MCA Awards 2023 - Vendigital Recognised in Two Categories

For the fifth consecutive year, Vendigital has been recognised at the MCA Awards winning the Rising Star category and achieving Highly Commended in Change and Transformation in the Private Sector:

Winner
Rising Star, Principal Consultant Muneeb Sheikh

High Commended
Change and Transformation in the Private Sector with The Club Company

Roy Williams, CEO of Vendigital said:
I am extremely proud that Vendigital has once again been recognised at the MCA Awards. To be a shortlisted across three categories is a fantastic achievement and reflects the quality of the team we have at Vendigital as well as the significant value that we consistently deliver for clients.

It was fantastic to see Muneeb named as the winner of the Rising Star Award who, as recognised by the MCA, is an “an excellent all-round consultant with a refreshing approach and evidence of a solid business impact.”

It was also great to have our work with The Club Company recognised through a highly commended in the Change and Transformation in the Private Sector category, with the judges describing this as “a great example of how consultants can help an ambitious CEO achieve a vision with true business and cultural change”.

Vendigital was also a finalist in the Commercial Impact category with FLSmidth.

Find out more about Muneeb as well as our work with The Club Company below.

Rising Star – Muneeb Sheikh, Principal Consultant at Vendigital

Muneeb is a talented procurement expert, who has used his extensive industry experience adaptive abilities, to thrive in a fast-paced, results-driven consulting environment. His ability to deep dive quickly to understand businesses and their markets, and his focus on delivering outstanding project outcomes, has won him the trust and respect of clients and colleagues alike.

A practising Muslim, he proudly embodies the integrity and diligence enshrined in his faith, and plays an active role in Vendigital’s Diversity & Inclusion team.

He graduated in manufacturing engineering and worked for some of the UK’s leading engineering companies including Trelleborg, Jaguar Land Rover and Rolls Royce. An experienced project manager, before joining Vendigital he was responsible for purchasing capital equipment for bodyshops with a budget of £450m per year.

At Vendigital, Muneeb has lead a number of international businesses; designing and creating effective solutions to meet their needs. His skills in cost engineering, strategic procurement, and negotiation design have been innovatively combined to achieve positive outcomes.

Muneeb has successfully developed one particular client relationship – taking it from a relatively small, product-focused, cost-reduction project, delivering €1.4m of savings, to a company-wide, pre- and post-merger project, delivering €75m of savings. Muneeb was promoted from senior to principal consultant in just 20 months.

Likeable by nature, Muneeb uses humour to keep his teams engaged and believes delivering projects should be mentally motivating, and developmental for the entire team.

Change and Transformation in the Private Sector with The Club Company

The Club Company is a hospitality and leisure business with ambition to be the UK’s premier collection of country clubs incorporating state-of-the-art health and fitness facilities including championship golf courses, swimming pools, gyms, spas, luxury hotels and lodge accommodation.

When the pandemic struck and the UK went into lockdown, the ensuing restrictions had a devastating effect on the business. However, by H2 2021, the business had re-opened and the private equity owners sought Vendigital’s support to optimise its recovery and achieve fundamental changes to its operating model, required to achieve their investment goals. The backdrop of rapidly rising costs and recruitment challenges meant that this outcome would only be achieved through a truly transformational approach.

Vendigital delivered a project which fundamentally changed the business and its culture, ensuring that customers were at the heart of every decision and the focus for all employees. The strategic programme simplified the operating model by aligning the structure to the business proposition, promoting accountability across all team members, and delivering a consistent customer journey that improved the experience of all members and guests. All of this was achieved whilst uplifting revenue and delivering cost savings and improving market value for the private equity shareholders.