Walter James

Business Transformation

Business Transformation

Our Business Transformation and Change Management function specialises in partnering with companies through every step of the journey. From strategy and design to business as usual. We help identify talent that will give you the best chance of success.

Our candidate network ranges from industry and functional experts all the way through to senior partners within consulting across IT, technology, process and change management skillsets.

Our mission is to enable companies to own their transformation. We work with our clients to reduce their consultancy spend, empower internal capability, and identify the best cultural fit in the market place. 

What we cover

Walter James' key area of success has been helping clients deliver large-scale process change in the form of Global Business Service (GBS), and Target Operating Model (TOM) implementation. We give clients access to interim and permanent talent that add significant value through each stage of the journey:

Strategy & Design

Build

Mobilisation

Implementation

Turnaround & Recovery

Delivery

Completion / Business as usual (BAU)

Our consulting network consists of

Ex-strategy house consultants

for upfront strategy work and reviews, target operating model design, channel to market work etc (e.g. Booz Allen & Hamilton, McKinsey, Bain etc.)

Delivery-focused consultants

for process and design, and wider IT implementation work (e.g. Accenture, Capgemini, Deloitte, EY, Oliver Wyman, Wipro etc.)

Ex-senior executives

for 'advisory' and programme leadership, as well as client leadership team governance aspects; generally ex-partner and director grade executives from the top tier consultancies.

Interim managers

from permanent careers in the industry who have made the move into the interim market for various reasons. They bring a wealth of industry exposure from the client side.

Specialties:

  • CIO / COO / CTOs
  • Transformation Directors
  • Programme Directors
  • Programme Managers
  • Project Managers
  • Release Managers
  • PMO Managers
  • Change Managers
  • Process & Design Specialists
  • Process Improvement
  • Consultants
  • Organisation Design Consultants
  • Communications Specialists

Example Projects:

  • Target Operating Model Design
  • Business Case Generation
  • Accelerated Process and Design Creation 
  • Post Acquisition Integration
  • ERP & System Implementations
  • Shared Service Centres
  • Offshoring
  • Outsourcing
  • Insourcing
  • Supply Chain Optimisation 
  • Customer Experience
  • Employee Engagement 
  • Brand & Marketing
  • Global Standardisation of Processes (across the board)

Specialties:

  • CIO / COO / CTOs
  • Transformation Directors
  • Programme Directors
  • Programme Managers
  • Project Managers
  • Release Managers
  • PMO Managers
  • Change Managers
  • Process & Design Specialists
  • Process Improvement
  • Consultants
  • Organisation Design Consultants
  • Communications Specialists

Example Projects:

  • Target Operating Model Design
  • Business Case Generation
  • Accelerated Process and Design Creation 
  • Post Acquisition Integration
  • ERP & System Implementations
  • Shared Service Centres
  • Offshoring
  • Outsourcing
  • Insourcing
  • Supply Chain Optimisation 
  • Customer Experience
  • Employee Engagement 
  • Brand & Marketing
  • Global Standardisation of Processes (across the board)

Your transformation journey

Strategy

Creating and translating a strategy aligned with the vision 

Design

Requirements gathering of functional and operational needs

Definition

Designing plans for change management, process, TOM and future state

Test

Scheduling, tools, potential supplier and contractors for implementation

Implementation

Programmes and projects become visible through scale of resource, graphical material and the reorganisation takes place

Delivery

Identification of permanent resource to embed and continue change

Contact us

Get in touch to learn how we can add value to your business or career.