The smart corporate’s alternative to hiring traditional consulting firms. Sweav gives you the same quality of strategy and M&A professionals as the most elite firms, but without the pain that comes with it.
Strategy team under pressure? Key member dropped out? Sweav-in the interim strategy freelancers you need to close the gap.
When your organization doesn’t need external proprietary data or a traditional brand name stamp, it frees you up to work with a different kind of strategy expert – one with the same skills but a different, more pragmatic ethos.
With Sweav, our people become your people. All once worked at an elite strategy firm, and many will have intimate knowledge of your sector and how to navigate corporate dynamics.
12 – 24 weeks, 2-4 days per week, €45-125k.
You’ve set the direction, but once you’ve won over the board and the stakeholders with a compelling strategic story, the real work begins.
It’s common for corporates to know the strategy but not the details of how to make it all happen – and that’s where a more pragmatic kind of strategy professional is needed. Sweavers are well practiced at translating broad strategies to action, and getting transformation programs off the ground.
With Sweav, our people become your people. All once worked at an elite strategy firm, and many will have intimate knowledge of your sector and how to navigate corporate dynamics.
12 – 24 weeks, 2-4 days per week, €45-125k.
It’s all too easy for an in-house M&A team to find they have too many smaller deals on the table. You might need support from interim M&A professionals who can manage entire deals – independently and from an internal perspective – to make everything happen within an otherwise impossible timeline.
Sweav’s interim M&A managers take you from end-to-end through the deal process. They have been investment managers or directors at PE firms, managers and VPs at investment banks, and consultants of the largest firms.
12 – 20 weeks, 1-3 days per week, €45-100k.
The deal is done, and now you need to create value fast.
Not every target or divestment needs a full team from the Big Four, but your company doesn’t have to absorb the workload and coordination alone.
Sweavers work together with your corporate management team and function leads (finance, HR, commerce, IT, etc. ) to make sure the value of your integration or divestment is realized.
Every Sweaver has worked at a Big 4 or elite strategy firm, and they know how to fully own the post-merger integration process. In this area, most have 10 to 15 years experience.
Depending on complexity: 16 – 24 weeks, 2-3 days per week, €50k –110k.
When you’re going beyond a familiar market, you often need fresh expertise. You’ll want to know what to watch out for, how value is perceived, and how to precisely balance price in a potentially delicate market. Sweav can support on research, planning and execution – and bring first-hand insight into the bargain.
All Sweav’s commercial strategy freelancers are former consultants of elite firms. Many bring experience of specific sectors and markets and they’ll have supported similar portfolio companies to act on their commercial ambition.
6-8 weeks, 2-4 days per week, €25 – 60k.
Need support on e-commerce, a customer-focused digital proposition, or a large data and IT project with an outside vendor? Our people can become your people – ensuring you have the expertise you need and everything works long after they leave.
All Sweavers are former consultants at elite firms. Many have a background in digital or IT-focused consulting, often with hands-on implementation experience.
Depending on scope and complexity: 10 – 26 weeks, 2-3 days per week, €25-110k.
We don’t stop at creating a pricing strategy, value story and pricing frameworks. We’ll also help you adapt to the new strategy – training sales teams and guiding you through price increase coordination, setup of dashboards and commercial rhythms.
All Sweav’s pricing freelancers worked at a market-leading pricing consultancy or started at an elite strategy firm and progressed towards a business pricing role. They’ll know what you need, and make it happen.
6-16 weeks, 2-3 days per week, €22k – 100k
Tired of theoretical 100 page decks and unnecessarily complex excel models? So are we. Instead we get hands-on, designing pragmatic business plans you can pick up and run with immediately, supported by strategic narratives and initiatives you can act upon.
All Sweav’s freelance consultants have a background at an elite strategy firm. Many will have experience of your sector and a sensitivity to SME and founder-led business dynamics.
6-8 weeks, 3-4 days per week, €25 – 60k.
“The Sweav model allows me and the broader company to bring in strategic support quickly at times when we need it. It’s that easy.”
The involvement of Sweav and the two Sweavers were crucial in getting up to speed quickly. Over a longer period of time, they truly became part of the team.
“The Sweaver seamlessly integrated into the in-house team, keeping full control internally. Via the flexible model of Sweav, we quickly got exactly the right skills we needed.”
“I was one of the first clients of Sweav and I’ve worked with them many times since. Mainly because they provide a quick, pragmatic and cost effective solution to complement my team with high quality people when I need it.”
“We quickly found the right person via Sweav. The expertise was exactly what we needed and the output was very practical. This allowed for the in-house team to directly work with the recommendations to realize our goals.”
Sweavers all worked for 4-16 years at the most renowned strategy and M&A firms. We know everyone in our community personally, curating it for pragmatism and making things happing.
We dive deeper into what you need. We discuss options, timelines and budgets. More info
Within 48 hours, you’ll get a curated shortlist of Sweavers. You decide whom to interview. More info
You meet your shortlisted Sweavers, and make the final decision. We take care of the rest More info
We’ll dive deeper into your challenges, in macro and specific terms. Together, we’ll sketch out a profile that meets your needs – including desired background, working experience, sector expertise, and cultural fit.
At this stage, we can give you info about individual Sweavers to use as examples and help convince other stakeholders.
Once you approve our recommendations, estimated timeline and budget, we’ll get to work.
We’ll share your project description and requirements with our exclusive community via our member-only app. We’ll also reach out proactively to Sweavers we believe could be a perfect fit.
We hand-pick the right Sweaver for your project, based on our experience, judgement and your criteria.
Within 48 hours, you’ll receive a shortlist of Sweavers, curated based on the criteria we discussed.
Interview as many people on your shortlist as many times as you need, and decide who meets your criteria best. We’ll make sure they’re fully briefed before you talk.
Your chosen Sweaver will make a short proposal for you to review, including context and objectives, deliverables, timeline and total fee.
Once you’ve made a final decision, Sweav takes care of contracting and invoicing. If you’re a corporate client, we work with all brokers.
Work with the best professional at affordable pricing.
