Trusted by leaders when performance matters most
We work alongside senior leaders in industrial and manufacturing companies to build strong operational strategy, new capabilities, and lasting performance improvement. Our edge is proven methodology, backed by consultants who held senior leadership roles in industry before joining us. We're selective about the engagements we take, work directly with the people who make decisions, and measure success by results that endure.
HK Management Partners was founded in 2018 as an owner-led advisory firm, based in London and near Zürich with global reach.
Services
We turn operations into your source of competitive advantage
Make operations your source of competitive advantage
The few irrevocable choices that decide where and how a company develops, sources, makes, delivers, and plans — aligned end-to-end with the strategic goals of the business. We help you turn operations from a cost to be managed into durable competitive advantage.
Keep the business running while making it run better
Late deliveries, excess inventory, high cost, long response times, eroding margins — we fix the classic problems that hold back profitable growth. With evidence, experience, and data, at operating level, alongside the people who run the work.
Win hearts and minds to drive new ways of working
Large-scale change only lasts when it is owned inside the business, not imposed from outside. We involve the people who must adopt the change, prove the solution through piloting, and hand the lead to your teams — so better outcomes build lasting confidence.
Turn the deal into the performance it promised
An acquisition is only as good as the integration that follows. We bring two operations together — footprint, processes, ways of working — to capture the synergies the deal was built on, without losing service, momentum, or key people.
Turn a failing programme around — and make it last
When a programme stalls, overruns, or loses the confidence of the organisation, we stabilise it fast and fix the causes, not just the symptoms — rebuilding capability and ways of working so the recovery outlives our involvement.
Success stories
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Operations Performance Improvement
Fueling Resilience: Protecting €4.5M in Margin Against a 6x Energy Price Shock
Three European bakery sites pushed into distress by a 6x surge in energy costs. How HK-MP helped the operator switch fuels, secure futures contracts, and turn single-source risk into multi-site …
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Operations Transformation
From Lab to Prototypes: Company-Building at a Photonic Quantum Technology Startup
A spin-off became a venture-backed product company — because focus, partnerships, talent, engineering systems, and operating discipline were built in parallel
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Operations Strategy
From Fragmented to Best-in-Class: An End-to-End Supply Chain Strategy Rebuild Delivering ~€100M
When healthy demand and a global footprint mask a supply chain leaking value at every step — how HK-MP helped a global industrial machining equipment manufacturer re-architect end-to-end and capture …
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Operations Transformation
From Division-Led to Best-in-Class: An Operational Transformation Unlocking Profit Growth
Revenues 30% above pre-pandemic levels — yet operations couldn't keep pace. How HK-MP helped a multi-division industrial manufacturer build the business excellence platform that turned operational change into shareholder value.
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Operations Transformation
From Service Noise to Growth Engine: Building a Scalable Aftermarket Supply Chain
When ambition outpaces infrastructure — how HK-MP helped a global industrial equipment manufacturer transform a fragmented aftermarket operation into an aligned, scalable supply chain.
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Operations Performance Improvement
Rebuilding Inventory DNA at a Tier 1 Automotive Supplier
Inventory reduction that sustains itself — because the data, governance, and people were rebuilt together
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