UA Projects by Uniting Ambition

1. The
Proven
Project
Solution.
You are growing. You are expanding your technological
or change capabilities. You’re embarking on a new
project and need to build a high performing team or
find a senior hire to deliver your strategy.
This is what UA Projects is designed for. It is a
partnership approach that takes ownership of securing
hard to find talent, delivering individual roles and
scalable IT teams as one simple package.
From start ups to large scale enterprises, it has been
proven successful by over 500 of our clients.
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2. A
Proven
Process.
UA Projects is a specialised programme that
takes ownership of your niche talent needs.
At the heart of the process is a Director level
project leader. They draw on their experience
and expertise to build a talent strategy that’s
bespoke to your business.
They will be accountable for outcomes, take
ownership of the entire project and deliver
talent that solves your biggest challenges.
Over 160 5 Star
Google Reviews
Peter Donlon CTO

3. UA Projects has led over 500 businesses through
technological change, delivering an accountable
talent solution every single time.
This partnership approach is why 86% of our growth
has come from referrals. But don’t take our word for it,
find out what clients think in our case studies.
Reckitt Benckiser (RB) are a global FMCG business renowned for producing a number of health,
hygiene and home products including Dettol, Durex, Air Wick, Nurofen, Vanish, Harpic, Strepsils
and Clearasil amongst others.
These products are sold in over 200 locations worldwide. RB are dedicated to investing heavily
in research and development to find new ways for people to look after themselves, their families
and homes. With a Central Headquarters in Slough, RB truly are a global business with over
37,000 staff across 60 locations and a turnover of over £10 billion.
The
Client
Over a period of time RB strategically acquired a number of businesses globally, resulting in an
extremely fragmented IS function. The CIO was tasked with driving innovation and transforming
IS into one shared service to support the Global business.
Uniting Ambition were retained by RB’s IS Director to initially support the creation of an
Enterprise Architecture function, allowing the rationalisation of its outsource partners to one key
supplier.
Due to the size and scale of RB, Uniting Ambition were presented with a number of challenges
around culture, integration of existing business units and availability of talent.
The
Brief
Uniting Ambition initially worked closely with the IS Director and HR Business Partner to
help build a highly influential Enterprise Architecture function. Following the success of this
partnership, we delivered a number of key interim and permanent roles within RB. This has
included the placements of:
RB’s strategic programmes are still in flight and we continue to support their talent strategy.
The
Solution
• IS Supply Chain Directors
• IS R&D Directors
• IS Technical Services Directors
• Programme Managers
• Architects
• Project Managers
• Business Analysts
• Service Delivery Managers
• Global Licensing Managers
• PMO Managers
Reckitt Benckiser take advantage of UA
Projects to support a transformation
programme of their IS function

4. NEXT is a UK based retailer offering exciting, beautifully designed, excellent quality fashion and
accessories for men, women and children together with a full range of homewares.
NEXT distributes through three main channels. NEXT Retail, a chain of more than 500 stores in
the UK and Eire NEXT Directory, a home shopping catalogue and website with almost 4 million
active customers & international websites serving around 70 countries NEXT International, with
almost 200 mainly franchised stores around the world.
The
Client
NEXT came to Uniting Ambition with a business critical project, it needed a team of people to
work on its in-store Technology Refresh Project; a £11million programme to upgrade both the
software and hardware of every single in-store POS system across the whole of the NEXT estate.
As NEXT were changing its project delivery method from Waterfall / Prince 2 to an AGILE
approach, Uniting Ambition was tasked with finding a new team of experienced IT contract, and
permanent talent to develop, install and configure the new systems. The roles included:
The
Brief
Uniting Ambition provided a fully managed service to NEXT, and as such was responsible for
researching and sourcing the right candidates, undertaking all assessments in accordance with a
strict test framework, conducting telephone and face to face interviews, supporting NEXT with
inductions as well as carrying out all regulatory checks.
The entire recruitment project, from initial scope to the start date of the final candidate, was
delivered in 3 months. The partnership has been a huge success and Uniting Ambition has been
instrumental in helping NEXT reach its next stage of growth.
Uniting Ambition has continued to provide regular consultation and support, managing contract
employees and further resource demands.
The
Solution
• 3 x Lead/Scrum Master
• 30 x Developers (C#. .net)
• 4 x Architect/ Designers
• 7 x Testers
• 3 x Business Analysts
• 7 x Build Manager
• 7 x Database Administrator
• 3 x UX Designers
UA Projects helps NEXT plc
to build a scalable IT transformation
solution to support retail growth
The Proven Project Solution
I used Uniting Ambition for turning
around a specialist Oracle Fusion Cloud
Programme, which had extremely challenging
timescales.
I required a large amount of highly specialist
contractors to quickly help meet our objectives.
Uniting Ambition clearly understood our
resourcing requirements and quickly responded
with a high calibre of potential candidates.
The candidates added considerable value and
I would definitely use the candidates on future
programmes. I would highly recommend Uniting
Ambition as a preferred recruitment agency.
They provided quick response, understood our
requirements, had a deep network of suitable
and available candidates and also provided
great talent insight which really helped us
benchmarking day rates and salaries.
Kevin McGinley Programme Director

5. Proven Success Stories
The Proven Project Solution
“They helped us grow by giving us key talent insight
into the North West, helping support our decision to
open a tech hub in a Manchester.”
Peter Donlon CTO
“UA had a deep network of tech talent and provided
insights that helped us benchmark day rates and
salaries. They’re now our first choice talent partner.”
Kevin McGinley Programme Director
“By taking the time to understand our businesses’
culture, they find the right people to suit our
businesses ambitions. ”
“I would highly recommend Uniting Ambition and
their UA Projects solution to help deliver the hard
to find, niche technology talent that you need.”
Nathan Rourke Test Manager
“I recommend UA to any prospective organisation as
a professional and consistent recruiting partner who
exceed their customers’ expectations.”
Louisa Tattersall Programme Manager
AConsultativeApproach
DeliveringNicheTalent
ExceedingExpectations
UniqueTalentPools
UnrivalledMarketInsight
UnderstandingYourBusiness
“They deliver due to their almost supernatural
understanding of what our team (and wider
business needs). UA do things differently.”
Daniel Pass CTO