Limelight Consulting
VerifiedLondon, United Kingdom · EMEA · 100 employees
Most SAP transformation programmes don't fail on the technology. They fail on the decisions made around it — scope, governance, business readiness, and the relationship with the people delivering it. That's the gap Limelight exists to close. We are the SAP Business Integrator: an independent, client-side partner who leads the high-risk aspects of a transformation on your behalf. We don't just implement SAP. We make sure the programme you've invested in delivers the outcome your board approved.
ImplementorConsulting
Partner Level
Silver
SAP certified
Company Size
Mid-Market
101–1,000 employees
Region
EMEA
United Kingdom
Products
5
specialisations
Products & Services
SAP S/4HANA Private CloudSAP S/4HANA Public CloudSuccessFactorsAribaConcur
Industries Served
RetailManufacturingPharmaceuticalPublic SectorCPGFMCGLogistics
Countries of Operation
United Kingdom
Case Studies
Harrods
RetailChallenge: Harrods had been an SAP customer for twenty years. The technology had served the business well — but the leadership team recognised it was time to modernise, taking full advantage of the latest SAP capabilities to support the next phase of the business.
The Future Retail programme was a complete greenfield reimplementation of the entire Harrods SAP footprint — a full redesign of retail, supply chain, and financial processes, delivered against an aggressive timeline of under eighteen months.
Harrods engaged Limelight from the outset — to structure the programme, run the SI procurement and RFP process, select the right vendor, and then lead the critical client-side workstreams throughout delivery.
Solution: The Future Retail programme encompassed a full process redesign across retail, supply chain, and finance — followed by a greenfield S/4HANA implementation across the entire estate.
The integration landscape was complex. As a sophisticated luxury retailer, Harrods required seamless integration across eCommerce, point of sale, scales, and restaurants — each with its own technical and operational demands. Limelight owned the integration architecture, change management, data, training, cutover, and programme leadership on behalf of the Harrods organisation throughout.
Running alongside the technical transformation was a deliberate commitment to leaving a legacy in the business — uplifting internal capabilities so the Harrods team would emerge from the programme stronger and more self-sufficient than when it began.
Result: The Harrods Future Retail programme went live early 2026. Delivered in under eighteen months. On time. On budget.
The complete Harrods SAP footprint was replaced with a modern S/4HANA greenfield implementation — covering retail, supply chain, and finance. Every integration was operational at go-live. Internal capabilities were uplifted across the business, leaving Harrods better equipped to manage and evolve its SAP landscape independently.
For a business of Harrods' scale and complexity, delivering a full greenfield S/4HANA implementation under eighteen months is exceptional. It is a direct reflection of what the right programme foundations, the right governance, and the right client-side leadership make possible.
Mundipharma
PharmaceuticalChallenge: Mundipharma had embarked on a large-scale global business transformation — standardising operations across international business units, consolidating legacy ECC systems, adopting SAP best practices, and centralising key activities, all enabled by SAP S/4HANA.
The programme was being delivered by an entirely offshore systems integrator. As the programme progressed, the executive team grew concerned about pace and direction. They needed an independent team to assess where the programme actually stood — and then lead it through the critical build and deployment milestones ahead.
Solution: Limelight began with a rapid programme review — assessing progress, identifying risks, and providing the executive team with an honest, actionable picture of where intervention was needed. The findings were acted on immediately.
Limelight was then engaged to lead the programme through its build and deployment phases — managing key workstreams, coordinating multiple third parties, and governing the relationship with the offshore SI throughout.
Working predominantly remotely across a global team, Limelight delivered a global template and multiple deployment waves, including all regional localisations. The programme established a singular target operating model and standardised processes across Mundipharma's international operations — the foundations for the organisation's next phase of digital growth.
Result: The first deployment milestone was delivered successfully — on time, to the required standard, and with the executive team's confidence fully restored.
A global template and target operating model were established, providing a consistent, scalable foundation for the remaining deployment waves.
Multiple regional deployment waves were completed, each with full localisation, giving Mundipharma a genuinely standardised global SAP landscape for the first time.
The programme recovery — from initial audit to successful first go-live — demonstrated that a complex offshore-led programme could be stabilised and delivered with the right client-side governance in place.
Synthomer
Chemical ManufacturingChallenge: Synthomer recognised the need for a global transformation programme to support the next phase of the company's growth — standardising operations across global business units, consolidating six legacy ERP systems into a single S/4HANA landscape, and creating the organisational capability to implement a global template to any future acquisitions.
When the programme was first initiated, Synthomer needed support to structure it for success — to ensure it progressed at the required pace whilst maintaining the quality of delivery. The goal was not just to implement technology but to establish a new operating model, bring business and IT into genuine alignment, and create a legacy of methodology that would outlast the programme itself.
Solution: Limelight's initial engagement began with a programme structure review. Recommendations were implemented quickly — including a simplified governance framework, a stage-gate process, and programme-wide status reporting. With these foundations in place, the programme secured full board sanction for delivery and the benefits case.
Limelight then led the programme through full delivery — working with executive sponsors and a multinational team across newly formed global divisions. The scope covered the consolidation of six legacy ERP systems into a single S/4HANA application, the adoption of a suite of complementary solutions including Ariba, Concur, BPC, B/4HANA, and Arkieva, and the build of a global template capable of supporting future acquisitions.
The result was a single global way of working — scalable, efficient, and built with the compliance requirements of a global chemical manufacturing business in mind.
Result: Six legacy ERP systems consolidated into a single S/4HANA landscape — giving Synthomer a unified data and process foundation for the first time.
A global template established and deployed across all business divisions, with full localisation completed for each market.
Board confidence restored and maintained throughout delivery — with governance, reporting, and stage-gate processes that gave leadership a clear, honest picture of programme progress at every stage.
A methodology and organisational capability built into the business — enabling Synthomer to deploy the global template to future acquisitions independently.
Partner Details
- Partner Level
- Silver
- Headquartered
- London, United Kingdom
- Region
- EMEA
- Company Size
- Mid-Market (101–1,000 employees)
- Employees
- 100
- Partner Types
- Implementor, Consulting
Contact
- Phone
- +44 (0) 208 050 6414