WHAT WE DO
The Actiss Africa offer can be summed up in two proposals
Interim management allows a company to meet the most important challenges, to solve its most serious operational problems. To do this, an interim manager, supported by an Actiss partner, takes charge of the business sector at stake for a few months, mobilizes the teams, determines and rolls out an action plan, until QUICKLY and surely the desired objectives. It is an additional force that strongly impacts the action of the company, making it possible to achieve the expected results.
Interim management is structured in 5 main stages :
Define the challenges : understand the company’s objectives by writing specifications;
Validate the choice of manager : involve a manager suited to the needs of the company, with several years of expertise in this area;
Launch the mission : draw up an action plan to summarize the list of subjects or problems to be dealt with, actions to be carried out, then appoint the people responsible for these actions and set their deadlines for completion;
Measure progress : take stock regularly with the interim manager to ensure the smooth running of his mission;
Conclude the mission : offer the management of the company or the successor of the transition referent a detailed roadmap allowing him to resume the rest with peace of mind. The mission of an interim manager is 6 to 18 months on average.
Venture Development allows smaller companies to grow and become beautiful SMEs. For this, Actiss carries out an operational General Management mission in the company for 2 to 4 years, and is mainly remunerated through participation in the company’s capital. It is a real temporary partnership, modeled on the Venture Capital model, in which the contribution is not capital but know-how and know-how.
Venture Development is designed to respond to three issues often encountered during the growth phase of a company and/or post-M&A:
Systematic loss of expertise and skills in the process of mergers and acquisitions or in the process of entry into the capital of a partner (financial or industrial investor).
Risk of jeopardizing the continuity of the project with people whose interests differ from those of the main shareholders. The right processes and the right partnerships need to be in place at the right time to not be overtaken by their own growth.
In concrete terms, these are VSEs and SMEs already present in their reference markets and whose products are either innovative or have high potential. These businesses may have modest but recurring revenues and are looking to grow vigorously and/or prepare the business for resale.
How do we work?
A method: VMA
To do this, each mission is articulated according to VMA, a unique methodology, specific to ACTISS. It is based on a deep understanding of our client’s issues and challenges in order to create a precise vision. We see each mission as a project with a mobilization phase and successively an action phase that guarantee both the achievement of primary objectives and the overall success of the chosen strategy.
An organization: the pair / management
In order to maximize the probability of achieving the expected objectives, we organize ourselves as an Actiss Africa Partner / Actiss Africa Transition Manager. The partner manages the mission, and ensures that the actions carried out give results and lead to the achievement of the objectives. The interim manager rushes into the mission, takes control of the teams, directs them towards the objective, and executes the action plans determined by the Steering Committee.
The parties – client, partner, interim manager, meet regularly (weekly) in the Steering Committee (Copil), a real mission control tower.
A database of interim managers
Interim managers are very experienced seniors, who are often oversized and therefore able to be more efficient and faster on the challenges of the missions in which they are immersed.