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Bureau Veritas: turning HR into a growth driver for the business

Bureau Veritas' challenge

effectively manage HR and enhance global HR services amid robust growth

The Bureau Veritas Group chose an agile and flexible HRIS with SAP SuccessFactors to harmonise HR management, and entrusted Arago with the implementation and global support. The Bureau Veritas project has been awarded by a "SAP Quality Award".

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solutions used

Bureau Veritas has chosen SAP SuccessFactors solutions to consistently manage HR and improve the quality of HR services around the world.

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

This cloud-based HR management system provides you with a central repository for employee data, streamlines your HR processes and allows you to manage your workforce more efficiently.

SAP SuccessFactors Performance and Goals

You can manage and track employee goals and performance effectively, which ensures alignment with organisational objectives and boosts employee involvement and productivity.

SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting

This solution makes it simple to streamline and optimise your recruitment processes, from job posting and candidate sourcing to applicant tracking and onboarding.

SAP SuccessFactors Compensation

This gives you a simple way to manage employee compensation programmes as well as ensuring fairness and alignment with business objectives.

an HRIS project to support global growth

context & goals

In a context of very strong growth, Bureau Veritas needed to:

  • Manage HR consistently around the globe.
  • Improve the quality and the volume of HR data, on their entire workforce.
  • Provide reliable and timely dashboards in order to improve Bureau Veritas Group visibility.
  • Streamline and align HR processes in order to increase focus on strategic objectives.
  • Simplify recruiting for 10.000 hires per year.
solution

Bureau Veritas needed agile HR processes and HCM system. They choose SAP SuccessFactors for its flexibility.

With the support of SAP SuccessFactors and Arago, Bureau Veritas developed a single core global model with uniform processes applicable across all countries, whilst also accommodating localisation and various languages.

The Employee Central core HR model was implemented in phase 1 for four countries (USA, France, India, Mexico), and the rollout was accomplished in phase 2 for Brazil, China, and Latin America.

Bureau Veritas has also entrusted Arago with the implementation and global support of its HRIS (Human Resources Information System).

benefits

  • substantial progress in digitising the workplace
  • 1 unique system to manage all employee data and HR processes
  • time saving for talent management, recruitment, and to develop the human capital
  • the best of both worlds: a global solution, with local characteristics
  • stronger regulatory compliance
  • better HR reporting and compensation management

With SAP SuccessFactors, HR has become a valuable business partner to the management, and leads the way in terms of digitalisation to make Bureau Veritas a more productive, efficient, and agile organisation.

Bureau Veritas
Fernanda Ribeiro, Group HRIS Management Director