An Oracle Cloud makeover for global beauty brand
When a leading global beauty brand partnered with Definia to separate from its parent company, they discovered that beauty in technology transformation is more than skin deep.
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Define
More than just a new look
We all need to move out of home eventually. A leading global beauty brand was undergoing an internal business and technology separation from its parent company and needed to align its business strategy with the wider divestment strategy. But deciding you’re moving out is one thing. Making it happen is quite another.
To make the separation happen, they needed to undergo significant technology transformation to build their ability in Oracle Cloud, including their architectural landscape, change management, PMO, project delivery and testing as part of a wider supplier ecosystem. You don’t carry out a transformation like that by flicking a switch, so they needed a partner to help deliver it.
This transformation partner needed one particular attribute above all others. It needed to be able to hold the various project partners accountable for their bit of the carveout.
Terry Dawson
Senior Director – Group Solutions, The IN Group
“When Definia were initially engaged on the programme, the technical SI had recently been selected and the client needed an experienced and trusted business transformation partner to deliver seasoned experts quickly, bridging the gap between the business and the SI’s technical teams. Internal capability was limited within the business being divested, meaning that Definia’s client side expert team was needed to assure the delivery of the programme and hold various suppliers accountable throughout this critical and time sensitive transformation.”
Design
A finger on the pulse
Our job was to set up Oracle Cloud architecture to give our client the technological infrastructure to deliver the divestment. This involved:
- Designing and developing an overall enterprise reference architecture landscape of business capabilities, processes and both current and future applications, using enterprise architecture tools.
- Keeping an eye on emerging technologies and assessing alternative architectures according to their cost, performance and scalability, ensuring we picked the right solution for our client.
- Delivering documentation relating to application architecture, design steps, integration processes and testing procedures for each product developed.
Will Jones
Director, Definia
“Our Capability as a Service Model provided the programme with both the subject matter capability combined with the overriding delivery management and workstream alignment to ensure successful completion of the separation.”
Deliver
Looking good
Over the next 12 months, we deployed over 25 associates under our capability as a service offering, allowing the client to quickly access the best and most suitable professionals in the market, whilst we took accountability for delivering the cloud architecture programme.
Thanks to the combination of our structured and governed delivery model and highly skilled associates from our recruiting partner Investigo’s established network, we successfully hit each key programme milestone, with Oracle Cloud going live in July 2023.
Programme Director
Multi-national Divestment Programme, FMCG
“Definia truly understand the fast paced programmes that I lead and supply capabilities and personalities which I need to successfully deliver on the SOW. Definia go out of their way to firstly understand the need and then match it with skilled resources to deliver and more importantly constantly review the services to ensure that their resources are delivering outstanding results. I would have no hesitation in recommending Definia as the go to partner of choice.”
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