Case study · ITV
Content Supply Simplification at ITV
Programme Director for a capability-led transformation of ITV’s content supply chain, run from the Transformation Management Office across every division from production to distribution.
- Organisation
- ITV
- Role
- Programme Director
- Period
- 2025–2026
The brief
What had to change
Content Supply Simplification was a strategic programme to simplify how content moves through ITV, transforming the processes and systems that take it from planning through to distribution.
Because the supply chain touches every part of the business, the programme was run from the Transformation Management Office and had to hold the support of every division, from production to distribution, rather than any single department.
The work
What was delivered
- Operational and technology change led end to end
- Processes and ways of working redesigned
- Alignment held across all ITV divisions
- Programme governance run through the Transformation Management Office
Why it matters
What it shows
Simplifying a supply chain is as much about agreement as engineering. The hard part is getting divisions with different priorities to accept one way of working, and keeping that agreement in place while the change is delivered.
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