Snapshot
Large corporations often move slowly when ramping up new initiatives due to complex structures and layered processes. When one global retailer committed to a sustainability pledge and needed to launch a vendor-tracking portal fast, they turned to Kalles Group’s On-Demand Resourcing (ODR) model. Leveraging a network of experienced professionals (average 14 years each), Kalles built a high-performing engineering team and stayed engaged throughout, enabling rapid alignment and deliverables.
Challenge
The project: develop a vendor-sustainability application to monitor criteria such as fair labour practices, energy use, packaging waste, natural-resource consumption, and water usage.
Facing a tight deadline and significant ecosystem impact (the retailer’s sustainability commitment could send shock-waves through its vendor base), the client needed to build engineering “pods” of design and development specialists quickly. Traditional internal hiring and redeployment were too slow and not optimal for a temporary, high-intensity engagement.
Solution
Kalles Group enabled rapid deployment by:
- Mobilising a team of highly-experienced engineers and designers, averaging over 14 years of experience, sharply matched to the client’s culture and technical demands.
- Embedding into the retailer’s ecosystem through hand-on partnership, not just supply of heads.
- Aligning with modernization goals via short-term “pods” that focused exclusively on the deliverable, enabling internal teams to remain stable and focused on core functions.
Outcomes & Value
- Rapid team ramp-up, ensuring deadlines were met and vendor-ecosystem disruption was mitigated.
- Deliverable focussed on modernization: the retailer got a high-value, sustainability-tracking portal without a long procurement/hiring cycle.
- Internal capability freed up, the retailer’s internal team could remain focussed on their ongoing transformation journey, while the specialist team delivered the new capability.
- A model of organisational effectiveness: the solution showed how strategic resourcing + modernization-first mindset + embedded delivery teams can enable major transformation quickly and safely.
Key takeaway
For Technology leaders in regulated or large-scale organisations, the right resourcing model matters. It’s not just about staffing – it’s about how teams are built to deliver, aligned to strategy, and structured for quick impact. Kalles Group’s approach shows how embedded teams and agile resourcing can be operational levers of modernization.