About us
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About us
Save2Grow is an innovative consulting company offering differentiated services with a hands-on approach. We offer a holistic and proven methodology for unlocking performance that helps companies reduce their cost in a strategic way and invest part of the savings in marketing, innovation and digitization to fuel growth and outperform their competition.
What we do
We partner with our clients to identify their highest value opportunities, address their most challenging issues and transform their businesses holistically. Based on our vast hands-on experience on the end-to-end value chain, we push the client organizations to raise their ambitions, develop different skills, challenge existing mindsets and commit fully to execution. Doing all this can produce extraordinary and sustainable results.
Experience
We own a depth and breadth of experience and exceptional capabilities across a diverse scope of functions:
• We challenge you to attain stretch goals
• We directly participate in analysis
Team
We have a multidisciplinary team with proven experience in an industry range inclusive of FMCG’s, retail, tourism, and professional services.
TOP ELEMENT IS FOR THE MOBILE VERSION
Team
We have a multidisciplinary team with proven experience in an industry range inclusive of FMCG’s, retail, tourism, and professional services.
Methodology
We provide state-of-the art tools to assist our client in achieving cost management objectives.
Leadership Team
Dionyssis Panagiotakis
Co-founder / Partner
Dionyssis is a seasoned leader with experience in the FMCG (Pillsbury and General Mills) and management consulting (Deloitte) industries. He has lived in three countries and worked with teams from various regions including emerging markets like Middle East and Eastern Europe and developed ones like Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Greece. He has honed his leadership skills in diverse business settings (start-up, business turnaround, etc.). Dionyssis holds an MBA from Athens University of Economics and Business and has attended executive education programs at Harvard Business School and INSEAD. Before joining Save2Grow, Dionyssis served as Supply Chain Director for General Mills Central & Eastern Europe, based in Hamburg, Germany. Since 2013, Dionyssis engaged in several consulting assignments in Greece and abroad.
Michael Zarkadis
Co-founder / Partner
Michael brings a rich experience in the areas of Finance, Supply Chain and General Management. Apart from his MBA, he has acquired extensive experience working as a Finance & Delegated Director in Mattel EMEA. As a member of Mattel’s Global Procurement team, Michael has led several Procurement, Sourcing and Cost Cutting initiatives on a company-wide scale. Additionally, Michael served on the Global Finance Council, where he had the opportunity to drive several transformative programs in the areas of ERP implementation, Financial Analysis and Reporting, and International Accounting. He previously worked as a consultant at PWC as well as in the finance department of Aegean Textiles, Soya Hellas, etc. During the last four years, he co-founded two innovate consulting companies.
Our customers say
“The thorough analysis undertaken of our own logistics capacity, cost structure and anticipated future needs and service requirements enabled us to arrive at the decision to outsource our logistics operations in the UK market with real certainty, and armed with a level of detail that made the provider selection process far easier”.
“Michael and the team were there, supporting us, all the way from analyzing our logistics operations and developing alternative scenarios to the preparation of the tender and the full implementation and successful transition of our operations to the selected logistics provider”.
“Save2Grow generated passion that translated into positive energy. That combined with the sincerity, support, and enthusiasm of the Save2Grow team made this a unique experience.”
“Save2Grow offered a valuable perspective on how to ensure our organization’s competitive fitness for the future. Their vast hands on experience enable them to provide insights and guidance both on strategic and operational issues.”
“Save2Grow helped us think about our costs strategically, as investments that will fuel our growth. Their insights, analyses and tools gave us a powerful framework for driving profitable change with a sound cost structure and operating model. We started addressing bad costs and redirecting resources towards good costs that build or strengthen differentiating capabilities. We now tightly link our growth and cost agendas to drive incremental growth.”