Sally Beauty

Sally Europe serves both the trade and the individual with their supply of hair and beauty products. Sally Europe combines  market-leading professional brands; Sally, Salon Services, Pro Duo, Salon Success and Sinelco and operates across 7 European countries. Today, they have over 400 trade and retail stores across the UK and Continental Europe and over 4,000 stores worldwide.

 

Post merger integration

Sally were merging a smaller subsidiary (Salon Success) organisation into Sally Beauty Europe. The systems and processes hadn’t been integrated, nor the physical relocation. The objective was to leverage shared resources and services to drive cost savings and efficiencies. Operating in two different entities meant a lot of reconciliation was needed every month. Nine Feet Tall were brought in to consolidate the change.

Programme Planning

Nine Feet Tall set up and managed the merger programme. This included governance, control and management of budgets, resources, risk management and overall programme delivery. Nine Feet Tall managed third party suppliers to co-ordinate the office space and design. Nine Feet Tall also delivered Microsoft Dynamix ERP Integration, the office relocation and the legal entity consolidation including HR & Payroll. Nine Feet Tall also oversaw the distribution centre relocation. Overheads were significantly cut and efficiency gains successfully made.  

Employees relocated

80

Warehouse consolidation

50,000 square feet