Reputation

Building confidence – competently and effectively.

It’s easy to get people talking about you. But making a name for yourself in the industry takes more.

We thus see our current recommendation rate of 98% as both praise and something to spur us on. Every year, we receive 20 to 30 testimonials from our clients in the upper German SME sector, evaluating the quality of our cooperation and in particular the results of our projects in a few sentences. For reasons of confidentiality, we only make these personal testimonials from individual clients available on request, but we are happy to provide contact details for the relevant contact persons, who can provide more detailed information on particular subjects or industry-specific references.

Our awards do not come by chance. And our competence speaks for itself. Just like our knowledge. And we are happy to share it. Together with LinkedIn, for example, we have created an e-learning course on transformation and turnaround management in practice.

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    Awarded by the Handelsblatt:
    SMP belongs to top consultancies

    Every year, Handelsblatt investigates the question of which consulting firms are considered particularly renowned. This year, the Handelsblatt Research Institute again surveyed a peer group of 15,700 management consultants from over 325 consulting firms. The aim of the survey was to find out which consultancies perform best in their respective consulting areas.

    The result: an award from the industry for us. Because, as in 2022, Struktur Management Partner is once again among the best consulting firms in 2023 in the areas of "Family Businesses & Medium-Sized Companies" and "Restructuring & Turnaround", which were honored by the Handelsblatt.

       

    LinkedIn: E-learning on transformation and turnaround management

     

    How does value orientation profitably align a business model? Why are companies analysis giants but still implementation dwarfs?

    These and other questions will be explored in this e-learning course. We are primarily concerned with the successful realignment of companies.

    Together with LinkedIn, Struktur Management Partner has designed this course on transformation and turnaround management in practice.

    For valuable impetus from practice for practice.


    Customer testimonials

    David defeats Goliath: SMP is Hidden Champion 2026/27

    For us, effective consulting is above all a question of attitude—and our customers confirm this year after year. This is reflected in a recommendation rate of 98%—and also in the WGMB's Hidden Champion 2026/27 award.

    What makes it special is that you cannot apply for the “Hidden Champion” seal of quality. The preliminary selection is made by an independent panel of experts, and the evaluation is based on the assessments of executives from large and medium-sized companies as well as the public sector—in other words, customers who are familiar with consulting work from their own experience. The study surveys which specialized consulting firms are rated higher than McKinsey, BCG, and Bain by their customers in their respective fields.

    The result: Struktur Management Partner has been named a hidden champion in the field of operational turnaround for 2026/27. This makes us proud and grateful—and it obliges us to think with humility, act with the highest standards, and continue to earn this trust again and again in the future.

    FOCUS Business:
    Top Consultant 2021 - 2024

    FOCUS magazine asked over 1,800 experts which management consultancies they considered to be among the best.

    The aim of this survey, which was conducted for the first time, was to provide a transparent overview of the consulting market and the best consulting firms - from the perspective of both clients and industry peers.

    Struktur Management Partner received the Top Consultants 2021 - 2024 award in the fields of consulting, restructuring, trade, mechanical and plant engineering and change management.

    These awards once again confirm our uncompromising focus on maximum recommendation by our clients. Our current recommendation rate of 98% is one of the best reasons for the many awards we have received from independent institutions in recent years.

    SMP makes it into the TOP 20 of German management consultancies

    Who stands out from the crowd of over 20,000 management consultancies in Germany? 

    For more than three decades, the Lünendonk® lists have reflected the development of important business-to-business service markets in Germany. The Lünendonk® lists enjoy a high reputation among experts primarily because they are based on transparent criteria and publicly verifiable, validated figures and claim to be complete.

     

    In 2024, Struktur Management Partner made it into the top 20 largest German management consultancies for the first time thanks to renewed revenue growth in 2023 (Lünendonk® List 2024). This is all the more remarkable as - contrary to industry custom - we do not pursue any sales targets and do not pay any bonuses. However, the ranking proves that our consistent focus on added value for our customers is paying off. And it confirms the effectiveness and exceptional quality of our team, which we would like to take this opportunity to thank!

     

    brand eins survey: SMP ranks in the top 2% of German consultancies

    For the eleventh time in a row, Struktur Management Partner is one of the best management consultancies in Germany according to a study by the business magazine brand eins. And that as a smaller consulting boutique. According to the market analysis, we are one of the top ten consultancies in our core area of "restructuring". We also made it into the top ten in the consulting field of change management / transformation. The study was based on a survey conducted by brand eins Wissen and Statista.

    A total of around 1,500 colleagues, or more precisely: experts from large management consultancies, and another 1,500 clients rated their experiences in the consulting industry. 

    For us, the result is a confirmation of our work, but above all an enormous incentive to become even better.

    2019 study of the German restructuring market

    A study of the German restructuring market conducted by the prominent IfUS Institute revealed that we are one of the three highest-ranking restructuring specialists for all crisis phases, and were ranked first by turnaround-seeking client firms with turnover up to 250 million euros.

    Structure Management Partner is one of the top three consulting firms in the category of Planning Competence and in the most operations-relevant categories of Implementation Competence, Operational Restructuring Competence and Stakeholder Mediation Competence.

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      Dietmar Buchfink

      Dietmar Buchfink Managing Partner Technical Diploma in Business Studies

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      Marc-René Faerber

      Marc-René Faerber Managing Partner Diploma in Industrial Engineering, EMCCC (Insead)

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      Georgiy Michailov

      Georgiy Michailov Managing Partner Diploma in Economics, B.M. (TSUoE)

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