Vodafone, Idea Form Project Management Office to Integrate Operations: Report

In a bid to integrate operations of Vodafone and Idea Cellular, both the companies have formed a project management office as the nodal body spearheaded by former CEO of Vodafone Romania Ravinder Takkar, according to a report by the Economic Times, which also added that common teams have already been set up that now report to this project management office.

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The report added that Takkar is overlooking the integration.

“The special teams formed will look into finance, procurement, operations and are working on how to run their operations, optimise networks and give maximum benefit to the customer…the technology team is looking to tools like customer relationship management, enterprise resource planning and various apps that can be combined for the newly merged company,” a source was quoted as saying by the publication.

Notably, both the companies have already started the exercise to shortlist senior executives that will play key roles in the merged entity. It is expected that 100 senior management staff from each company are being assessed for suitability in the merged company.

Furthermore, Vodafone India has already appointed former DEN Network CFO, Manish Dawar, as it finance head who will take on the role in the merged entity, even through Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla has already been named the chairman of the merged company.

The ET report said that global consulting firm Bain & Company is advising both the telcos on the overall strategies of the merger.