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What We Do

Chemicals companies around the world are facing disruptive change. While navigating the challenges that come with operating in an evolving environment, businesses must also address longer-term strategic questions to achieve profitable growth and incorporate environmental, sustainable, and corporate governance. It’s time to act.

We are partners at a time of transformation, providing the in-depth expertise needed to not only identify but also understand upcoming challenges and their implications for the chemicals industry. Working across operational facets, we help organizations get one step ahead to navigate an evolving landscape and create breakthrough impact.

Our Chemicals Expertise

Corporate strategy

We assist chemicals enterprises in developing, building, and operating strong businesses that deliver sustained stakeholder value.

procurement

We advise businesses on cutting procurement costs, mitigating sourcing risks, and advancing supplier management in light of rising transparency requirements.

manufacturing and operations

We help chemicals companies tackle operational issues, such as low asset productivity, high logistics expenditures, and cost.

supply chain

We use proprietary tools and methods to help clients design and implement winning supply chains and network strategies.

Mergers and acquisitions

We support businesses across the entire deal lifecycle, from conducting business due diligence to advising portfolio strategy and post-merger integration.

Commercial Excellence

We work with clients to analyze all aspects that may influence their overall pricing model and advance internal commercial capabilities.

Our Broader Capabilities

Climate and sustainability

We create breakthroughs for profit, people, and the planet by helping businesses achieve a commercially smart climate transition.

Digital transformation

We partner with clients to deliver breakthrough outcomes for their toughest digital challenges.

Trading and risk

We advise senior management on strategic commodity trading issues, helping to unlock new value pools.

Performance Transformation

We help clients design, realize and sustain value growth, creating a step change in performance that endures.

Pricing, sales, and marketing

We advise firms on pricing, sales, and marketing strategies when change needs to happen quickly.

In the current environment, senior executives are continuously facing new challenges. Therefore, it's more important than ever to focus on areas that increase long-term competitive advantage and improve profitability. We work with change-oriented CEOs that see the need to systematically improve underlying organizational capabilities across functional areas

Varun Ratta, Global Head of Chemicals

It’s all about being able to accompany clients on their transformation journey in an uncertain environment — always with an eye on what’s doable and pushing levers that will generate lasting impact

Iris Herrmann, Partner

Our work is focused on important transformational topics for our clients operating in the chemicals industry. We help them think through often unstructured complex problems and deliver tailored implementable solutions

Andrew Horncastle, Partner

Our impact:

increase in revenue for a leading chemicals distributor through pricing actions

$200M

cost reduction for an agrochemicals and seeds company through production improvements by leveraging digital

10%

EBITDA growth year-on-year for 3 consecutive years, for a global $3 billion water treatment and paper processing chemicals manufacturer

540

basis points expansion in margins for a leading US construction materials manufacturer through a commercial and digital capability transformation program

What We Think

Explore our entire Takes On series here

Inflation and the Big Pricing Dilemma for Corporations

Five ways to rethink your pricing strategy in tough times

The Chemical Industry Outlook for 2024 and Beyond

Three ways to build resilience in uncertain times

The chemicals sector is transforming as leaders explore how to future–proof the industry’s business model and adapt to new workforce challenges.

Chemicals at a Crossroads

Supply Chains In Uncertain Times

Five levers to unlock the full potential of sales and operations planning

View Outlook

Explore more Energy and Natural Resources insights here

Breakthroughs

Chemicals companies around the world are facing volatile inflationary pressures, while striving to incorporate environmental, sustainable, and corporate governance initiatives. We help teams develop targeted pricing response plans to maintain or even grow margins in this environment. Watch our video to learn more about Oliver Wyman’s customized digital tools.

Who We Are

We are thought leaders that bring operational knowledge and deep insights from across the entire chemicals value chain to help transform business models, so clients can withstand the industry challenges ahead.

Our global team of chemicals experts are ready to help you create breakthrough impact.

Our expertise and deep industry knowledge help businesses create breakthrough impact. Explore the other industries we support.

Energy and Natural Resources

We work with energy companies to address strategic and operational challenges through proven, results-oriented approaches.

retail and consumer goods

We have a track record of helping clients develop and execute programs that drive demonstrable and sustained impact.

Industrial products

We support manufacturing companies with functional and sector expertise in their efforts to realize sustainable, profitable growth, creating customized solutions for each client.

automotive

We help auto companies generate more value, increase their potential, innovate, and optimize products and operations.