Unilever entrusted us with one of their most ambitious technology transformations: a three-year global programme to simplify and standardise their fragmented Technology and Data landscape which would also result in extensive cost reduction and savings through the rationalisation. Beginning in 2022, our team structured, launched and led Project Sparta, merging major initiatives into an enterprise-wide transformation designed to reduce complexity, strengthen core platforms, rationalise a supplier base of over 3,000 partners, and unlock substantial cost efficiencies for the future. Led by Jo Battam, our team of seven, including Dee Rajput, Alistair Burt, Ed Davies, Andy Minshull, Dugald Moore and Drew Raine provided senior leadership across governance, delivery, and PMO, establishing the global programme controls, embedding a tranche-based approach to accelerate benefit realisation, and ensuring operational ownership of outcomes. After 18 months, we successfully transitioned the PMO back to Unilever, having embedded strong capability and delivery discipline. This engagement is one of the largest and most complex portfolio transformations in our history and we delivered it with a team of seven. The quality of our work led Unilever to extend our involvement into other major programmes, including support in the Foods Business Group, in the Business Unit Engagement function. Overseeing their 8 global BU’s, Dee Rajput and Alastair Kidd (Supply Chain) are supporting a major Productivity Programme. Alistair Burt is now the Programme Lead on Project Mirai, their enterprise-wide ERP and AI-enabled business transformation which will deliver a single SAP S/4HANA platform and lay the foundations for autonomous operations globally. Project Sparta and Mirai
Cancer Research UK’s change agenda required a stronger, more consistent transformation capability to deliver its critical organisational and supporter-facing programmes. We were engaged to uplift their Portfolio Management and Governance capability, establishing processes, tools and practices tailored to CRUK’s culture and delivery environment. Martin Creedy and Richard Freeman brought structure and control to both the enterprise PMO and the flagship Engage Transformation Programme (ETP) - the charity’s largest initiative focused on attracting more supporters to its mission. Our role expanded rapidly with our team of four now providing delivery leadership across all major transformation workstreams: Ash Kenyon - Relationship Management workstream, centred on Salesforce, which underpins new services and products for the organisation Ed Davies - Joined and led the ePMO across the whole transformation workstreams Alister Cullum - Data Enabler workstream, which is concerned with ensuring the right data is available across the programme at the right time Henry Burrows - Personalisation, which will deliver tailored journeys for each of CRUK’s supporters This structure gives CRUK a stable, professionalised delivery model that supports their long-term strategic ambitions. It is a perfect example of how we have focused on building our team engagement within our customers to join the dots and bring optimum value through great delivery. It doesn’t end there, we believe the existing programmes will mean a long-term partnership with CRUK, with other opportunities being identified in 2026. Transformation Uplift and ePMO Leadership
This will be one of the largest global transformations across any sector, with a significant SAP S/4HANA implementation including AI at its core moving from multiple to single instance, spanning their operations across 190 countries and impacting their global workforce. Unilever remains a focused growth account for us in 2026, with several discussions already underway, including how we can provide more delivery and change support on Mirai, supporting their adjacent GBS Transformation Programme and breaking into their divested ice cream business, The Magnum Ice Cream Company, to support their transformation programmes including a new SAP S/4HANA platform and Supply Chain & Procurement rebuild.
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