The Challenge
Groupe SEB is a large multinational manufacturing and retail company with a global presence in over 150 countries. To support their globally dispersed business, Groupe SEB typically deploys approximately 100 individuals a year across 63 various country of origin and host country combinations. This effort was largely performed manually by the International Mobility team coordinating with various HRBPs and vendors, leading to multiple inefficiencies and inconsistencies in deploying talent.
The key challenges Groupe SEB faced in their global mobility program included:
- No technology to help manage their mobility program
- Manually initiating moves involving up to 10 different contacts (internal and external) creating coordination issues
- Individual treatment of moves leading to inconsistency in employee experience
- Purchased COLA data, but had to perform calculations on their own, relying on internal mobility team expertise
- Difficulty in collecting required data for program performance reporting
- Lack of ability to scale quickly
- A need to better tie global mobility to talent management
As a mobility program on the smaller side, Groupe SEB required a solution that would not only be cost-effective and deliver fast ROI, but one that could be implemented quickly and able to grow with them as they expanded and evolved their global mobility policies.
About Groupe SEB
Groupe SEB is a large French industrial group that produces small appliances and is the world's largest manufacturer of cookware with brands for both professional and home use. Learn more at www.groupeseb.com
€6,940M
Annual Revenue
33,000
Global Employees
40
Industrial Entities
1,300+
Retail Locations
The Solution
Groupe SEB needed a technology offering that would provide built-in best practices, enhance the value of purchased data, and provide self-service functionality so HRBPs could initiate moves directly. They came to Topia looking for a solution that would:
- Connect to their HCM platform
- Initiate important vendors like EY
- Provide modern tools for mobile employees
- Automate processes such as document generation, package construction, and cost projections
- Facilitate easy reporting
Seeing that Topia offered the best solution to meet their needs, Groupe SEB moved forward with a solution consisting of Topia Plan, Manage, and Go with AIRINC COLA data embedded in the Topia One platform. Groupe SEB was able to take advantage of Topia's standardized best-practice approaches that are built into the products and platform, then update their policies and processes accordingly.
During the course of implementation, Topia configured key compensation and COLA calculations to meet Groupe SEB's unique needs, balancing out-of-the-box standards with important configurations where necessary.
The Results
With the support of the Topia team and taking advantage of the best practices and standards part of Topia One, Groupe SEB was able to go live in a matter of weeks with minimal effort. With their new Topia solution up and running, Groupe SEB is now benefiting from:
Efficiency Gains
- Time to initiate a move has decreased by days
- Cost estimates and balance sheets are generated instantly
- Able to initiate EY and other services automatically via tasks built into initiation workflows
Consistently Better Employee Experiences
- HRBPs can log in directly to kickoff new assignments and relocations with a consistent process no matter what group or country they are in
- Mobile employees have modern tools to support their relocation including City Guides, task lists, timelines, benefit explanations, and more
Refreshed Policies
- Updated policies reflecting industry best practices
Centralized Insights and Reporting
- Over 30 standard reports available at the click of a button in addition to limitless self-configured reports and dashboards
- Centralized data repository for mobility information allowing for instant program insights
Scalability and Control
- Ability to easily add additional features and functionality available in the Topia Suite of products
- Easily add users and set permissions
Looking Forward
Going forward, Groupe SEB will be leveraging Topia to implement Core/Flex policies and integrate with their new Workday HCM solution. This will allow global mobility to further align itself with talent strategy and unlock new insights.