Structuring the governance of a planning programme

This international food group, a specialist in vegetables present across multiple countries and divisions, has been transforming its integrated planning process for several years. With process standardisation complete, it is now entering the digitalisation phase with the rollout of a common tool.

The programme, launched in the United States and then extended to Europe, Eurasia and emerging markets, runs over roughly three years and intersects with a closely interdependent data project. The steering structure in place no longer met the sponsor's expectations.

A senior transformation PMO consultant, seasoned in international environments and fluent in English, is mobilised full time on a programme of around three years to set a robust project frame from the start: structuring the governance, building and holding the global schedule, steering workloads and resources, preparing the committees, keeping streams and regions consistent, managing data interdependencies, securing scoping, testing and go-lives, and supporting the change.