in tech now have their place in the automotive sector’s global landscape, and industry 4.0 and robotics challenges have become unavoidable.
As the leading consultancy consumer in France, banking is, for the moment, relatively closed to organisations such as BlueBirds. Time will tell. In the meantime, community members serve many FinTechs of all types.
Bluebirds is managed by two former consultants from the Boston Consulting Group and Roland Berger respectively. Consulting is at the origin of our entrepreneurial project. Consulting firms call on our services when they are looking for a specific skill or when their internal resources are no longer sufficient to meet their clients’ demands.
A sector as vast as it is diverse, Consumer Goods offers multiple types of challenges. Several large accounts already put their confidence in BlueBirds. Along with retail, Consumer Goods represent BlueBirds’ second community after Banking, Insurance and FinTech.
BlueBirds supports utilities, energy companies and major energy consumers in strategising and transformation. With them along with other manufacturers, the community has also opened up to CSR issues.
Mid-size manufacturing companies represent the leading consumer segment for interim management services in Europe and around the world. This is also true at BlueBirds.
By opening an office in Casablanca in 2020, BlueBirds has opened up to mining companies in North Africa and the Middle East. We also support several metallurgists in France and across Europe.
BlueBirds was present very early on in the pharmaceutical sector. Initially, we supported a few specialist consulting firms in due diligence or global transformation projects for their clients. Several laboratories or service companies have put their confidence in us for several years.
Large-cap and mid-cap funds rely on the BlueBirds community members at all critical phases of their projects: origination, due diligence and post-acquisition portfolio management. Our activities in the field began in 2018: these days, projects are mainly entrusted to us by mid-caps.
Today, retail is one of BlueBirds’ main sectors of activity. We support general and specialised retail, national or international players. Luxury has particular codes that our team is discovering through community members and through our first customers, whom we acquired in 2019.
The public sector indirectly employs many freelancers including members of the BlueBirds community. We are active there through several commercial partnerships.
Historical media, new media, social networks, operators & OEMs: BlueBirds is investigating all these market segments. Many members of the community are active in these areas.
Tourism has been hit hard by the ongoing health crisis. We support several companies in this sector in defining a new economic model and identifying short-term EBITDA levers.
