Having opted not to join the merged company formed from Scott Paper Co and Kimberley-Clark, I was asked to take on the role of Integration Consultant for the Away From Home (Professional) division with combined t/o £100m+ .
My consultancy lasted 6 months and incorporated:
- Managing the heritage Scott Head Office until integration (The Scott Country Manager had left within 2 weeks of merger confirmation).
- Assist with personnel assessments and combined roles.
- Chair local meetings to review systems and procedures.
- Represent the division on senior level integration task force.
- Manage data transfers and sales database combination.
- Ensure all mainframe and local IT systems were compatible and plans fully documented for hand over.
- Contingency planning.
- Advising on customer integration sensitivity issues.
- Close the Scott offices and relocate personnel to KC.
- Report regularly to Division Country Manager on progress.
- Highlight and resolve all potential integration issues.
My task was completed successfully and on time and I left the assignment on completion.
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